Sentences with phrase «muslim majority»

As in many Muslim majority countries, the Pakistan legal system incorporates elements of Sharia law (the moral code and religious law of Islam).

They stated that because they exercised their faith as members of the Ahmadiyyah (a minority community that adheres to the Ahmadiyyah, long contested by the Sunni Muslim majority in Pakistan), they would be prosecuted and therefore should be recognized as refugees.

Climate change will adversely affect the world and Muslim majority countries are no exception.

The four women artists represented in the show hail from different Muslim majority countries and represent different generations.

This unique event offers three days of knowledge sharing platforms where delegates, visitors, exhibitors and sponsors can identify, debate and ultimately better understand how to strengthen their brand and sales propositions to the Muslim majority tourism marketplace.

The event also incorporates ITHMAR15, a conference and expo dedicated to developing tourism investment in Muslim majority countries and TURATH15 dedicated to developing cultural tourism in the 57 OIC countries.

Iran's Asghar Farhadi is unable to attend this year's Oscars, where is film is nominated, because of Donald Trump's ban on people travelling from seven Muslim majority countries.

In his speech in Cairo today, President Barack Obama indicated his intentions to support scientific initiatives in the Islamic world as part of his vision for promoting peaceful relations between the United States and countries with a Muslim majority.

Secretary Clinton emphasizes, «We want to help Muslim majority communities develop the capacity to meet economic, social, and ecological challenges through science, technology, and innovation.»

Trump on Wednesday began moving toward fulfilling his campaign promises to erect a wall along the U.S. - Mexico border and restrict people from Muslim majority countries from entering the U.S.

Governor Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.

A federal appeals court dealt another blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban targeting six - Muslim majority countries on Thursday, siding with groups that say the policy illegally targets Muslims.

But is there a Muslim majority country where Israel (and Jews) is received in positive light overall?

Shortly after three federal appeals judges upheld a block of Donald Trump's travel ban for seven Muslim majority countries, POTUS fired back.

Federal courts have upheld challenges to the ban, which also prohibits travel from seven Muslim majority countries for 90 days.

Kashmir was (and still is) a Muslim majority state of undivided India in 1947 ruled by a Hindu prince Maharaja Hari Singh.

In this case, Owaisi sees it more beneficial for him to appease the Muslims - even if it means spewing hateful, nasty rhetoric against other groups of people, since his constituency has a clear Muslim majority.

Indonesia represents a case of sectarian discrimination, in which radical groups associated with the Muslim majority are attempting to assert their influence and establish dominance over the Christian minority.

Some countries with Muslim majority have secular governments (e.g Turkey).

Anyway, the split during the vote was by party, and all MPs with a «muslim heritage» (Razzy Hammadi, Ibrahim Aboubacar, Malek Boutih, Kader Arif, Chaynesse Khirouni, Pouria Amirshahi, Kheira Bouziane, Boinali Said) did vote in favor of gay marriage, even the one from Mayotte Boinali Said (over-seas department with a Muslim majority).

Egypt's Coptic Christians are preparing for the funeral Pope Shenouda III, an event expected to bring millions of Christians onto the streets of Egypt at time when tensions with the Muslim majority are high.

Muslim majority countries like Iraq, Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia - they are all insecure enough to treat their minorities in a barbaric manner.

Some demographic studies suggest that on current trends Britain could have a Muslim majority by the middle of this century.»

They avoid complaining about the government, saying anything that might connect them with the West, or using the language of the Muslim majority when they worship, according to researchers.

But when the anti-corruption crusader was accused of distorting a Qur «an teaching to convince the nation's overwhelming Muslim majority to vote for a Christian, public opinion shifted dramatically.

Seen what they do to churchs in muslim majority countries?

The UK had better act to reduce immigration from Muslim majority countries before it is too late.

Middle Eastern Christians are hostage to a hostile Muslim majority, and to Iran in particular.

The problem in many Muslim majority countries is plentiful, corruption, lack of education, poverty, cultural influences being cloaked as «Islam» when it's not.

The indigenously led churches do not require foreign workers in administration, and the absence of any confessed strategy of witness and evangelism to the overwhelming Muslim majority would seem to minimize opportunities for foreigners to be useful.

Whatever their exact number, Christians are leaven in deeply troubled Pakistan whose Muslim majority disallows increasingly the Prophet's teachings about restraint from violence and his injunctions to honor the Ummah (religious community) Internecine Muslim murders are a daily occurrence in Pakistan, and, whatever the discrimination against Christians, it is more social and economic in nature and far less violent than what Muslims do to one another.

Has the Muslim majority released a genie that can not be returned to the bottle?

«I would venture to say he had no friends in the Arab world, and he had no friends in the Muslim majority, and he had very few friends in Africa more generally.»

Mansour Borji, advocacy director of Article 18, an organisation that defends persecuted Christians in the Shia Muslim majority country said: «This recent verdict by Iran's revolutionary court is particularly alarming, as many other Iranian Christians are still awaiting trial for exercising their right to worship as Christians in privacy of their homes.»

He explains: «It is very easy to slip into disdain for people who don't see the evidence for biological evolution or who want to impose their views on others in a coercive way, such as in Muslim majority countries.»

The death of Pope Shenouda III sparked anxiety in the embattled minority group in Egypt's Muslim majority.

«Muslim majority nations are now making statements globally and nationally to push back on extremism, and you will see more of it,» the evangelical interfaith leader told CT. «This is sending signals to their citizens and the world that the tide is turning.»

John's mission field is a Muslim majority country of the Middle East.

Many muslim majority nations pushed out other religious populations.

The Christian communities of the Middle East have almost disappeared in the face of growing hostility from the Muslim majority.

In 50 years African Americans are slave of white people and now we have African American president... and I am so happy for that... you will see a day coming may be in 100 years more or less Americans will accept Islam and will become a Muslim majority country... the way Americans are reverting to Islam...

Add to that the fact that the Muslim majority does not and will not tolerate the Christians and it seems there is no end in sight for Egypt's problems.

That's why DoorDash has come out against the executive order restricting travel from seven Muslim majority countries.

The decision to ban people from seven - Muslim majority countries to enter the United States will give further arguments to extremist groups, such as the Islamic State, and will not guarantee national secutiry.

The objectives of the Charter of Medina provide a suitable framework for national constitutions in countries with Muslim majorities, and the United Nations Charter and related documents, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are in harmony with the Charter of Medina, including consideration for public order.

Not exact matches

Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein became the first major Wall Street leader to speak out against President Donald Trump's order to halt arrivals from several Muslim - majority countries.

When President Donald Trump signed an executive order to bar immigrants from seven Muslim - majority countries from entering the U.S., the ban promised to have far - reaching consequences for businesses and employees.

In Iraq, 58 percent majority of Muslims who support sharia law also support the stoning of adulterers, and 56 percent support corporeal punishments for stealing.

«I've heard from many of you who are deeply concerned about the executive order issued yesterday restricting immigration from seven Muslim - majority countries,» Cook wrote.

According to the report, of the 23 countries surveyed, Iraq and Afghanistan are the only two countries where majorities of Muslims surveyed said that honor killings of women are justified as punishment for alleged pre - or extra-marital sex.