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Sudan announces plan to end state of emergency
Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir announced in a national broadcast Thursday a plan to end the country's 16-year state of emergency by July 9. According to el-Brashir, the adoption of a new constitution and transitional government, following th (More) |
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US to investigate new Iran leader link to 1979 hostage crisis
US officials said Thurday that the US would investigate allegations that Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was among the revolutionary students responsible for taking American embassy staff in Tehran hostage in 1979 and holding them for 4 (More) |
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Afghans detain three in US envoy murder plot
An Afghan government official said Monday that Afghan security forces have arrested three young Pakistani men on charges of planning to assassinate US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad . The men were arrested Saturday in the province of Laghman, a day bef (More) |
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Spanish police arrest 16, including potential Iraq suicide bombers
Spain announced on Wednesday the arrest of 16 suspected Islamic militants, including 11 fighters loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and men training to carry out suicide attacks in Iraq. A statement from the Spanish Interior Ministry characterized the (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Pentagon details disrepectful acts involving Koran at Gitmo
AP is reporting that the Pentagon has confirmed that a US soldier at the terror detention camp at Guantanamo Bay kicked a detainee's Koran and that a guard's urine was splashed on the Islamic sacred text.8:35 PM ET - These instances and seve (More) |
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International brief ~ Turk president vetoes penal code provision on Koran teaching
Leading Friday's international brief, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer Friday vetoed a part of the new penal code {JURIST report] approved by the Turkish Parliament that would have lowered the penalty for anyone caught teaching the Koran o (More) |
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US military acknowledges "mistake" in arresting Iraq Sunni leader
US military officials have acknowledged that the arrest Monday of Sunni leader Mohsen Abdel Hamid , head of the Iraqi Islamic Party , was a mistake, and that US forces had confused Hamid with someone else. According to Hamid, American soldiers attac (More) |
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Jury selection begins in ex-professor's terror trial
Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of a former computer science professor and three others accused of funding a terrorist group responsible for a bombing in Israel. Sami Al-Arian [defense website, Wikipedia profile] is charged with using an (More) |
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Muslim civil rights in the US [CAIR]
The Status of Muslim Civil Rights in the United States 2005: Unequal Protection, Council on American Islamic Relations, May 11, 2005 . Excerpt (from the Executive Summary):Nearly four years removed from the 9/11 terror attacks, the greatest tragedy t (More) |
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Report shows surge in anti-Muslim hate crimes in US
Hate crimes and civil rights violations against Muslims in the United States have reached their highest point since right after September 11, according to a report released Wednesday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) . As reasons f (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.
