India court allows suit to worship Hindu deity inside mosque complex
The Varansi Court ruled Monday that a suit seeking the right to worship Hindu deities inside Gyanvapi Mosque Complex is not barred by any provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The plaintiffs argued the existence of Hindu deities at the land in dispute and that the principle of “first in existence” [...]
Israel court overturns order prohibiting Jewish prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court Sunday overruled a police order prohibiting three Jews from praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in contravention of a prolonged understanding between Israel and Jordan. Earlier this week Israeli police prohibited three Jews from entering the mosque compound for 15 days after they prostrated themselves and recited the Shema, a Jewish [...]
India Supreme Court rules for Hindus in Ayodhya holy site dispute
The Supreme Court of India issued a unanimous ruling Saturday in the decades-long Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid land case, finding for the Hindus. A small plot of land about 1500 square yards in the city of Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has traditionally been believed by Hindus to be the birthplace [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Louis René Beres of Purdue University, discusses the implications of Palestinian statehood under the rubric of International Law... "The first general law, which is to be found in the very end of the society of Nations, is...
JURIST Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that recent decisions by the Federal Supreme Court of Iraq demonstrate the Court's deference to the legislature over legal questions that implicate controversial areas of religious...
