An Iranian singer went viral after she live-streamed a historic virtual concert on YouTube where she performed without a hijab, despite the Islamic Republic’s efforts to pass a new, stricter law on hijab that many human rights organizations and activists have criticized.
Pakistan’s top body of clerics declared that virtual private networks or VPNs violate Islamic laws, Pakistani officials said on November 18th, as the country’s Ministry of Interior seeks to ban the service, which allows people to evade censorship in countries with strict Internet controls.
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.
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.
A notorious Muslim scholar sparked controversy after reports claimed that he and his followers are planning to purchase a remote Scottish island to set up their community where they can practice Sharia law.
'ISLAMIC STATE' - Hate cleric ‘raises’ to buy Scots island & transform it into ‘Islamic homeland’ with military-style training camps
Sheikh Yasser al-Habib, 45 is in talks to buy the isle of Torsa, in Argyll for million.https://t.co/cQE9mX8ojG
A group of young women in the city of Karaj in the northwestern province of Alborz were “identified and summoned” by Iranian authorities after they participated in an Ashura procession without hijabs.
One of Dubai’s ruler's daughters made headlines after she posted on Instagram that she would seek a divorce on July 17th, a rare move for a princess in the United Arab Emirates.
More than a year after high-profile and notorious radical British Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary was arrested and accused of leading a terrorist organization, he was convicted of terrorism charges after a trial in London, according to the Metropolitan Police on July 23rd.
With the war between Israel and Hamas entering its ninth month, some Islamic leaders continue to make antisemitic claims and push the idea of jihad on other Muslims. In Canada, three imams from three different places held Friday sermons where they denigrated Jews and urged Muslims to wage jihad.
Despite warnings from the United Kingdom’s Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted), an independent faith school continues to segregate boys from girls, according to an inspection report.
An independent Islamic school has again been found to segregate girls age 11+ from boys despite this being unlawful. If schools continue to put religious dogma before the law and the welfare of pupils, they must be shut down.https://t.co/zVLpRnMKUo
