jurisprudences


Some of the judgements made by Mr Justice Eady, accused by the editor of the Daily Mail of creating a privacy law by the backdoor.

Sharia law is a controversial subject but are there historic links between English and Muslim law?

Al-Qaeda's violent methods have been coming under mounting criticism from Islamist scholars who once supported it, Frank Gardner reports.

A Muslim found with files on weapons and explosives tells a court anger about issues like Chechnya fuelled his interest in jihad.

A man accused of possessing terror-related documents admits he was interested in "jihad and warfare".

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams gave an interview to BBC Radio 4's World at One about Islam and Christianity. Here is the full transcript:

After the suggestion that aspects of Sharia law could be introduced in the UK provoked a storm, we look at how Sharia law complements other systems.

The Charter of Fundamental Rights sets out a whole range of civil, political and social rights enjoyed by the EU's citizens.

Tony Blair says he is making progress on meeting the UK's concerns about a new European Union treaty.

Security agents question Russian former chess champion Garry Kasparov over his political criticisms.

Changes made in the Budget to the tax system will potentially make the UK a key world centre in the development of Islamic finance

German politicians and Muslim groups condemn a German judge who refused a Moroccan woman divorce, citing the Koran.

India's media helped secure the conviction of a man who murdered a Delhi student in 1996, reports the BBC's Geeta Pandey.

As the government moves to tighten the law to stop convictions being quashed on a technicality, Jon Silverman asks if it is necessary.

Some 200 families are to ask the SNCF for compensation over the wartime deportation of Jews.

An Israeli army video apparently shows a Hezbollah fighter admitting his role in the 12 July raid on Israel.

A drugs trafficker arrested in Stranraer has failed in a bid to challenge his extradition to a Dutch jail.

The UK is to ask the European Court of Human Rights to review its ban on deporting people to countries of danger.

The full text of Attorney General Lord Goldsmith's speech to the Royal United Services Institute, including his call for the Guantanamo Bay detention centre to close.

The BBC's Roxana Saberi looks at the growing popularity of Sufism in Iran, and the occasional tensions with the authorities.

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