Muslim Issues

Muslim divorce law in Sri Lanka

Divorce is distasteful to anyone but it needs to be considered as an option ‘Law is Light’ is a trilingual legal project to shed light on the law. The Latin maxim ‘ignorantia legis neminem excusat’ translates to ‘ignorance of the law is not an excuse’. The Pro Bono Committee of the Law Students’ Association of Sri Lanka strives to educate …

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Why is Israel labelling Palestinian rights groups ‘terrorists’? By Zena Al Tahhan

Sahar Francis, director of Palestinian prisoner rights group Addameer, speaks, as Shawan Jabarin, director of the al-Haq human rights group, right, and Ammar Hijazi, representative Palestinian Minister of Foreign Minister, left, listens during a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday [Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo] Rights advocates say Israel’s move is a dangerous escalation in its campaign to …

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November 2, 1917 Balfour Declaration Anniversary

Story of How Britain gave Palestine to Jews By Latheef Farook

November 2 marks the 104th anniversary of Balfour Declaration of 2 November 1917 when Britain imperial power gave Palestine illegally and immorally to Jews who have not even seen Palestine to set up a Jewish racist state of Israel. During the second half of 19th century the British Empire wanted to ensure the Middle East remains destabilized. At the same …

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Palestine is an occupied land, a fact recognised by international law

Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign activists lift banners and placards during a demonstration against Israeli occupation and settlement activity in the Palestinian Territories and east Jerusalem, in Jerusalem’s Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, on March 19, 2021 [AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images]   Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said recently that his government opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state He went …

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Even in death, Palestinians suffer obscene indignities by Andrew Mitrovica

The latest desecration is taking place at al-Yusufiyah cemetery, a centuries-old Muslim graveyard in occupied Jerusalem. Last week, a Palestinian mother clung onto her son’s grave as Israeli forces tried to forcibly remove her. [Mostafa Alkharouf-Anadolu Agency] Even in death, Palestinians, it seems, have no respite from Israeli officials intent on stripping them of their dignity and humanity. The latest …

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