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Indonesia bound to protect Islamic sect under rights treaty: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday renewed its call for Indonesia to protect freedom of religion when it stated that the Indonesian government should reverse a decree issued Monday that provides for the prosecution of members of a controversial Isla (More) |
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UN rights council limiting press freedom to protect religion: journalist groups
The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the World Editors Forum (WEF) accused the UN Human Rights Council of "undermin the freedom of expression in the name of religious sensibilities" in a resolution [text; press release] the two (More) |
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BC rights tribunal hears Muslim discrimination claim against magazine
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal Monday heard an Islamic advocacy group's allegations that a 2006 article published in Canadian news magazine Maclean's discriminated against Muslims. Mohamed Elmasry and Naiyer Habib, members of t (More) |
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The Role and Rule of Law in Iraq: An Insider's Perspective
JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that while Iraq has a long and proud legal tradition, and certainly boasts a large number of legal professionals who take their work very seriously and d (More) |
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Pakistan signs pact with Islamic militants to implement Sharia law in province
The government of Pakistan reached an agreement with Taliban-linked Islamic militants in the Pakistani North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) area of Swat to implement Islamic Sharia law [CFR backgrounder; JURIST archive] in the area, according to sta (More) |
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Ginnah Muhammed Muslim veil case highlights cultural clash
Farzana Hassan [president, Muslim Canadian Congress]: "For those who think the veil symbolizes the oppression of Muslim women - think again. In an American court in August of 2006, the veil instead became a symbol of clear defiance to legal prot (More) |
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit by Muslim woman asked to remove veil in court
A federal judge Monday dismissed a federal lawsuit filed by a Muslim woman against a judge who asked her to remove her niqab in court. Ginnnah Muhammad had alleged that Illinois small claims Judge Paul Paruk said he had to see her face to gauge h (More) |
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Malaysia Islamic court allows reconversion from Islam
An Islamic court in Malaysia ruled Thursday that a Buddhist woman who converted to Islam should be allowed to return to her original faith. The ruling is unusual in Malaysia, which has both secular and Sharia courts; Sharia courts rarely allow conv (More) |
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Maryland appeals court rules Islamic divorce practice constitutionally invalid
The Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled that the Islamic talaq , a controversial practice under which a husband can divorce his wife without her say, violates the state constitution and therefore does not constitute a valid form of divorce in Mar (More) |
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Protecting Vulnerable Minorities in Canada: Muslims in the Mass Media
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Faisal Joseph, counsel for a group of Canadian law students who recently filed human rights complaints against the Canadian newsmagazine Maclean's for its refusal to publish a response to a string of articles allege (More) |
President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act
On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.
Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.
