A dissident rapper and one of the icons of Iran’s 2022 protests against the Islamic Republic, which began after the death of Mahsa Amini under morality police custody after her arrest for “improper hijab,” has been sentenced to death for “waging war against God.”
The longstanding tensions between Israel and Iran reached a turning point when the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and other Iranian proxies and allies launched a massive attack against Israel on April 13th with drones as well as cruise and ballistic missiles.
The UK’s Charity Commission is investigating concerns raised over a couple of newly registered religious charities that stoked fears over "Black Magic," "witchcraft," and exorcism practices.
A shocking and unprecedented attack occurred in a church in Australia after a teenage boy attempted to murder a bishop and a priest during a live-streamed mass, with the Australian police declaring the stabbing as a religiously motivated “terrorist act.”
A political prisoner was sentenced to death in Iran after he participated in the 2022 protests against the Iranian government, which began in September after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested for improperly wearing her hijab and later found dead under police custody.
The French government is seeking to file charges against a high school student after she falsely accused her former principal of assaulting her after he made her remove her headscarf on school premises, according to the French prime minister.
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A major convenience store chain in Malaysia and its supplier are at the center of a controversy after a Malaysian court charged the store’s top executives and the supplier for hurting religious feelings after socks with the word “Allah” were found on sale in one of its shops.
Britain’s state-owned rail company found itself in hot water after one of its stations in London displayed an Islamic message on one of its signs as part of its Ramadan celebrations. The message called for “sinners” to repent.
A controversial pastor and activist in the United States is under fire again, this time for converting from Christianity to Islam along with his wife, citing the ongoing war in Gaza as the reason for his decision to convert to Islam.