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PARIS – Amid a heated debate about the Muslim veil, the French Catholic church warned Monday, February 1, against banning face-veils, calling on the European country to respect rights of its Muslim minority.
"The result could be the opposite of what is desired and lead to a reaction that increases the number of women wearing this garment,” said Bishop Michel Santier, the top French Catholic official for interreligious dialogue in a statement cited by Reuters.
He said that very few women wore face-veil in the country.
“We should in our country respect the rights of all believers to practice their faith,” Santier said
A French parliamentary panel recommended last week slapping a partial ban on face-veils in hospitals, schools, public transport and government offices. |
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A call to Israel 'Lift the siege on Gaza'
The Muslim Judicial Council and Media Review Network forwards its support and well wishes to the representatives of the 42 countries, who through their concern and consciousness of the plight of the people of Gaza, gathered in Egypt for a noble attempt to March for the Freedom of Gaza, gain global support and pressure Israel into lifting the siege.
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Human Rights Declarations should be enforced and not merely serve as a document of pious hope. Human rights in Islam are firmly rooted in the belief that God Almighty, the creator of mankind is the Law Giver and the divine source of all human rights. Due to its Divine origin, no ruler, government, assembly or authority can curtail or violate in any way the human rights conferred by God, nor can they be surrendered. |
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The United Ulema Council of South Africa (UUCSA) has come out strongly in a statement condemning the recent Swiss ban on Minarets. To read the complete statement released by UUCSA please click here |
Press Statement:World AIDS Day 2009Religion's role in AIDS prevention With increasingly shocking global statistics of 33.4 million people living with HIV, with some 2.7 million newly infected people with the virus and an estimated 2 million people who have died from AIDS related illnesses its clear that efforts made to protect the new generation is failing to halt the spread of this global killer. |
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The MJC welcomes German Court Verdict in Marwa el Shirbini murder trial. The Muslim Judicial Council welcomes the life imprisonment sentence served against Alexander Wiens who stabbed Marwa el-Sherbini in a German courtroom on the 1 July 2009. Justice has been served and in so doing will restore some of the faith that Muslims have for the German justice system which failed to protect Ms Sherbini during her trial against Wiens. |
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