Date of source: Thursday, September 30, 1999
Islamist Sheikh Abdul Mun’em Abu Zant was again detained by the prosecutor general on Wednesday for violating the Sermons Law, which prohibits radical sermons, but was later released on bail pending trial.
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 1999
[Letter to the Editor]
The Russian government has blatantly accused several Arabic and Islamic countries of masterminding and instigating the latest bombing campaign in Moscow. Lieven, an expert of Islamist movements in the northern Caucasus, is accused of playing on the Western fear of...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 29, 1999
The Cabinet decided to toughen the punishment against adulterers "to prevent people from committing adultery."
Date of source: Tuesday, September 28, 1999
The Cabinet has approved a recent proposed amendment made by the legal committee at the Ministry of Justice in July to cancel Article 340, Minister of Justice Hamzeh Haddad said on Monday.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 28, 1999
Participants at a two-day conference urging the cancellation of legislation regarding crimes of honor said the focus in activists’ battle should also include Article 98 of the Jordanian Penal Code, not only Article 340.
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 1999
Parliament Speaker Abdul Hadi Majali on Monday promised to take into consideration women’s demands to eliminate crimes of honor by amending legislation that permits males to kill their female relatives for illicit behavior.
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 1999
In an effort to stem "crimes of honor," the Jordanian Women’s Union (JWU) has joined the national effort to curb these crimes by holding a two-day conference entitled "Crimes of Honour.
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 1999
The National Jordanian Campaign Committee to Eliminate the so-called "Crimes of Honor" has made some strides in its bid to increase public awareness of the problem but is nowhere near where it should be.
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 1999
The National Jordanian Campaign Committee to Eliminate the so-called "Crimes of Honor," said on Saturday it has collected around 8,000 signatures in the first month of the nationwide campaign calling for the cancellation of Article 340 of the Jordanian Penal Code which gives those who kill in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 29, 1999
[Letter to the Editor] Why on earth does Firas Abdul Hadi assume that he has a God given right to impose his own personal doctrines of press regulation on the rest of society?