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Noah Feldman Tackles “Sharia’s” Case

by Dr. Khaled Yamout | Jul 5, 2016 | Features

“The Fall and Rise of the Islamic state”, a book written by Noah Feldman issued in 2014 has been one of the important western attempts that tried to discuss the dismantling of the Islamic state, and its return of in the political Islamic geography. His central thesis...

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Member of Saudi Arabia’s Council of Senior Scholars Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mani. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi top Islamic body considers appointing secular scholars: cleric

by Huda Al-Saleh | Feb 7, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s Council of Senior Scholars is considering a proposal to expand its membership to include representatives with non-religious backgrounds for the first time, a member of the country’s highest religious institution told Asharq...

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A undated photograph of Helmi Hashim, believed to be the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s top Shari’a judge. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Four Egyptians behind ISIS takfirist ideology: sources

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Oct 12, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Four Egyptian men are at the heart of attempts by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to find religious justification for its bloody attempts to forge a new “caliphate,” a number of experts on fundamentalist movements told Asharq...

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File photo of the Riyadh skyline. (AAA)

Islamic Development Bank scores high on credit ratings

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 29, 2013 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—International ratings agencies Standard & Poor’s (S&P), Fitch Ratings and Moody’s have all awarded Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) their highest long-term and short-term credit rating scores, making the bank the most...

Libyan assembly votes to follow Islamic law

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 4, 2013 | Middle East

Tripoli, Reuters—Libya’s national assembly voted on Wednesday to make Islamic Shari’a law the basis of all legislation and for state institutions in a decision that may impact banking, criminal and financial laws. Two years after the NATO-backed uprising...