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Syria bans full face veils at universities
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Syria has forbidden the country's students and teachers from wearing the niqab - the full Islamic veil that reveals only a woman's eyes - taking aim at a garment many see as political.The ban shows a rare point of agreement between...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - Islam

Muslims Syria

Syrians stage largest protests yet; 17 killed


Hundreds of thousands of Syrians mounted the largest protests since the uprising began more than four months ago, pouring into areas where the government crackdown has been most intense in a sign that security forces cannot break...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - Islam

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Shi'ite Fighters Rally to Defend Damascus Shrine:

The presence of Shi'ite combatants from neighboring states - confirmed by sources in Iraq and Syria and highlighted in videos glorifying their mission - underlines how Syria's conflict is inflaming sectarian feelings in the region. Ref. Source 9

Muslims Syria

Islamic State Declared in Syria:

Jabhabt al-Nusra currently administers various villages and cities (such as Raqqa) through a manifestation of Islamist governance embodied in shari'a councils, and if Jabhat al-Nusra is al-Qaida, then it's not absurd to say that something resembling a rough patchwork of quasi city-states has been established by al-Qaida in Syria. Ref. Source 1

Muslims Syria

Sharia in Syria - whipping of men:

They're whipping them because the older guy (father) married his daughter to the young man (other man) before the 3-month period that is required in Islam after her divorce. Ref. Source 2

Syria Muslims

Starving Syrians 'can eat dogs':

A group of Syrian clerics have issued a ruling - or fatwa - allowing people living in besieged suburbs of Damascus to eat meat that is normally forbidden. In a video, the Muslim clerics said people could eat cats, dogs and donkeys to stave off hunger. Ref. Source 1

Syria Muslims

Jihadists execute Syrian man for 'blasphemy': Activists:

"The fighters bought fuel from him and asked him why it was impure. He responded in the colloquial dialect by saying 'How should I know? What am I, the God of fuel?'" The Observatory said. Ref. Source 1

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Jihadists stone Syria woman to death for 'adultery': NGO:

Jihadists in the northern Syrian province of Raqa have accused a woman of adultery and stoned her to death, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. Ref. Source 8