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Taliban marks three years of rule and sharia law in Afghanistan

Taliban marks three years of rule and sharia law in Afghanistan

The system is Islamic and sharia-based, sharia is being implemented, said supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada.
Thu Aug 15 2024
ICC convicts Mali Islamist for Timbuktu atrocities

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

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

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 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

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

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

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 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

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'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

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

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

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 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
'No one will win a trade war,' China says after Trump tariff threat

'No one will win a trade war,' China says after Trump tariff threat

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.
Tue Nov 26 2024
What has caused Pakistan's deadly clashes between police and supporters of Imran Khan?

What has caused Pakistan's deadly clashes between police and supporters of Imran Khan?

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.
Tue Nov 26 2024
One woman or girl killed every 10 minutes by intimate partner or family member - UN

One woman or girl killed every 10 minutes by intimate partner or family member - UN

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".
Tue Nov 26 2024
Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation

Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.
Tue Nov 26 2024
[COLUMNIST] Building more highways won’t solve traffic congestion - reducing demand will

[COLUMNIST] Building more highways won’t solve traffic congestion - reducing demand will

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Hyundai to invest RM2.16 bil in Malaysia through strategic partnership with INOKOM

Hyundai to invest RM2.16 bil in Malaysia through strategic partnership with INOKOM

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.
Tue Nov 26 2024
‘C4Cinta’ sets record as highest-grossing Malaysian Tamil film

‘C4Cinta’ sets record as highest-grossing Malaysian Tamil film

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Man charged with mother's murder, storing body in freezer

Man charged with mother's murder, storing body in freezer

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Abolition of examination in schools to reduce pressure on pupils - Fadhlina

Abolition of examination in schools to reduce pressure on pupils - Fadhlina

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Google, Meta urge Australia to delay bill on social media ban for children

Google, Meta urge Australia to delay bill on social media ban for children

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.
Tue Nov 26 2024