Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya - sentenced to death by Yemen for the murder of Talal Abdo Mehdi - must face 'Qisas', or 'God's ...

The two Islamic laws are being discussed widely as tension mounts over Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya's fate. Whether the crime ...

In Yemen, where Islamic law guides the legal system, the decision to pardon a murderer lies solely with the victim’s family. If the family demands Qisas, the court has to carry out the execution, even ...

Indian nurse Nimisha Priya’s execution in Yemen has been stayed for now. However, her future remains uncertain as the ...

It is grounded in Chapter 2, Verse 178 of the Quran and entitles victims’ families to either demand retribution or offer ...

Nimisha Priya, the 38-year-old nurse from Kerala, who has been on death row for the murder of a Yemeni national, was ...

Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen has been delayed following diplomatic negotiations. Despite this, the family of Talal Abdo ...

Rooted in the concept of 'an eye for an eye, under Yemen’s legal system, the victim’s family is allowed to seek retributive ...

The execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen, has been postponed by Yemeni authorities, government ...

THE law of qisas is derived from the primary source of Islamic law: the Quran. The Quran uses the term ‘qisas’ in the sense of ‘equality’. Let us briefly look at the principle of qisas ...

The Qisas (retribution) and Diyat (blood money) law was famously invoked in the case of Raymond Allen Davis, a CIA contractor who shot two men dead in Lahore in 2011.

Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, sentenced to death in Yemen for murder, must face 'Qisas' or 'God's law', according to her victim ...