sharia law
Taliban spokesman's warning to US: 'You should not be changing our culture'
Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told Fox News that there will be no issue for women in Afghanistan and the United States should not interfere with the regime.
Resurgent Taliban pledges to honor 'women’s rights' in charm offensive
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid held a news conference to say that the insurgents would honor women’s rights, within highly restrictive Sharia law.
'No one cares about us': Afghan girl cries in emotional video amid Taliban brutality
A heartbreaking video shows a young Afghan girl crying about how "no one cares about us" -- and expressing fears that the brutal Taliban rule will ensure they will "die...
Women arrested after naked stunt in Dubai that went viral
A group of women have landed themselves in serious hot water in Dubai after they posed naked on a balcony in a stunt that went viral online.The women were arrested...
Teen collapses after receiving nearly 150 lashes for raping a child
A teenager convicted of raping a child in Indonesia's most conservative region collapsed during a public whipping that saw him lashed nearly 150 times for violating Islamic law. The unidentified...
Suicide bomber drives into checkpoint at Somalia port
At least five people were injured when a suicide car bomber plowed into a checkpoint near the port in Mogadishu, Somalia early Saturday, Reuters reported. The explosion shook parts of...
Indonesia province hires female floggers to whip women who violate Sharia law
A female flogging unit has been introduced in Indonesia’s Aceh province to dole out public whippings against women found violating the region’s Sharia law. One of eight new female Sharia...
Young couple caned in public square for cuddling in Indonesia
Teenage sweethearts were brutally caned in front of a baying crowd because they were caught cuddling. Cheering locals took photos on their phones as the punishment was carried out in...
Alyssa Milano confronted about Sharia law by far-right journalist
LOS ANGELES — Actress Alyssa Milano came face to face with a conservative activist, who asked the #MeToo campaigner to disavow another prominent member of the movement “because she is...
Malaysian women caned for attempting lesbian sex in car
KUALA LUMPUR — Two Malaysian women convicted of attempting lesbian sex in a car were caned in court watched by dozens of people on Monday, media and a state government...
Saudi couple arrested for video showing kiss on the cheek
They now face jail time for their public display of affection after the video went viral, enraging Saudis who blasted them for a lack of morality. Authorities picked up the...
Crowd cheers as unwed couples, alleged prostitutes get caned
Several unmarried couples and two women were publicly caned in front of an enthusiastic audience in Indonesia on Friday for violating Islamic law. In Aceh -- a deeply conservative province...
Saudi Arabia lets women run in the country's first-ever female road race
Saudi Arabia hosted its first-ever race for women on Saturday as the Middle Eastern country slowly expands the rights of its female citizens. More than 1,500 women took part in...
Cops arrest four, break up fights at anti-Sharia law protest
Cops arrested four people Saturday while keeping anti-Trump protesters and opponents of Sharia law from coming to blows in lower Manhattan. One man collapsed during the event in Foley Square,...
Indonesia canes two men for having gay sex
Two men in Indonesia's Aceh province were publicly caned dozens of times Tuesday for consensual gay sex, a punishment that intensifies an anti-gay backlash in the world's most populous Muslim...
Saudi prince wants end to ban on women drivers
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has called for an end to Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving, saying it's hurting the country's economy. “Stop the debate,” he tweeted on Tuesday. “It’s time...
To defeat ISIS, America must target Sharia ideology
After nearly a quarter-century fending off radical Islam, it is tragic we remain willfully blind to the two things that actually drive the recruitment and material support that jihadist networks...
Copenhagen bars harassed by locals trying to enforce Sharia law
Copenhagen bar owners are begging for government protection against Muslim activists trying to impose a strict “Sharia zone.” The businesses claim they’ve been harassed and their shops vandalized by organized...
Husband cuts off wife's nose in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — A young woman in a remote northern region of Afghanistan had her nose cut off by her husband, officials in the region said Tuesday. Fawzia Salimi, a...
'Repentance card' can mean life or death under ISIS rule
ESKI MOSUL, Iraq — Inside the Islamic State's realm, the paper testifying that you have "repented" from your heretical past must be carried at all times. Many people laminate it...