Inflation and decline in purchasing power cited as key factors driving revision A sweeping set of legal reforms aim to modernize the country’s legal framework have been unveiled. Illustrative image.

8 of 2025, which amends Article 251 of the Civil Code, originally enacted in 1980 under Decree-Law No. 67. The amendment raises the value of blood money (diya) to 20,000 dinars, up from the previous ...

The entire saga was turned into a book, Blood and Money, in 1976, which became a bestseller. In the meantime, Connie Hill adopted her stepson and lived in the house for many more years until ...

This amendment is part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the legislative system and ensure it aligns with economic and social changes. The change is aimed at revising the value of legal blood money to ...

The mother of slain youth Mustafa Amir has firmly rejected any offer of diyat (blood money), demanding justice for her son’s brutal murder. Wajiha Amir, while speaking to local news channel ...

A paralysed Filipino expat in Sharjah who spent over three decades stranded in the UAE due to an unpaid blood money debt is finally going home, thanks to intervention from the Philippine ...