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Capital Punishment in Islam

Capital Punishment in Islam

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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In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 photo, Gunmen hold their weapons in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Islamic militants controlling a mainly Sunni area west of Baghdad are so well-armed that they could occupy the capital, a top Iraqi official warned Monday, a frank and bleak assessment of the challenge posed in routing the insurgents as a new wave of bombings killed at least 31 people. Since late December, members of Iraq’s al-Qaida branch – known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – have taken over parts of Ramadi, the capital of the largely Sunni western province of Anbar. (AP Photo)


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Syrian boys, stand in a destroyed street which was damaged by the shelling of the Syrian forces, at Maarat al-Nuaman town, in Idlib province, Syria. (AP)


Law and Order in Rebel-Held Areas of Syria

Law and Order in Rebel-Held Areas of Syria

Idlib, Asharq Al-Awsat—Spring has come early to Jebel Al-Kurd. Already the cherry trees are coming into blossom, blanketing the hillsides with a soft pastel pink, and the skies shine a pale azure. But a sharp wind still blows across the mountains, whistling through...
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The headquarters of Jabhat Tahrir Syria Islamia (Freedom for Islamic Syria), where Aleppo residents undergo judicial procedures in accordance with Sharia law. (AAA photo)


FSA Implement Soft Sharia Law in Aleppo

FSA Implement Soft Sharia Law in Aleppo

Aleppo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ala Jaleema leans against the wall, clutching her daughter in front of her. For the second time in six months she and her seven children are homeless: first the Syrian regime flattened their home with mortar shells, and then soldiers from the...