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  • Islamic law an answer for humanitarians?

    In the last decade, aid and advocacy agencies have increasingly tried to understand Islamic law in order to use its humanitarian provisions as tools of negotiation with armed groups in the Muslim world. While the approach has seen some successes, it also raises certain ethical dilemmas. 

    Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) response teams visited and surveyed the flood-affected areas of Kabul, and with the support of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) distributed food items including rice, cooking oil, s

  • Jihadi jurisprudence?

    Within extremist militant circles is a debate over acceptable behavior under the Islamic rules of war. This so-called “jihadi jurisprudence” is increasingly studied by humanitarians as practitioners seek to understand the degree to which there is room for even the most radical armed groups to be influenced in favour of the protection of civilians and aid workers.

    Mali Islamist rebels occupying swathes of northern Mali

  • Profiting from torture

    Since 2009, hundreds and possibly thousands of refugees, most of them Eritrean, have been kidnapped in eastern Sudan and sold to traffickers in Egypt’s Sinai...
    Human Rights Watch interviewed dozens of Eritrean refugees who described their torture at the hands of traffickers in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula

  • Revolution brings little to Sinai

    Nearly three years after a revolution that was meant to bring bread and dignity to Egyptians, the people of Sinai are still lacking both. Analysts have always said development of Egypt’s long-neglected Sinai Peninsula depended on political reform that, years ago, seemed an impossible dream. But even after the uprising that threw out the old political order, Sinai residents complain that their situation has only gotten worse. 

    A Bedouin man walks through the desert in South Sinai, Egypt.

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