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The tragic and shocking news of execution of Rizana Nafeek sends shock- waves to all corners of the island. It gives a wrong picture to the people on the nature and the application of the Islamic law as many people are under the impression that the applicable law in Rizana’s case was derived from Undiluted Islamic Jurisprudence. In fact, Rizana’s …
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January, 2013
- 19 January
Justice M. Jameel A Lost Asset of the Muslim Community by Ash-Shaikh H. Abdul Nazar
It really sent a wave of shock and sorrow to me and others as well. On 11.09.2008 the hearts of all who received the news of the demise of Justice M. Jameel found it difficult to accept it. It was the 10th day of holy month of Ramadhan. Soon after breaking fast, telephones started ringing carrying that stunning news. Sorrow …
Read More » - 17 January
Digging for Water, But Striking Oil By Thalif Deen
Children like this boy in Gaza face the worst of water scarcity. Credit: Eva Bartlett/IPS ABU DHABI, Jan 16 2013 (IPS) – The volatile politics of the Middle East have long been dominated by the fluctuating fortunes of a single commodity: oil. But when the oil-blessed region runs out of water, there could be a change in the …
Read More » - 16 January
Saudi slams world reaction to SL maid’s beheading
Saudi Arabia on Sunday criticised world reaction to its beheading a Sri Lankan maid convicted of killing her employer's baby, the official SPA news agency SPA reported. Riyadh "deplores the statements made… over the execution of a Sri Lankan maid who had plotted and killed an infant by suffocating him to death, one week after she arrived in the …
Read More » - 16 January
Saudi help for Rizana’s family
Saudi Arabia on Sunday criticised world reaction to its beheading a Sri Lankan maid convicted of killing her employer's baby, the official SPA news agency SPA reported. Riyadh "deplores the statements made… over the execution of a Sri Lankan maid who had plotted and killed an infant by suffocating him to death, one week after she arrived in the …
Read More » - 16 January
Waking up to migrant employment through Rizana Nafeek – Kusal Perera
Much is written on Rizana Nafeek’s extremely unfortunate fate in Saudi Arabia (SA). Some written with anger let loose on the government and some on licensed agencies and every one else who could be dragged in. But to discuss SL migrant labour, one has to leave emotions aside and start off with a factual explanation of what this whole issue …
Read More » - 16 January
Maid’s execution: KSA won’t allow any foreign interference – Mohammed Rasooldeen | Arab News
Demonstrators show an image of Rizana Nafeek during a protest in Colombo on January 11, 2013, against her execution. (Reuters) The Kingdom said yesterday that the execution of Rizana Nafeek, a Sri Lankan maid who was convicted of killing a baby in her care in 2005, was carried out according to the laws of the land and statements made by …
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