ICC convicts Mali Islamist for Timbuktu atrocities
Juddges said Al Hassan played a key role in the Ansar Dine Islamist group which took the city in 2012 and tried to impose sharia law.
Wed Jun 26 2024
Federal Court rules 16 provisions in Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code Enactment null and void
The landmark decision was delivered by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat who led a panel of nine judges.
Fri Feb 09 2024
Indian state led by Modi's party seeks to ban polygamy, give women more rights
The bill also proposes to increase the legal age of marriage for girls to 21 years.
Tue Feb 06 2024
Taliban preparing to reveal new Afghan government amid economic turmoil
Taliban official Ahmadullah Muttaqi said a ceremony was being prepared at the presidential palace in Kabul.
Thu Sep 02 2021
Three killed as Afghan protests test Taliban's promise of peaceful rule
Afghanistan would not be a democracy, Waheedullah Hashimi told Reuters: "It is sharia law and that is it."
Thu Aug 19 2021
Rise of hard-line Islamist groups alarms moderate Indonesian Muslims
A strong backlash also has emerged, led by moderate Muslims who worry that conservative Islamists are wrecking Indonesia's tradition of religious tolerance.
Mon May 08 2017
Nigeria's Buhari says army has captured key Boko Haram camp
Boko Haram has killed 15,000 people and displaced more than two million during a seven-year insurgency to create an Islamic state governed by a strict interpretation of sharia law.
Sun Dec 25 2016
MCA media statement on Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act amendment
MCA strongly opposes the action of bypassing the BN administration to enable the tabling of the hudud Bill by any means.
Tue Jul 26 2016
Maldives woman wins reprieve from death by stoning
The Maldives' highest court has overturned a sentence of death by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery.
Mon Oct 19 2015
Ben Carson's take on Islam wins support on the right
Ben Carson blamed the entire controversy over his views of Islam on "political correctness," a bugaboo of his campaign that's just as unpopular on the right as sharia.
Wed Sep 23 2015
Malaysian Islamic leader calls furore over sharia law misguided
In a rare interview with a foreign media, Abdul Hadi tells AFP that hudud itself is almost impossible to implement because the requirements are very strict to come to the eventual punishment.
Wed Apr 01 2015
On equal treatment for transgenders
Hafidz Baharom salutes the judgment passed of the constitutional challenge regarding Sharia law regarding transgenders -(Section 66) of the Negri Sembilan Sharia Criminal Enactment of 1992.
Thu Jan 22 2015
Indonesia's Aceh to vote on caning to punish gay sex
Lawmakers in Indonesia's Aceh will vote Friday on whether to make gay sex punishable by 100 lashes of the cane.
Fri Sep 26 2014
Iran's Khamenei says irked by officials infighting
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday expressed disappointment at intense public infighting between senior officials, calling for "calm" amid Western economic sanctions.
Sat Feb 16 2013