Penn Law Students Tackle Islamic Law Case
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Professor Paul Robinson's fall seminar at the University of Pennsylvania Law School offered a unique opportunity for the ambitious student: a chance to make law, rather than just study it.
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The work of a professor at the University of Alabama Law School has prompted some other scholars to scour religious texts to explore the moral basis of tax and spending policies.
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"God on Trial: Dispatches From America's Religious Battlefields" (Viking, 362 pages, $26.95) &#151; Peter Irons: Combining legal analysis with good storytelling, a lawyer-professor explores church-state disputes.
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Penn State, Cornell University among those offering paid download services to students.
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A U.S. judge heard arguments on Thursday on whether a prominent Swiss Muslim academic had rightfully been refused entry into the United States because he gave money to a Palestinian support group.
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Some Muslim congregations are seeking native imams who can discuss issues that seem relevant to young people.
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An Egyptian court ruled on Saturday that a U.S.-accredited university in Cairo was wrong to bar a female scholar who wears an Islamic face veil from using its facilities, court sources and a lawyer for the woman said.
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Federal prosecutors said Tuesday they used a mistaken translation of a key piece of evidence last week in a terror case against two Muslims from Albany, New York.
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On one hand there is the European Union, demanding Turkey reform its criminal code. On the other, a powerful group of conservative Muslims who insist such changes should include criminalizing adultery.
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ALBANY, N.Y.  - Angry and saddened, members of a  Muslim community in New York state's capital have been staying  away from their mosque for fear of being labeled terrorists as  they await a bail hearing on Tuesday for two men accused of  supporting terrorism.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania attorney generalâs office Monday sued an online university for allegedly selling bogus academic degrees - including an MBA awarded to a cat.
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Two jurors in the closely watched  terrorism trial of a New York defense lawyer met privately with  the judge in the case on Tuesday in an indication there may be  serious issues affecting deliberations.
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In limbo since the State Department invoked an anti-terrorism law to keep him out of the country, Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan resigned his faculty appointment at the University of Notre Dame this week.
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The author of a new book talks about recent battles in court over church and state
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The Media and Society Research Group of Cornell University conducted a survey in November of Americans with respect to their attitudes towards Muslims.  Nearly half (44%) of respondents favored restricting the civil rights of Muslims in some way.    The press release, with links to the report, is available at http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&amp;STORY=/www/story/12-17  -2004/0002639656&amp;EDATE=
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Sharia law is understood and applied in such varied ways across the Muslim world that it is difficult to say exactly what it is and how it could fit into a western legal context, according to experts on Islam.
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The case of a Muslim woman fined for wearing a veil has created a dispute involving politicians, civil rights groups and a fashion designer.