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09/23/2014 MEDIA STATEMENT FROM AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS

Source: News Maker  Sharia law is Islamic law and the law of the Islamic state. Therefore it may seem unsurprising that given the claims of ISIS to be an Islamic State that Jacqui Lambie associates sharia law with terrorism. The obvious question that follows is; ‘what is terrorism?’ It seems our own universities, though they […]

7/9/13 Egypt unrest: Brotherhood rejects Mansour poll decree

BBC Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has rejected a timetable for new elections laid out by interim president Adly Mansour, saying it is illegitimate. The Tamarod protest movement has said it was not consulted on the election plan and has asked to see Mr Mansour. Meanwhile, ex-finance minister Hazem el-Beblawi has been named interim prime minister, and […]

Turkish professor given prison sentence over headscarf ban

13 September 2012 / TODAYSZAMAN.COM, An İzmir court has handed down a prison sentence to a Turkish professor from Ege University after he repeatedly blocked headscarved women from entering the faculty building where he worked. The court accused the professor of infringing on citizens’ constitutional right of access to education and sentenced him to over […]