17 February 2011 According to a video from Al-Jazeera, Taliban fighters in Afghanistan are viewing negotiations with the United States and NATO as a victory.
16 February 2012 According to the below news video, an Iraqi mother has been arrested and charged with a felony-for allegedly tying up and padalocking her daughter to a bed and then beating her. This punishment, it has been alleged, is in response to one of her daughters talking to a man. The mother is seen [...]
11 February 2012 According to an article in the Guardian, dated 10 February 2012, the government of Saudi Arabia used the Interpol system to arrest a journalist. Twenty-three year old, Hamza Kashgari, was arrested in Malaysia. Here are some brief excerpts from the article: Kashgari, a newspaper columnist, fled Saudi Arabia after posting a tweet [...]
26 October 2011 An article in the St. Petersburg Times (25 October 2011) reports that a Florida Appeals court has apparently upheld the use of Islamic Law (Sharia) by a judge considering the disposition of Mosque assets. Surprisingly, it was actually the intneded use, by the judge, to use sharia that prompted the Islamic Education [...]
22 August 2011 According to an article at the Heritage Foundation, the new internationally recognized transitional government of Libya has released a draft version of Libya’s new constitution. A copy of what is reported to be the draft constitution is available for viewing on their website. Here is a brief excerpt from the article: But [...]
Jul 302011
30 July 2011 According to an article in the British publication Daily Mail (28 July 2011) these stickers are cropping up in areas the government has said violent extremism is a problem. Here are some brief excerpts from the article: Islamic extremists have launched a poster campaign across the UK proclaiming areas [...]
Jul 212011
According to the Fiqh Council of North America (read Sharia Council of North America), the festival of Ramadan will officially start on August 1st, 2011. Links to more articles, on this story, can be found below. ———————- Fiqh Council of North America
Jul 202011
According to an article at the Asssyrian International News Agency (19 July 2011), Christian pastor Yosef Nadarkhani has been officially asked to renounce his faith before being executd. Asking the condemned to return to Islam does not mean that he would be spared. The Islamic punishment for a male who turns his back on Islam [...]
