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Current Feed ContentTwo Captains in Court for Alleged Human TraffickingTwo Senegalese boat captains, Ousainou Mbaye and Youssoupha Darbo, were yesterday charged under the prohibition of trafficking in persons Act before the Banjul Magistrates Court. According to the particulars of offence, the duo on or about 3rd April 2008 in the city of Banjul in the Republic of The Gambia, unlawfully engaged in trafficking of persons by the names of Mustafa Minteh, Muhammad Jarju and Momodou Malado Bah and received the sum of D15,000.00 from each of them for the purpose of...MUSLIM MEDIATION - Sharia: practice of faith, politics of modernity (Part 2)The logic and application of sharia law needs to be understood in its theological and historical context if intense controversy is to be succeeded by calm and constructive debate, says Sami Zubaida. The national project In modern Arab states such as Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Tunisia, the legislative process, while retaining elements of the sharia in their family law, have constantly attempted to liberalise the provisions which disabled women and children. The most advanced was Tunisia where... |
