Sharia law

Muslims must reject hateful teachings or leave Belgium, MP tells ‘Post’ - interview

Belgian Vlaams Belang Party MP Sam van Rooy says he is constantly disappointed by other politicians who "talk about Israel obsessively, but don't really know what they're talking about."

Member of the Chamber of Representatives (Sam van Rooy ask a question during a plenary session in the Chamber of Representatives in the Palace of the Nation on January 23, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium
US REPRESENTATIVE Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and her husband Tim Mynett listen as Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech during a rally on the National Mall, one week before the November 5 US presidential election, in Washington, US, October 29, 2024.

Fraud claims, wine money, Sharia: Ethical storms around Ilhan Omar’s husband

Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference to address the plan to deal with a New World screwworm problem, in Austin, Texas, US, August 15, 2025.

Texas governor designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood criminal, terrorist groups

Syrian Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais makes a speech during the swearing-in ceremony for the first cabinet formed under the presidency of Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, March 29, 2025.

Syrian justice minister tells TML: ‘Coordination with US-led coalition can be lawful under Shariah’


On This Day: The Muslim conquest of Mecca in 630 CE

Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is home to Masjid al-Haram, the largest mosque in the world which has within it the Ka'ba toward which all Muslims pray.

Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca on September 21, 2015

Russia to adopt Islamic banking practices in response to western sanctions

The experimental pilot plan to implement Islamic financial practices in the country's Muslim-majority regions will, if approved, begin in February 2023. 

 Clergymen get ready for a prayer marking the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, while maintaining social distance amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Moscow's grand mosque in Russia July 31, 2020.

Fury grows in Iran over woman who died after hijab arrest - social media

Protests persisted on Sunday and #MahsaAmini became one of the top hashtags ever on Persian-language Twitter as Iranians fumed over the death of a young woman in the custody of morality police.

 A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" is seen in Tehran, Iran September 18, 2022.

Iran's Khamenei says Western enemies stoking anti-hijab protests

"The enemies' goal is to spread doubt among the people... and shake their faith, which is the main factor in maintaining the country and the Islamic system," Khamenei said

Women shop in a street in Tehran, Iran, November 29, 2021.

Muslim women divided as dueling hijab and no-hijab days approach

The ninth annual World Hijab Day will be marked on February 1. While some see it as a welcome initiative to fight Islamophobia, others expressed discontent as the custom is imposed on them.

 Farzana Sayach's first grade class in a Teheran elementary school, 1989.

Iran’s regime executed two men based on anti-gay charges

Iran’s regime frequently uses the charge of sodomy to impose the death penalty on gays and lesbians.

19 July  2006 Global Day of Protest . Iran: Stop Killing Gays

New UAE criminal code 'most sweeping reform in Gulf state's history'

One change that appears new is the ratification of a Federal Crime and Punishment Law, effective from Jan. 2, 2022, designed to better protect women, domestic staff, and public safety.

 A MAN waves a giant UAE flag  outside the US ambassador’s  residence in Jerusalem, August 19,  2020.

Afghan women should not work alongside men, senior Taliban figure says

A senior official in the Taliban told Reuters that the group would implement its version of Sharia, or Islamic law, despite international pressure.

Afghan women leave the site of a blast and gun fire in Jalalabad.

Iranian Christians receive prison sentence for 'sectarian activities'

They were sentenced by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj, northern Iran after being convicted of "engaging in propoganda against the Islamic regime."

Iranian Christian priests pray during a new year mass at a church in Tehran.

Iranian Christians receive prison sentence for 'sectarian activities'

They were sentenced by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj, northern Iran after being convicted of "engaging in propaganda against the Islamic regime."

Iranian Christian priests pray during a new year mass at a church in Tehran.