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Vol. XLIV No. 44, 2007-05-06

QARADAWI SPEAKS AGAINST SUICIDE OPERATIONS TARGETING CIVILIANS

Renowned Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi has called the militant groups in the Islamic world to re-examine their concept of 'Jihad' and open a dialogue with Muslims scholars. He was speaking at a symposium on Human Rights in Islam organised by the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) recently at Doha Sheraton.

“There is no justification for the suicide operation in Iraq where civilians are being killed, as Iraq has many developed weapons to fight the enemy. This ...

TURKEY'S ULTRA SECULARISTS AT THE RECEIVING END

The ultra secularists of Turkey are up in arms despite Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision not to stand for the Republic's presidency. Abdullah Gul, deputy prime minister and foreign minister, will be a candidate for the presidency of the ruling Justice and Development party. Abdullah Gul is a popular person as he led Turkey's efforts to join the E.U.

The main opposition, the Republican People's party has to bank not on popular votes but on the ...

EGYPT ANCHORWOMEN BATTLE FOR HIJAB

The last four years in the lives of TV presenters Hala El Malki and Ghada El Tawil have been a continuous struggle brought about by their employers' refusal to implement two court verdicts. It all started in 2002 when the two presenters decided to wear the hijab. But their employers objected and they were excluded from appearing on the state-run TV station where they work.

Believing that they had a right to appear on the screen, the TV anchors took their case to the civil cour...

IHRC WELCOMES NEW GUIDELINES ON WEARING NIQAB IN COURTS

The Islamic Human Rights Commission has welcomed guidelines published on April 24 by the Judicial Studies Board's Equal Treatment Advisory Committee on the wearing of the niqab in courts.

The Commission has commended the JSB for not allowing its judgment to be clouded by the recent spate of prejudicial statements regarding the niqab made by the media and senior politicians.

“In the climate of Islamophobia we live in, it is heartening to see the courts base their...

TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF US TROOPS APPROVED

The US House of Representatives approved a war funding bill that includes a timetable for pulling US troops out of Iraq.

The 218-208 vote by the Democratic-majority House links release of 124 billion dollars in military spending for Iraq and Afghanistan to a schedule for the pullout of American troops, beginning as early as October.

The bill will go to the Senate for voting, where it is expected to pass. The way-out left for Bush is to veto the bill. This is going to ...

KUWAITIS NOT WILLING TO WRITE OFF IRAQ'S OLD DEBT

Lingering bitterness from the 1990 Iraqi invasion and distrust of today's government of Nouri Al Maliki are making it nearly impossible to convince Kuwaitis and their lawmakers to write off most of the US$15 billion of Iraq's debt.

But the struggling Iraqi premier was hoping to do just that as he ended a two-day visit to this small oil-rich state, with appeals to Kuwaiti leaders and statements to editors of local dailies that he hoped their parliament was going to be “ge...

US DISCRIMINATIONS AGAINST MUSLIMS

The US is institutionalising discrimination against immigrants perceived to be Muslims, illegally delaying their citizenship applications, which is breaking families and disenfranchising entire communities, the Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) documented in a report.

“In the post-September 11, 2001 environment, the category of 'terrorist' has emerged as a racialised construct in which men perceived to be Muslim, Arab, Middle Eastern, or South Asian are ...