Palembang, Indonesia — A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious hatred and sentenced her to two years in prison for saying a Muslim prayer and then eating …
Tehran — On September 16, 2022, a young woman died in the custody of Iran‘s Morality Police. Mahsa Amini was 22. Iranian officials said she died of a heart attack, but …
New Delhi — Authorities in central India’s Uttar Pradesh state have shut down a private school after video of a teacher asking her students to slap their Muslim classmate went …
France is to ban Islamic garments known as abayas in schools from September, the government announced Sunday, with a top official calling them a “political attack” and an attempt to …
Malaysia’s government said Thursday that anyone buying or selling LGBTQ-themed Swatch watches could face prison terms of up to three years, as authorities pledged to stop the sale of Swatch …
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi vowed Wednesday that the Islamic republic‘s mandatory dress code, including laws requiring women to wear the hijab, or headscarf, would be enforced as a growing number …
New Delhi — Indian authorities suspended internet service and deployed thousands of paramilitary and police forces Monday to the northern state of Haryana as deadly sectarian violence spread toward India’s sprawling …
Two protesters burned pages torn from a Quran outside Sweden’s parliament in Stockholm Monday, the third such demonstration in recent weeks and the first since the country’s prime minister warned …
Recent small-scale protests in Sweden’s capital that saw a man desecrate Islam’s holy book, the Quran, and the prospect of more such demonstrations, have left the Nordic nation torn between …