Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
The Iraqi parliament announced on Tuesday, the 21st, the approval of amendments to personal status law in the country following several re-drafts due to criticism that the new amendments could allow child marriages.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 24, 2024
On the instructions of the King, a communication meeting was held in Rabat on Tuesday, 24 December 2024, to present the proposals for revising the Family Code, or Moudawana. These proposals will be put to a vote in Parliament.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Minister of Justice ʿAbdel Laṭīf Wahbī has revealed in a meeting on Tuesday in Rabat the key proposed amendments as part of the redraft of the Moroccan family code, for which a royal working session was held on Monday.
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād has stated that Dār al-Iftā’ approves of many of the issues raised within the draft law on personal status affairs.
Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2024
Amendments expected to be added to the Moroccan Family Code have sparked large-scale controversy, with many considering the country’s personal status law, known as the Family Code, as a “major reform in regulating family affairs and protecting the rights of individuals.”
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2024
In his homily, Patriarch Yoḥannā X of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and the East, reflects on the future of Syria after the fall of Bashār al-Asad and the Asad regime in Syria in early December 2024. The sermon was delivered on December 15th at St. Mary’s (Mariamite) Cathedral in...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 5, 2024
A Swedish court on Tuesday found a far-right activist guilty of two counts of hate crimes against Muslims over statements he made whilst burning copies of the Qurʾān. This triggered riots in the country in 2022.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Lawyer Mortaḍa Manṣūr, the former president of al-Zamālik club, said that a verdict has been obtained in a lawsuit that was filed against producer Aḥmad al-Subkī and writer Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa, in order to ban the screening of their film al-Mulḥid (“The Atheist”) in cinemas both in and outside Egypt for “...
Date of source: Sunday, November 24, 2024
The summer of 2024 saw a disturbing rise in far-right riots across the UK, marked by Islamophobic chants, violent attacks on mosques, and escalating online hate. As British Muslims grapple with fear and past trauma, we need to address the political and media forces that have fueled this resurgence...
Date of source: Monday, October 14, 2024
Background for the Mikado Library, the Katholiek Documentatie Centrum and the Historisch Documentatiecentrum voor het Nederlands Protestantisme.
This brief provides background to books and documents Cornelis Hulsman provided to the Mikado Library, Aachen, on October 10, 2024.