ABUJA, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Muslim scholars in northern Nigeria are launching a campaign to improve women's rights through Islamic Sharia law, which they say provides greater protection for women than traditional practices in the region.
Sharia in Nigeria has made world headlines as a threat to women after several were sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, but Nigerian Muslim jurists, both male and female, say Sharia is an opportunity to help downtrodden women.
"Islamic law protects women's rights very seriously, certainly more than our traditional system," said Ibrahim Naiya Sada, director of the Centre for Islamic Legal Studies at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, one of Nigeria's top universities.
And here's a fine example of Islamonazi tolerance in action.
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ICE creams are being withdrawn from Burger King — because a design on the lid looks like the word Allah. Yeah, because this design bears a slight resemblance to the holy word of Islam it has upset the muslims.
The fast food chain has had dozens of complaints about the coloured symbol - meant to be a spinning whirl - on its range of BK Cones. What sort of omnipotent deity can't handle a vague likeness of His earthly name being associated with something like ice cream?
KABUL, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Twenty insurgents were arrested in southern Afghanistan on Saturday while trying to blow up the country's biggest dam on the eve of landmark elections, police said.
The militants were arrested at the Kajaki Dam in Girishk district of Helmand province by Afghan and U.S.-led troops, Defence Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi said.
Azimi said the militants were were "trying to blow up the Kajaki Dam. Arms and munitions were recovered from them and the sabotage act was averted," he said.
The Kajaki Dam supplies hydro-power to southern Afghanistan's main city, Kandahar.
Coalition Forces raid foreign fighter safe house
BAGHDAD , Iraq – Coalition Forces raided two suspected al-Qaida in Iraq foreign fighter safe houses in the town of Ubaydi, located in northern Iraq and discovered a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device and other terror weapons Sept. 17 at 4:14 am.
Intelligence sources and tips from local citizens led Coalition Forces to the location of the foreign fighter safe houses. Upon entry into the first safe house, Coalition Forces discovered that all the foreign fighters had fled prior to their arrival. However, Coalition Forces did find weapons and a large amount of small arms ammunition and bomb-making materials. Additionally, extremist propaganda was found throughout the safe house. Upon leaving the safe house, Coalition Forces set delayed explosive charges and destroyed the terrorist material.
At the second location, one VBIED which was found outside the safe house was rigged to detonate on command. Coalition close air support assets destroyed the VBIED in place. Large multiple secondary explosions were seen from the destroyed VBIED.
Coalition Forces were departing the area when they were engaged by approximately eight terrorists and/or foreign fighters. They returned fire, killing one terrorist -- the others fled the scene.
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