The head of the church of England has called for some aspects of Islamic law to be implemented in Britian.
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said British Muslims should be allowed to have marital and financial matters dealt with by a Sharia court.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown immediately rejected the suggestion.
Dr Mohammad Hashim Kamali, professor of Islamic Law, discusses the issue.
Anand Naidoo speaks to The former ‘Accidental President’ of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso and discusses the need for reform in Brazil and his harsh opinions of Lula da Silva.
Politicians are blaming the police in South Africa for not stopping attacks on foreigners. The ruling African National Congress party hit out after at least 42 immigrants were beaten and burned to death. Poor black South Africans accuse the foreigners of keeping them unemployed by taking their jobs. Al Jazeera’s Kalay Maistry reports on the latest from Johannesburg.
Iraqi insurgents are proving to be deadly for American troops as they emerge as a sophisticated mobile fighting force. But are they insurgents or resistance fighters against American occupation’ And what is the difference’
Riz asks about her reputation as an actress who believes in pushing the limits of the Bollywood film industry.
Amira Hass is a reporter for the daily “Hararetz” newspaper in Israel. She is the only Israeli journalist to have lived in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, where she has doggedly reported on events from the Palestinian perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To this day she continues to live in Ramallah, the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority.
Amira is an obsessed journalist. She is a pursuer of justice, a rebel and an only child of a mother who survived the holocaust.
Filming for this documentary (Between the Lines, Directed by Yifat Kedar) first started back in 1999, amid a mood of optimism in Israel that a peace settlement was close at hand. But Amira goes against the stream: she sees the peace process as actually teetering on the brink of failure, threatening an explosion of violence.
The film accompanies her during two years in Israel and the Palestinian territories, preparing herself for the chaos she expects ahead.
In the darkest moments of the Intifada, she sticks to her mission and stays among the Palestinians to continue her reports for her newspaper from the ‘other side’.
From time to time she receives abusive letters via the internet from Israelis who accuse her of treason. At the same time, she does not hold back in criticising and confronting representatives of the Palestinian Authority with searching questions.
Daily life becomes ever more difficult and absurd. In her house in Ramallah she does not have water because Israel has cut off the water supply to territories under the Palestinian Authority. The Israeli army hinders her travelling from place to place or even to go back home. Besides staying on top of the story, Amira tries to find the time - and the way - to visit her aging mother in Jerusalem.
Hass was the recipient of the Press Freedom Hero award from the International Press Institute in 2000, the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Award in 2002, the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize in 2003, and the inaugural award from the Anna Lindh Memorial Fund in 2004.
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http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2479/is_1_32/ai_n6142325
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8DBF9E79-F50F-4CC7-8A51-E9EEAFC0B41E.htm
http://www.zmag.org/meastwatch/amira_hass.htm
Amira Hass is a reporter for the daily “Hararetz” newspaper in Israel. She is the only Israeli journalist to have lived in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, where she has doggedly reported on events from the Palestinian perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To this day she continues to live in Ramallah, the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority.
Amira is an obsessed journalist. She is a pursuer of justice, a rebel and an only child of a mother who survived the holocaust.
Filming for this documentary (Between the Lines, Directed by Yifat Kedar) first started back in 1999, amid a mood of optimism in Israel that a peace settlement was close at hand. But Amira goes against the stream: she sees the peace process as actually teetering on the brink of failure, threatening an explosion of violence.
The film accompanies her during two years in Israel and the Palestinian territories, preparing herself for the chaos she expects ahead.
In the darkest moments of the Intifada, she sticks to her mission and stays among the Palestinians to continue her reports for her newspaper from the ‘other side’.
From time to time she receives abusive letters via the internet from Israelis who accuse her of treason. At the same time, she does not hold back in criticising and confronting representatives of the Palestinian Authority with searching questions.
Daily life becomes ever more difficult and absurd. In her house in Ramallah she does not have water because Israel has cut off the water supply to territories under the Palestinian Authority. The Israeli army hinders her travelling from place to place or even to go back home. Besides staying on top of the story, Amira tries to find the time - and the way - to visit her aging mother in Jerusalem.
Hass was the recipient of the Press Freedom Hero award from the International Press Institute in 2000, the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Award in 2002, the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize in 2003, and the inaugural award from the Anna Lindh Memorial Fund in 2004.
For More information please go to
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2479/is_1_32/ai_n6142325
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8DBF9E79-F50F-4CC7-8A51-E9EEAFC0B41E.htm
http://www.zmag.org/meastwatch/amira_hass.htm
Amira Hass is a reporter for the daily “Hararetz” newspaper in Israel. She is the only Israeli journalist to have lived in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, where she has doggedly reported on events from the Palestinian perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To this day she continues to live in Ramallah, the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority.
Amira is an obsessed journalist. She is a pursuer of justice, a rebel and an only child of a mother who survived the holocaust.
Filming for this documentary (Between the Lines, Directed by Yifat Kedar) first started back in 1999, amid a mood of optimism in Israel that a peace settlement was close at hand. But Amira goes against the stream: she sees the peace process as actually teetering on the brink of failure, threatening an explosion of violence.
The film accompanies her during two years in Israel and the Palestinian territories, preparing herself for the chaos she expects ahead.
In the darkest moments of the Intifada, she sticks to her mission and stays among the Palestinians to continue her reports for her newspaper from the ‘other side’.
From time to time she receives abusive letters via the internet from Israelis who accuse her of treason. At the same time, she does not hold back in criticizing and confronting representatives of the Palestinian Authority with searching questions.
Daily life becomes ever more difficult and absurd. In her house in Ramallah she does not have water because Israel has cut off the water supply to territories under the Palestinian Authority. The Israeli army hinders her traveling from place to place or even to go back home. Besides staying on top of the story, Amira tries to find the time - and the way - to visit her aging mother in Jerusalem.
Hass was the recipient of the Press Freedom Hero award from the International Press Institute in 2000, the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Award in 2002, the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize in 2003, and the inaugural award from the Anna Lindh Memorial Fund in 2004.
For More information please go to
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2479/is_1_32/ai_n6142325
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8DBF9E79-F50F-4CC7-8A51-E9EEAFC0B41E.htm
http://www.zmag.org/meastwatch/amira_hass.htm
Some of Norway’s most notorious criminals are doing time in the world’s first eco-prison. The focus is on an environmentally friendly jail sentence. It’s aimed at easing the transition for prisoners about to be set free. Al Jazeera’s Nick Clark reports on an experiment which is producing positive results.
US comments on AJE - 19 Nov 07
