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Has the Tunisian Constitution recently changed on the question of Islam?
Date of source: Friday, March 14, 2025
Over the past few days, a number of Facebook posts have claimed that the new Tunisian Constitution has removed the reference to Islam as the state religion. What exactly is this about?
Aḥmad al-Sharʿa calls for "national unity," Patriarch of Antioch denounces murder of "many Christians"
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2025
745 civilians have been killed in Syria's coastal regions and the mountains of Latakia by security forces in three days, according to the OSDH. Syrian President Aḥmad al-Sharʿaon Sunday called for "national unity" in the country after three days of communal violence unprecedented since the fall of...
Morocco: Muḥammad VI calls on Moroccans to refrain from carrying out the ritual sacrifice of ʿEīd al-Aḍḥa
Date of source: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
In a TV message read out by Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, the Minister of Ḥabūs and Islamic Affairs, King Muḥammad VI calls on Moroccans not to perform the ritual sacrifice of ʿEīd al-Aḍḥa.
Tunisia - ‘Instalingo’ case: The justice system is being used to its advantage and the verdict is out of line
Date of source: Monday, February 10, 2025
On 5 February 2025, the Second Criminal Chamber of the Tunis Court of First Instance handed down sentences totalling more than 700 years' imprisonment to the defendants in the “Instalingo” case, a veritable judicial saga marked by grotesque twists and turns. This trial seems to foreshadow a series...
The Rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris calls on the Pope
Date of source: Tuesday, February 11, 2025
The rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris has met Pope Francis for the second time in less than three years. Chems-Eddine Hafiz was received at the Vatican by the Sovereign Pontiff on Monday, 10 February 2025.
Rāʿī presents the Saint Maron medal to Marwān Ṣeḥnaūī
Date of source: Monday, January 27, 2025
During a ceremony held at the Maronite patriarchal headquarters, Maronite patriarch Bechāra Rāʿī presented Marwān Ṣeḥnaūī, president of the Lebanese Association of the Knights of Malta, with the Saint Maron medal, the highest distinction of the Maronite Church, in recognition of his exceptional...
Revision of the Moudawana: The main proposals unveiled
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.
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