By Ilene R. Prusher, The Christian Science Monitor
Published: November 13, 2008, 23:54

Occupied Jerusalem: Shaikh Ishaq Abdul Jawad Taha's phone is ringing off the hook.

"You're welcome, go ahead," says Taha, sitting behind his desk at the Palestinian National Authority's Al Fatwa Council, of which he is the director. "She's still recovering, so she doesn't have to pray," he says. Read More...  

Habib Shaikh
Published: 12 November 2008

JEDDAH - The Shoura Council has rejected a recommendation to simplify regulations governing Saudis marrying non-Saudis.

Bandar Al Hajjar, the new vice-president, who chaired the meeting in Riyadh on Monday, rejected the proposal as the council’s 108 members were equally split over a need to simplify the regulations. Read More...

Arab News
Published: Monday 10 November 2008

ABHA - A peculiar tribal practice in the southern province deprives women of their right to inherit shares in their fathers’ property. The reason given for this practice prevalent among certain tribes is to prevent the women’s husbands and kids from getting shares in the tribe’s wealth. Read More...  

(Reuters)
Published: November 09, 2008, 23:02

Ankara: More than 25,000 Turkish members of a liberal Muslim sect marched in Ankara on Monday in their first big demonstration against what they say is discrimination by the government and compulsory religious classes. Read More...  

Adil Salahi Arab News
Published: Friday, 31 OCtober 2008

All Muslims know that to follow the example of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in matters of religion is required as a duty. To follow him in other aspects is always good and fruitful, except where he expressly stated that what he did was specific to him. Read More...  

By John Esposito and Dalia Mogahed
Published: September 05, 2008, 00:20

In this five-part series, carried every Friday during Ramadan, Gulf News publishes excerpts from the fascinating conclusions of the largest ever opinion survey of the world's Muslims, carried out by Gallup. Who speaks for Islam by John Esposito and Dalia Mogahed was published by Gallup Press. Read More...    

By John Esposito and Dalia Mogahed
Published: September 25, 2008, 23:35

Although Muslim women value the role Islam plays in their personal lives and favour a role for Sharia as at least an aspect of their public lives, they are not uncritical of the Muslim world. What women say they admire least about Arab/Muslim societies is similar to what their male counterparts complain about: lack of unity, economic and political corruption, and extremism. Read More...