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Turkish parliament preliminarily approves headscarf ban amendment
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey Wednesday preliminarily approved a proposed amendment to the country's constitution that would ease a current ban on Islamic headscarves and allow women to wear headscarves in universities. The measure pa (More) |
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NATO Genocide in Afghanistan
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that in the name of the "war of terror," NATO forces in Afghanistan are committing genocide by systematically hunting down and destroying the Taliban, a puritanic (More) |
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Iran ex-presidents plan appeal over ban on thousands of parliamentary candidates
Two former Iranian presidents and an ex-parliamentary speaker said Sunday that they plan to appeal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to overturn a ban prohibiting moderates and reformists in Iran from running in the March 2008 parliamentary (More) |
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Padilla trial highlights Bush Administration's manipulation of justice
Paul Craig Roberts [former US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; co-author (with Lawrence Stratton) of The Tyranny of Good Intentions]: "The George W. Bush administration responded to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with (More) |
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Lifting Turkey's headscarf ban: freedom of choice, or Islamist Trojan horse?
Farzana Hassan [President, Muslim Canadian Congress] and Zeynep Baysal [Director, Muslim Canadian Congress]: "The recent victory of the newly elected Islamic party in secular Turkey has spawned a reversal to traditional Islamic precept and pract (More) |
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Ex-congressman terrorism funding indictment [US DOJ]
US v. Islamic American Relief Agency et al., United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, January 16, 2008 . Read the full text of the indictment . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Former US congressman indicted in terrorism funding case
Mark Deli Siljander , a former Republican US congressman from Michigan and US representative to the United Nations, was indicted [indictment, PDF; DOJ press release] Wednesday for conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering, obstruction (More) |
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Federal jury convicts former Muslim charity leaders for hiding terror links
A federal jury in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts Friday convicted three former leaders of defunct Muslim charity Care International Inc. (not to be confused with CARE ) were convicted Friday of illegally obtaining tax-exemp (More) |
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Perfidy in Pakistan: Understanding the Bhutto Assassination
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that the assassination of Benazir Bhutto is the latest instance of perfidy in a Pakistan whose military leaders have been self-servingly dedicated to America's war or t (More) |
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UN General Assembly adopts resolution against defamation of religions
The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution against "defamation of religion," expressing concern about laws that have led to religions discrimination and profiling since Sept. 11. The resolution urges all:States to provide, within the (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.
