JURIST - Islam

JURIST Guest Columnist, Faisal Kutty of the Valparaiso University Law School says that the Muslim community has risen to the challenge of addressing the mainstream about extremists within, and that, to win the war on terror, democratic governments must foster productive bridge building with the majo....... [more]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Tunisia to modify the country's draft constitution to address potential human rights violations. After analyzing the third draft constitution, HRW expressed concern that the language recognizes universal human rights regarding only "cultural specificities of....... [more]

Bangladeshi authorities on Sunday arrested Jamaat-e-Islami party (JI) leader AKM Yusuf on charges of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Prosecutors allege that Yusuf helped to train 96 Islamic party activists for the paramilitary group known as th....... [more]

A war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced Mohammad Kamaruzzam, assistant secretary general of the Jamaat-e-Islami party (JI), to death for atrocities committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Kamaruzzam, the fourth person convicted by the tribunal established by Prime Mi....... [more]

Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan of the High Court of Peshawar ruled Thursday that US drone strikes in the region are illegal. The justice also directed Pakistan's Foreign Ministry to introduce a resolution against such attacks in the UN. The decision stems from a lawsuit filed by the Foundation for....... [more]

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) has indicted Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, a Bangladesh-born UK Muslim leader, for crimes against humanity and genocide including his alleged role in the murder of top intellectuals during the country's 1971 liberation war. Mueen-Uddin is alleged to have....... [more]

The son of Libya's deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi made a second court appearance in Zintan, Libya, Thursday, but the court postponed further proceedings until mid-September in order to allow for adequate trial preparation. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is accused of crimes against the state for transferring....... [more]

JURIST Guest Columnist Ibrahim Fares, an LL.M. Candidate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, explains the impact of religion on legal rights in Palestine...Religion affects many aspects of life in Palestine, including legal rights. One sensitive issue in Palestine is conve....... [more]

The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on Monday sentenced five men to prison for their roles in an organ trafficking syndicate. Lufti Dervishi and his son Arban Devishi were found guilty of "Trafficking in Persons and Organised Crime." Sokol Hajdini, Islam Bytyqi and Sulejman Dull....... [more]

The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), the political party of former president Pervez Musharraf demanded that Islamabad High Court Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui be removed from office and that his decisions be declared void. The request for Siddiqui's removal follows his order that Musharraf to be....... [more]

JURIST Guest Columnist Samar Warsi of the Muslim Civil Liberties Union argues that the international drone policy sets the tone for domestic drone policy decisions...For laws to be effective, they must have ascertainable limits. Clear limits are determined by definitions contained within laws and....... [more]