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Pakistan president calls for ban on defamation of Islam
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf [official website; BBC profile] called for a ban on the "defamation of Islam" during his speech at the 61st Session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Citing feelings in the Muslim world of " (More) |
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2005 US anti-Muslim bias report [CAIR]
The Status of Muslim Rights in the United States 2006, Council on American Islamic Relations, September 19, 2006 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Federal judge lets Islamic foundation's surveillance suit proceed
A federal judge in Oregon has allowed a lawsuit by the US branch of the Saudi Arabia-based Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation to proceed against the US government over the warrantless wiretapping of communications between the foundation and its attorn (More) |
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UN Security Council adopts resolution to send peacekeepers to Darfur
The UN Security Council passed a resolution Thursday authorizing the deployment of UN peacekeeping troops to the Darfur region of Sudan under the authority of the current UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) . The new peacekeeping force will replace (More) |
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Bangladesh court upholds death sentences for militants convicted of judges' murders
The Bangladesh High Court on Thursday confirmed the death sentences that a trial court imposed in May on seven Islamic militants who murdered two judges in a bombing last year. The men include the leaders of two banned groups: Shayek Abdur Rahman (More) |
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Fighting Words: The Abuse of Islam in Political Rhetoric
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that politicians' increasing use of abusive language to describe Islam in the context of the war on terror is symptomatic of multiple problems in Anglo-American democra (More) |
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Bangladesh court convicts 8 in courthouse bombing campaign
Three men were sentenced to death and five men to life in prison in Bangladesh Tuesday for their involvement in a series of bombings on police, court and government buildings [JURIST report; BBC report] last year. All eight men are members of the (More) |
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Italy arrests 40 in security sweep prompted by foiled UK terror plot
The Italian Interior Ministry said Friday that Italian police arrested 40 people on Thursday and Friday after the ministry decided to conduct security sweeps in cities across Italy following Thursday's news that UK police arrested over 20 terro (More) |
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UN rights council rebukes Israel for human rights violations in Lebanon
The UN Human Rights Council in an emergency special session [materials; JURIST report] in Geneva Friday adopted by majority vote a resolution condemning Israel for violating international human rights laws in the ongoing Middle East conflict invo (More) |
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Turkish lawyer charged with shooting judge disrupts trial as proceedings begin
Turkish lawyer Alpaslan Aslan, on trial for the murder of a Turkish judge , caused a courtroom commotion Friday when, during the opening of his trial, his request to leave court to pray was denied, and he was forcibly restrained by courtroom guards (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
