The Taliban announced on October 14th that they would implement a new law that would ban news media and journalists in Afghanistan from taking and publishing any image of all living beings.
A group of British Islamist journalists working for a popular Muslim news website expressed their admiration for the Taliban during a podcast episode where they marked the third anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from the country.
A Pakistani citizen was arrested in Canada for planning to carry out a terrorist attack in the United States, the United States Department of Justice has revealed.
Four men believed to be “Islamic Republic loyalists” were arrested in a western German town for attempting to gangrape an Iranian dissident in an attack that shocked the city, according to reports by the German media.
This is horrifying. An Iranian dissident man was gang-raped in Germany by four men who are believed to be Islamic Republic supporters.https://t.co/gNFyfXSCmw
Critics raised their concerns with the BBC after a presenter introduced a controversial British Islamic scholar and jurist as a “highly respected” religious figure, who also sparked outrage for several inflammatory statements in the past, including one where he supported the October 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel that killed 1,200 hostages and took hundreds hostage.
American athletic apparel brand Nike launched its first-ever campaign ad film, “What If You Can?” aimed at Saudi Arabian women, a first in Saudi history. The ad hopes to inspire girls in the Muslim-majority, ultraconservative kingdom to build confidence and realize their full potential through the power of sport. However, the ad also sparks debate on the role of women in a changing Saudi Arabia.
More than a thousand people marched through the streets of Hamburg in Germany on April 27th, calling for a “righteous caliphate” to be established in the country, arguing that it is necessary to fix the issue of media representation of Muslims in the European nation.
Swiss authorities arrested a teenager after stabbing and critically wounding an Orthodox Jewish man in Zurich on the evening of March 2nd, with the authorities saying the suspect appeared in a video expressing solidarity with the Islamic State group and even calling himself a “soldier” in its self-described caliphate.
As the Islamic Republic continues its harsh crackdown on dissidents and protesters after Mahsa Amini died under the custody of the Iranian morality police in September 2022, many Iranians are relentless in finding ways to continue their fight against the regime. They discovered a new way to fight against the country’s theocratic government: singing and dancing.
