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Egypt’s International Conference for Fatwa Warns Against Circulating Misleading Fatwas

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Oct 19, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- The International Conference for Fatwa continued its second day of activities early on Wednesday. Participants used the platform to send out an important message on prohibiting and stopping self-styled and unauthorized Fatwas from being circulated among the...

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Capital Punishment in Islam

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 3, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Ministry of Interior’s announced on Saturday the execution of on 47 convicts of Saudi, Egyptian, and Chadian nationalities, under the Sharia law, for perpetrating several crimes across Saudi Arabia. The convicts have been proven guilty and responsible for numerous...

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FILE – In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows rebels from al-Qaida affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra waving their brigade flag on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter, at Taftanaz air base that was captured by the rebels, in Idlib province, northern Syria. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN, File)

Courting Trouble

by Stephen Starr | Jun 25, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Since the government forces were forced from much of north and eastern Syria, Islamic courts have emerged to take up the administrative baton of governing and regulating those towns and communities. But a look at how the Ba’athist state governed the country for...