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# Sharia Law

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# Sharia Law
'A human rights pariah': Brunei implements death by stoning for gay sex and adultery
The laws will make Brunei the first country in East or Southeast Asia to have a sharia penal code at the national level.
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Apr 3rd 2019, 7:08 AM
# Southeast Asia
'Appalling': Brunei to impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery
The new law is due to come into effect next Wednesday.
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Mar 27th 2019, 2:24 PM
# Controversial
Fine Gael councillor to face disciplinary hearing over comments about Islam
The councillor posted a series of controversial comments on Twitter regarding migrants and Islam.
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Sep 8th 2017, 6:26 PM
# Sharia Law
Fine Gael criticises one of its councillors for 'unacceptable' comments about Islam
Councillor Brian Murphy claimed that Sharia law is operating in Ireland.
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Sep 7th 2017, 9:17 AM
# Grinch
The Sultan of Brunei has cancelled Christmas
Christmas has been banned in the tiny kingdom in a shift towards hardline Islamic law.
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Dec 24th 2015, 9:51 AM
# Raif Badawi
Saudi blogger's flogging for "insulting Islam" postponed
Raif Badawi criticised clerics and the kingdom’s notorious religious police.
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Jan 16th 2015, 7:15 AM
# Sudan
Christian Sudanese woman sentenced to death to be freed 'within days'
Meriam Ibrahim was condemned to death by flogging and hanging for marrying a Christian man.
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Jun 1st 2014, 9:45 AM
# Northern Ireland
Peter Robinson: I was misinterpreted when I said I'd trust Muslims 'to go down to the shops for me'
The North’s first minister has been criticised for his comments in defence of a controversial pastor’s sermon.
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May 29th 2014, 1:03 PM
# Sharia Law
Saudi Arabia beheads man convicted of killing his relative
Awad Rawili stabbed to death Jazaa Rawili, a relative, during an argument. He was executed in the northern city of Araar.
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May 12th 2013, 12:40 PM
# Egypt
Protests as Egyptian panel adopts draft constitution
Concerns have been raised about the content of the constitution and its potential restriction on freedom of expression.
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Nov 30th 2012, 7:50 AM
# Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia bans men from working in lingerie stores
A new law, on the orders of King Abdullah, ends a system where women were forced to buy their underwear from male sellers.
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Jan 5th 2012, 6:48 PM
# Libya
Plans for Sharia-based law in Libya unveiled
Libya’s interim rulers have begun laying out their plans for their two-year transition to democracy – and said that Islamic Sharia law would be the “basic source” of legislation.
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Oct 24th 2011, 12:14 PM
# Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian women given the right to vote
King Abdullah has announced that from next year women will be able to vote and stand in local elections.
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Sep 25th 2011, 2:08 PM
# Islamic Finance
Taoiseach says Ireland will focus on 'Islamic finance' expansion
Speaking at a conference today in Dublin, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the Central Bank has already “authorised a number of Sharia-compliant funds”.
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Jun 2nd 2011, 9:03 PM
# Eye for an eye
Blinding of Iranian criminal with acid 'postponed'
Ameneh Bahrami had asked that the man who poured acid on her face – leaving her blind and disfigured – suffer the same fate. The blinding was due to take place on Saturday but has been reportedly postponed.
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May 14th 2011, 12:18 PM
# UAE
UAE court: men can beat their wives as long as they leave no marks
The country’s highest court makes the ruling in the case of a man who slapped and kicked his daughter and wife.
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Oct 20th 2010, 9:40 AM