Al-Raya Newspaper: the Prominent Al Raya Issue 62
I wanted to ask you about the Shariah Principle that states: “the forbidden is permitted due to necessities.” What is the Shariah meaning of the word necessities? I will mention two cases to explain what I mean:
A few days ago, Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) declared that on the 20th March 2016 will be the day for the Election Re-Run that was previously held on 28th October 2015.
On the 21st of January 2016 the BBC reported that the government of Tajikistan has escalated its ban which started from the year 2015 on ‘non-Tajik’ clothing by forcibly removing women’s Hijabs.
Headlines:
• US Gearing up for Military Solution to Syria
• Danish Parliament Approves Bill to Ward Off Refugees
• Saudi Mufti Bans Chess
The Palestinian Authority’s Ministerial Council announced on 17/01/2016 its intention for the acquisition of a part of the land Sabta Al-Maqaam by the Russian Orthodox Church (Al-Maskubiyah) in the city of Hebron (Al-Khalil).
This morning, the formation of the Libyan government based on the agreement signed in Sakhirat 17/12/2015 was announced, after two days of delays from the scheduled date, according to the date mentioned in the agreement within a month...
On the surface, the US agrees with a political solution, an agreement, and the formation of a government that it desires... so it approved it, and the spokesman of the then-Spokesperson for the Department of State John Kirby said about the agreement:
