Information on "Religious Law" and "Asia"
October 2012
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22 Oct 2012
A Wake-Up Call for Pakistan
Author: Shahid Javed Burki
Publisher: Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
This brief discusses the attempted murder of 14 year-old Malala Yousafzai by Taliban gunmen in the SWAT region of Pakistan. More on «A Wake-Up Call for Pakistan»
June 2012
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Jun 2012
Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox into the IDF
Author: Meir Elran,Yahuda Ben Meir
Publisher: Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
This monograph compiles the presentations from a conference at INSS on the Tal Law. More on «Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox into the IDF»
March 2011
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29 Mar 2011
Radical Islam in Gaza
Author: International Crisis Group
Publisher: International Crisis Group
The recent Israel-Hamas escalation returns a spotlight to Gaza and the Islamist movement's relationship with more militant organizations. More on «Radical Islam in Gaza»
November 2010
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Nov 2010
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan
Author: Qandeel Siddique
Publisher: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
This report describes the concept of the militant umbrella organization Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) by looking at the organizational structure, background and ideology of the group. More on «Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan»
January 2010
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2010
Iran Human Rights Review: Religion
Author: Cherie Blair, Tahirih Danesh, Adam Hug, Shirin Ebadi, Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Shireen Hunter, Abdol-Karim LahidjiJohn Weston, Wahied Wahdat-Hagh, Hossein Ladjevardi, Hamid Hamidi
Publisher: Foreign Policy Centre (FPC)
The aim of this edition is to develop public understanding of the fundamental challenge to human rights in general, and the right to religion or belief in particular, posed by the Iranian regime led by the Vali-e Faqih. More on «Iran Human Rights Review: Religion» -
2010
Courting Reform
Author: Cate Sumner, Tim Lindsey
Publisher: Lowy Institute for International Policy
This paper shows how Indonesia's family courts for Muslims - long among the most liberal in the Muslim world - have embraced reform within a judicial system notorious for corruption and incompetence, taking the lead in efforts to deliver decisions th... More on «Courting Reform»
December 2009
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16 Dec 2009
Incremento de la violencia islamista en el Norte del Cáucaso
Author: Pedro Baños Bajo
Publisher: Elcano Royal Institute of International and Strategic Studies
La violencia islamista en el Norte del Cáucaso no ha dejado de incrementarse de modo significativo desde que las autoridades rusas anunciaran el fin de las operaciones antiterroristas en Chechenia. More on «Incremento de la violencia islamista en el Norte del Cáucaso »
November 2009
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30 Nov 2009
Demystifying the Shariah Debate in Southeast Asia
Author: Tuty Raihanah Mostarom, Andini Gelar Ardani
Publisher: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
This commentary assesses the Anti-Adultery Bill passed in Aceh, Indonesia, in order to illuminate whether pluralism and human rights are being threatened by sharia law. More on «Demystifying the Shariah Debate in Southeast Asia»
June 2009
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Jun 2009
Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility
Author: Paul Scham, Osama Abu-Irshaid
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
This report challenges the assumptions that Hamas is ideologically incapable of evolving to accept the existence of Israel and that isolation and strong pressure are the only tools that may force it to recognize Israel. More on «Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility»
May 2009
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19 May 2009
The Sorrows of Swat and the Mayhem in the Malakand: What Now?
Author: Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
Publisher: Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
This publication reviews the history of the Swat region and how it came to be ruled under a fundamentalist sharia law. More on «The Sorrows of Swat and the Mayhem in the Malakand: What Now?»
