Kuwait: “Hurdles” and “pitfalls” in religious reform
Reuters reports that the Kuwaiti National Assembly proposed draft legislation to institute criminal penalties for insults against God, the Qurʾān, the Prophet Muhammad, and his wives. The bill would...
View ArticlePakistani shari’a court orders soldier to be stoned to death and girl shot...
In a recent blog post, law professor and legal blogger Jonathan Turley writes that a Pakistani shari’a court has “added a stoning death to this year's records” after Anwar Din, a 27-year old Sunni...
View ArticleSaudi boy escapes death penalty after shooting and killing relative
Timothy Whiteman at the Examiner reports that a young Saudi Arabian boy was recently spared the death penalty after shooting and killing an elderly relative who he mistook for a monkey “trying to...
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