Two men would be put on trial in Sweden for setting the Quran on fire in a series of Quran-burning protests that stoked anger and outrage across the Muslim world and raised fears of jihadist attacks, prosecutors announced last August 28th.
Sweden will prosecute two men, Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem, for burning the Quran and agitating against Muslims.https://t.co/t3EQcysBdY
The United Nations and various human rights groups and activists strongly condemned a new measure by the Taliban regime to further suppress women’s rights in Afghanistan after it introduced a new, draconian law forbidding women from showing their faces or even speaking when outside of their homes.
A deadly knife attack occurred at a crowded festival celebrating the anniversary of a city in western Germany, killing three people and wounding eight others. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the terrorist incident, while German authorities arrested a 15-year-old and a 26-year-old in connection to the incident.
After Tajikistan banned the use of hijab last June, with the country’s president calling it an “alien garment,” the Muslim-majority, Central Asian nation is set to tighten its rules on Islam, with the ex-Soviet republic forbidding Tajik women from wearing “black clothes” and Tajik men from sporting long or bushy beards.
A video emerged and went viral showing Russia’s President Vladimir Putin receiving and kissing a copy of the Quran during his visit to Chechnya as Ukraine continues its surprising incursion into Russian territory.
Investigations conducted by various organizations reveal that Iranian-backed groups and agents may have influenced and played critical roles in organizing and supporting anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests and encampments across universities in the United States and Canada.
As we all suspected, the truth is being exposed: the Islamic Regime of Iran has been funding student protests in Canada and the US pic.twitter.com/JiJ0V4lyfY
Canada’s new human rights commissioner resigned before he could officially begin his role following an investigation into his appointment, controversies over past remarks on Israel and Palestine, and his failure to disclose his use of a second name.
Beauty salons, which once provided Afghan women with safe space following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 after American-led coalition forces pulled out of the country, were outlawed since 2023, forcing many beauticians and their clients underground.
An Iranian woman and a mother of two was left paralyzed after being shot by Iranian police over an alleged violation of the regime’s mandatory hijab laws.
The Iraqi parliament is proposing changes to the country’s family and marriage laws, which would reportedly give more power to Muslim clerics on family and marriage matters and would even open the doors to legalize marriage for children as young as nine years old, with women’s right activists and organizations saying the proposals would “legalize child rape.”
