Farah v. Farah
…does not recognize common-law marriages where the relationship is created in Virginia.” Because the relationship as husband and wife was created in Virginia, the couple did not enter into a…
…does not recognize common-law marriages where the relationship is created in Virginia.” Because the relationship as husband and wife was created in Virginia, the couple did not enter into a…
…the fourth Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall. Contrary to early information, the frieze does not contain an inscription referring to the Prophet Muhammad as the “founder of…
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…parties were already married at the time the mahr was signed. The court stated that Texas does not distinguish between civil and religious marriage ceremonies as long as the legal…
By: Mohammad Hashim Kamali “Is there such a thing as ‘moderate Islam’, and if so, what form does it take? The events of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent Global…
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…to them is of them. Truly, God does not guide wrongdoing folk.” The word awliya’ (sing. “wali”), which we left above in the original Arabic, has been commonly translated into…
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…“figleaf,” does not hide the shame of humanity but rather scandalizes humanity’s malaise. It is troubling that the League of Nations and the United Nations were born after two world…
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…(used here interchangeably). Although this law does not apparently target the French Muslim community in particular and will affect other religious minorities such as the Jewish and Sikh communities, it…
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…economic and gender considerations. But such a basic position does not necessitate the conclusion that contraception, or even abortion, is prohibited. Indeed, historically, the majority view among Muslims scholars on…
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…women to a lower status than it does men,” said Rabbi Hauptman. In the Bible, men are heads of households not women. Men take women to be their wives and…
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…alleged criminals who have entered the United States, it does not provide any actual evidence for them. One of the primary examples that is cited in the ban is that…
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