Last week, the Finnish League for Human Rights released new study on how Muslims balance Islamic law with Finnish law. Kristiina Kouros, the head of the organization, said that the study was launched after they noted that some Muslim women were unable to get an Islamic divorce, even though they had been divorced under Finnish…
By Sheikh Ali Gomaa {Sheikh Ali Gomaa is the Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt – the second highest religious position in the country. He oversees the premier institution in the Muslim world for religious legal direction, Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah. This essay is distributed by Common Ground News Service.} Almost two years ago…
From The Times April 14, 2007 Women’s hidden role writing Islam’s rules A Muslim scholar is rewriting history by revealing the extent of women’s influence on the formation of Sharia Carla Power Mohammed Akram Nadwi is an unlikely champion for a Muslim gender-quake. Soft-spo-ken and shy, he is a graduate of madrassas in his native…
Lloyds TSB is to offer the UK’s first business account by a High Street bank that complies with Islamic law The accounts, offered throughout the firm’s 2,000 strong branch network, will not pay interest in order to meet the requirements of Islamic Sharia law. In addition, money held in the accounts cannot be invested in…
Lloyds TSB is to offer the UK’s first business account by a High Street bank that complies with Islamic law The accounts, offered throughout the firm’s 2,000 strong branch network, will not pay interest in order to meet the requirements of Islamic Sharia law. In addition, money held in the accounts cannot be invested in…
