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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Islamic Sharia law

Islamic Sharia law stories: 52 news summaries

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British Teacher Charged in Teddy Bear Flap

Jail, lashes could be punishment for 'insult
to Islam' in Sudan

Nov 28, 07 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The British teacher held in Sudan for committing blasphemy by naming a teddy bear “Muhammed” has been charged with insulting religion, inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs, the BBC reports. The UK Foreign Secretary said he would summon the Sudanese ambassador; Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he... More »

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Africa • Sudan • Islamic Sharia law • Britain • teddy bears

Teacher Held
for Teddy Bear Blasphemy

Briton in Sudan faces 40 lashes over bear named 'Mohammed'

Nov 26, 07 7:25 PM CST
(Newser) - A UK teacher in Sudan may get 40 lashes and a 6-month sentence over a teddy bear named "Mohammed," the Telegraph reports. Sudanese cops nabbed Gillian Gibbons yesterday for blasphemy after she let her elementary school kids name the bear after Islam's prophet. School director Robert Boulos, who... More »

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Sudan • Islamic Sharia law • Khartoum • blasphemy

Saudi Rulers: Rape Victim Caused Crime

Had 'illegal affair,'
failed to tell fiancé
about attacks

Nov 25, 07 7:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Under international fire for sentencing a gang-rape victim to 200 lashes, the Saudi government yesterday said the woman violated Islamic law and caused the crime to take place by having an "illegitimate relationship" with a man not her husband. The rapists allegedly found the woman "in a compromising... More »

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Saudi Arabia • rape • Islamic Sharia law • adultery • Saudi rape victim

Saudi Rape Victim 'Crushed Human Being,' Husband Says

Blames judge, not system, for sentence

Nov 21, 07 9:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The husband of the Saudi gang-rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail blamed one judge's vendetta—and not the Saudi judicial system itself—for her treatment "as a guilty person who committed a crime." He told CNN his wife has been a severely depressed,... More »

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Saudi Arabia • courts • rape • Islamic Sharia law • justice • Saudi rape victim

Saudi Rape Victim Gets Jail for Appealing

19-year-old woman earns 200 lashes and
6 months in prison

Nov 16, 07 7:36 PM CST
(Newser) - A Saudi woman who was gang-raped by 14 men has been sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in prison, the BBC reports. Her original crime was being in the car with a man unrelated to her, but her punishment was doubled and prison time added when she appealed the... More »

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Saudi Arabia • appeal • rape • Islamic Sharia law • death sentence • Saudi rape victim

Pakistani Cleric Calls Ceasefire

Dozens killed in clashes with government troops, helicopters

Oct 29, 07 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of an extremist cleric who had declared a jihad against Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire today after fierce fighting this weekend claimed between 50 and 60 of their number, Al Jazeera reports. Pakistan had sent 2,500 paramilitary troops to Swat to head off Maulana Fazlullah, who wants to... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • jihad • Islamic Sharia law • Maulana Fazlullah • Swat • militant • cleric

Gay Nigerians Face Death by Stoning

Suspects accused of violating Islamic law; parliament mulls ban on gay groups

Aug 10, 07 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eighteen Nigerian men arrested on suspicion of sodomy face death by stoning under the nation’s Sharia law. Police found the men, reportedly dressed as women, in a hotel in the northern state of Bauchi, where they were allegedly celebrating a “gay wedding.” More »

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gay rights • Nigeria • Islamic Sharia law • Muslim • homosexuality • stoning • Bauchi

Death Toll in Red Mosque Siege Tops 80

Commandos clear compound after 8-day standoff, 35-hour battle

Jul 11, 07 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Soldiers completed the takeover of the Red Mosque early today, removing the final militants who had occupied the Islamabad compound during an 8-day siege. At least 80 were killed and 33 wounded in the past week, including 50 radicals and 10 soldiers in the climactic 35-hour final assault. "Now... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Islamic militants • Red Mosque • Islamic Sharia law • Islamabad • Islamic extremists

Pakistan Mosque Battle Kills 9

Islamic students clash with security forces in shootout; 140 wounded

Jul 3, 07 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A heavy gun battle between Pakistan's government and armed students at a radical mosque has left nine dead, the BBC reports. The melee lasted throughout the day as soldiers traded fire with militant students at Islamabad's controversial Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque. Among the dead were three female students, a... More »

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Islam • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Red Mosque • Lal Masjid • Islamic Sharia law • Islamabad • mixed martial arts

Presidential Peck Sets Off Iranian Sex Scandal

A kiss on the hand lands Ahmadinejad
in hot water with hard-liners

May 2, 07 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is at the center of an unlikely sex scandal today, after being caught on camera kissing the hand—even if it was gloved—of a retired schoolteacher. Ahmadinejad's sexy faux pas, at a ceremony honoring the country's teachers, is a violation of Shariah law, hard-liners say. More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • sex scandal • women's rights • indecency • sex • Islamic Sharia law • scandal

Nigerian 'Lesbian' Turns Herself In

Pursued by police after 'gay' wedding, woman says she's straight

Apr 28, 07 10:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Nigerian woman whose story of lesbian love on the run made international headlines yesterday has news for the authorities who hoped to arrest her: she's not a lesbian. "I have never practiced— never heard the word 'lesbian'—truly," says Aunty Madiguri, who was accused of violating Sharia... More »

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Africa • lesbians • Nigeria • marriage • polygamy • Islamic Sharia law • wedding • homosexuality • Aunty Madiguri

(Newser) - Five Nigerian lesbians are running for their love after a weekend wedding put them in direct violation of the local Islamic law. Police have issued arrest warrants against Aunty Maiduguri and her four wives, charging them with violating the Sharia law that governs much of northern Nigeria. More »

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gay rights • Africa • gay marriage • homophobia • Nigeria • marriage • Islamic Sharia law • wedding • homosexuality

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