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Posts Tagged ‘Sharia Law’

Civil Society, Political Islam and Shariah Law in Pakistan

By Dil Nawaz • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

In order to understand the development of Islamic theocracy in Pakistan, we have to understand the different political forces present in pre partition North West India. It is prudent to restrict the analysis to right wing Muslim parties as, regardless of their stance on independent Pakistan; in post partition political spectrum ring wing became the [...]



Sharia laws have become a weapon

By Shaukat M Malik CPA • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Category: Politics

We cannot name one country with Islamic laws that is a functioning democracy or a benchmark for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness except Turkey.
Muslim majority countries such as Pakistan have a history of thousands of years of customs and folklore shared with India that already plays havoc with the largely uneducated population in [...]



Pakistan Flogging: What Did They Expect?

By Guest Blogger • Apr 8th, 2009 • Category: Politics

This video this week from Pakistan showing the flogging of a young woman by extreme islamists in the Western territories of Pakistan has enraged the mainstream public there, as it well should.  The images, which have been broadcast repeatedly by private television news networks in Pakistan, have caused outrage [...]



Archbishop of Canterbury Says adoption of parts of the Sharia law was ‘unavoidable’ in Britain

By Fatima Tassaduq • Feb 12th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Dr. Ron Williams has come under very stern fire after uttering remarks about implementation of some of Islamic laws in United Kingdom. Church of England is demanding his resignation, and people the world over have become indulged in new discussions.
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