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New Family Law for Sunni Women in Bahrain Not for Shiites
A new family law for Sunnis, which protects the rights of women in Shariah (Islamic) law courts, was approved by Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, on May 27. Women’s activists have pledged to continue their fight for a just law for the Gulf Arab kingdom’s Shiites.
The law-making lower and upper houses had approved [...]
Thousands Protest After Top Shia Cleric Accused Of Inciting Hatred
Manama, Bahrain (AHN) – Months of sectarian violence in Bahrain came to an end Thursday with top Shia scholars calling on their supporters to maintain peace and refrain from participating in illegal gatherings.
The past month has witnessed violent illegal gatherings in several parts of the country regarding sectarianism. But the fuel to the fire was [...]
Sex op woman’s fight for identity
A Bahraini woman undergoing a sex change operation is going to court in a bid to legally recognise her new status as a man.
Lawyer Fowzia Mohammed Janahi, who is acting for the 30-year-old, says her client was born without all the female organs and in her mind believes she is a man.
The woman, whose identity [...]
شيخ دين مقاطع ومهندس عرائض من قلب قرية «قلالي»
«حــق» ليســت متشــددة
قلالي – فهيم عبدالله
يمثل وضعا غريبا بالنسبة إليه كرجل دين سني، إذ كان على رأس مجموعة معارضة جريئة إبان أيام أمن الدولة.
.. وكان ضمن مجموعة مهندسي العرائض التاريخية بدءاً من العريضة النخبوية في مطلع التسعينات والعريضة الشعبية بعدها بسنين، ومن ثم العريضة الأممية التي تجمع توقيعاتها حركة «حق» في هذه الأيام، يكاد [...]
At least Bahrain is trying to address Sunni-Shiite divisions
One of the unintended consequences of the Iraq war has been the sharpening of Shiite-Sunni tensions across the region. Sectarian violence is alarmingly on the rise in Iraq, where prior to the U.S.-led invasion, citizens rarely made distinctions among themselves based on their subtle differences in faith. Iraqis are fleeing once religiously mixed neighborhoods [...]
Full StoryNew push for a family law
A Bahrain women’s delegation visited Britain’s Parliament as part of a campaign to press for a family law to be passed in Bahrain.
Several members of the Council of Lords have expressed their solidarity with our cause and pledged to back us, said women petition chairperson Ghada Jamsheer.
A memo detailing alleged injustices inflicted on women at [...]
MPs reject cutting off thieves’ hands
A proposal to introduce cutting off the hands of thieves in the new penal code was rejected by parliament yesterday. However, chairman Khalifa Al Dhahrani told MP Ali Mattar, who made the proposal, that he could re-draft it as a separate draft law and parliament would look at it again.
Mr Al Dhahrani said the proposal [...]
Showcase concert for devotional classics
A devotional music concert, Golden Classics, will be held tonight at the National Evangelical Church, Manama.
YMCA International – Bahrain Chapter is hosting the event as part of its spiritual awareness activities.
The show will feature a number of all-time favourite classics of Christian devotional music, performed in its original classical form as composed by legends such [...]
Respect urged for holy books
Islamic scholars are urging careful handling of the Holy Quran and other Islamic literature, along with mutual respect and understanding, to promote inter-religious harmony.
The advice follows an incident in which a European man was dismissed by his Bahraini employer after allegedly throwing a copy of translations from the Quran into a waste bin.
They were part [...]
Custody case put off again
A custody battle over a Bahraini toddler was once again adjourned at the Sharia Court yesterday, two years after the first case was filed in Kuwait.
The absence of the Sharia Court judge, who has been presiding over the case in Bahrain, yesterday led to another judge adjourning the hearing to May 13.
Filipina Lecita Flores and [...]
Holy Week celebrations
Services in celebration of Holy Week and Easter are being held at the St Christopher’s Cathedral in Manama from today until Sunday.
A one-hour Good Friday service of reflection at the foot of the cross and some children’s activities will be held at 9.30am today.
At 8am tomorrow there will be morning prayer and reflection and at [...]
Journalist Detained for Internet Remarks
Rabah Al-Quwayi, Saudi journalist, detainee of conscience
Saudi journalist Rabah Al-Quwayi, 24, has been detained by Hail authorities in connection with his writings posted on Internet forums, which they allege place his Islamic faith in doubt.
Al-Quwayi, a reporter for the Riyadh-based daily Shams, has been in Hail police custody since Monday.
“They asked me about topics I [...]
‘Satanic cult party’ claims dismissed
Organisers of Area 77 Rock Concert held on Wednesday at the Gulf Air Club in Salmabad, dismissed reports that the party was a Satanic cult meeting.
Concert sponsor Jameela Mohanna, who attended the event with her two-year-old daughter, said yesterday the event was like any other rock concert and in no way had Satanical affiliations.
“These were [...]
‘Quran insult’ man backed
An Islamic scholar has come to the defence of a European man who allegedly threw a copy of extracts from the Quran in a waste bin.
The restaurant manager was sacked from his job and has since left the country, after he was said to have desecrated the Holy book.
An MP also filed a complaint against [...]
Quran ‘insult’ an accident
An incident in which a Western manager at a Bahraini company allegedly desecrated the Holy Quran was an accident, his employer said yesterday. But the man was sacked on the spot, because of the offence caused when he accidentally threw translations from the Quran into a waste bin in front of Muslim colleagues, said the [...]
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