Muslim Issues

What the iron wall built by Israel means for besieged Palestinians By Andrei Popoviciu, Lubna Masarwa

Aviv Kochavi, Israel’s army chief of general staff, walks past a fence along the boundary with the Gaza Strip on 7 December during an event marking the end of construction of a barrier fully enclosing the Palestinian enclave (AFP)   Stretching along the entire boundary between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Israel’s new $1.1bn iron wall and fence was hailed …

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Centre for Islamic Studies Condemns Horrific killing and Extremism in All Forms

The Centre for Islamic Studies (CIS) condemns religious extremism in all its forms and calls on the Government of Pakistan to take all steps necessary to eradicate religious extremism once and for all time. This follows the shocking, cold-blooded murder of Sri Lankan Priyantha Diyawadana by a rabid mob, accusing him of blasphemy. We condemn this horrific killing in the …

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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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