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Fighting Words: The Abuse of Islam in Political Rhetoric

August 20, 2006 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that politicians' increasing use of abusive language to describe Islam in the context of the war on terror is symptomatic of multiple problems in Anglo-American democracy and culture......

August 18, 2006 12:25:00 PM

Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon announced Friday that he will formally resign from his position on Sunday over allegations that he kissed a woman at a party without her consent. On Thursday, Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz...

August 18, 2006 11:29:00 AM

The Tokyo High Court on Friday upheld Masami Tsuchiya's death sentence, handed down in 2004 after Tsuchiya was convicted for leading a Japanese cult's development of Sarin nerve gas used in the 1995 Tokyo subway attack . The...

August 18, 2006 10:32:00 AM

An Israeli military court has authorized the continued detention of Palestinian parliament speaker Aziz Dweik until August 22. Dweik was arrested at his home in Ramallah on August 5 for being...

August 17, 2006 12:43:00 PM

A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced former Yukos security chief Alexei Pichugin to 24 years in prison for organizing a series of contract killings, including the 1998 murder of Vladimir Petukhov, the...

August 15, 2006 04:59:00 PM

A plan devised by Egyptian mediators calls for Israel to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the return of an Israeli soldier held by Hamas , Reuters reported Tuesday, citing an anonymous...

August 14, 2006 03:35:00 PM

The Middle East ceasefire directed in a UN resolution adopted Friday that took effect at 8 AM local time (0500 GMT) Monday, "appears to be generally holding," Secretary-General Kofi Annan has...

August 14, 2006 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Robbie Sabel of the Hebrew University Faculty of Law in Jerusalem, Israel, offers his thoughts on UN Security Council Resolution 1701, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Middle East conflict involving Israel, Hezbollah...

August 13, 2006 03:04:00 PM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the US to deny a request from Israel to provide cluster munitions for use against targets in Lebanon. HRW wrote a letter to National Security Advisor...

August 13, 2006 10:15:00 AM

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told the parents of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah in a July 12 raid that Israel is willing to negotiate with Hezbollah for their release, Haaretz newspaper reported Sunday. Olmert...

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