Russian special forces killed inmates suspected to be linked to the Islamic State (IS) group after the prisoners broke out of a cell in a Russian detention center and kidnapped two prison officers, holding them hostage.
A prominent female Iranian dissident and political prisoner was given an additional 18-and-a-half-year prison sentence by the Islamic Republic after she released a statement condemning the October 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel and voicing her support for Israel.
Iranian Fatemeh Sepehri faces 18 years in prison. Why? Because she condemned the October 7 Hamas Muslim Brotherhood terror attacks. pic.twitter.com/Ajqg3lQoVv
For the first time in history, many Muslims attending this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia will be able to harness the power of artificial intelligence to answer their inquiries on religion as the country will be introducing a smart robot to guide pilgrims on fatwas and other religious edicts.
Indian authorities are investigating a suspected terrorist attack after militants opened fire at a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Shiv Khori cave temple in Indian-controlled Kashmir, plunging the vehicle into a deep gorge and killing nine and injuring 33 others.
A High Court in India rejected a plea for protection filed by a Hindu-Muslim couple, citing that their marriage is invalid as per Muslim Personal Law, which governs all Muslims in India in several aspects, such as marriage and divorce.
Hindu-Muslim Marriage Invalid Under Muslim Personal Law : MP High Court Refuses Protection Plea Of Inter-Faith Couple pic.twitter.com/XPwzTqBOwP
Local authorities detained a man in Pakistan in a mental hospital after he applied to set up the first gay club in the conservative, Muslim-majority nation.
A man who tried to open Pakistan's first gay club was admitted to a mental hospital by Pakistani authorities. pic.twitter.com/NIYrANK262
A Christian father and son were attacked by hundreds of enraged Muslims in eastern Pakistan over allegations that the son desecrated pages of the Quran, leaving their house as well as their shoemaking factory ransacked and burned.
The angry Muslim mob went on a rampage on May 25th when locals claimed they saw burnt pages of the Quran outside the two Christian men’s house and accused the son of being behind it. The mob then set their house and shoemaking factory on fire and attacked the son.
Research made by an Israeli think tank revealed that textbooks from Saudi Arabia showed significant moderation of anti-Israel and antisemitic material, while references to Palestine were removed from most maps and lessons where they previously appeared, pointing to the possibility of the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom laying the groundwork for normalizing ties with the Jewish state.
More than a year after he posted a video where he briefly narrated how the Egyptian government mistreated him and even prevented him from leaving the country by taking away his passport, Egyptian ex-Muslim and atheist Sherif Gaber faces a new challenge after an Egyptian court sentenced him to another five years in prison for criticizing Islam.
