Saudi Arabia is set to allow foreigners to invest in publicly traded companies that own real estate in two of Islam’s holiest cities, Mecca and Medina, as the ultraconservative, oil-rich Gulf kingdom looks to attract more foreign investment.
Foreign companies will now be able to invest in Saudi companies operating in Mecca and Medina, overturning years of policy that may eventually open the door for non-Muslims pic.twitter.com/Y7HJMAXHAe
An Iranian court has allegedly sentenced a famous Iranian singer and rapper to death on appeal for blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad, with the Iranian judiciary denying the reports made by local media.
A teenager whose lie about her teacher contributed to his death at the hands of an Islamist has apologized to the victim’s family at a court in France on November 26th, revealing how a lie can ruin or even take someone’s life.
Girl admits lying that teacher was Islamophobic before he was beheaded https://t.co/5ydFhn6b2D via @MailOnline Absolutely speechless. That poor, poor man -
A music festival attracted criticism for allegedly mocking the Kaaba, considered to be Islam’s holiest site, and for being “insensitive” amid the ongoing wars between Israel and Hamas as well as Lebanon.
Saudi Disgraced Islam with This
This is the opening of Riyadh's entertainment season in Saudi Arabia this year.
They had a model of the Holy Kaaba where they displayed images of singers and dancers. pic.twitter.com/n2RXD1LSCg
Three men have been arrested and charged after violence broke out between pro-Khalistani extremists and Indian protesters at a series of demonstrations and clashes in Brampton and Mississauga in Ontario, Canada, on November 3rd.
Canadian authorities have charged three people following violence at a Hindu temple near Toronto. India's foreign ministry said "extremists and separatists" were behind the violence. pic.twitter.com/8fx23nY9lo
The Taliban has banned women in Afghanistan from allowing their voices to be heard by other women, further intensifying its repressive policies against Afghan women’s rights and raising concerns among human rights activists that such new laws could isolate them even further, preventing them from engaging in conversation or forming support networks.
A 22-year-old man was arrested for a fatal stabbing that happened in the port city of Rotterdam that left one person dead and another seriously injured. Dutch prosecutors said the man is suspected of murder and attempted murder with a terrorist motive.
A Pakistani police officer shot and killed a man who was being held in custody after he was accused of blasphemy, authorities in Pakistan reported on September 12th.
Pakistani Muslim man accused of blasphemy shot de@d inside a police station by the very policeman guarding it.
Just a month after the student protests in Bangladesh forced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina out of power and the creation of an interim government under Muhammad Yunus, a new controversy emerged after a young Bangladeshi Hindu boy was claimed to have been beaten to death by an angry Islamist mob after he allegedly posted derogatory statements against an important religious figure.
The Bangladeshi interim government, led by entrepreneur and Nobel Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, overturned a ban on a controversial Islamist political party imposed by former Prime Minister Sheik Hasina, who was ousted last August following massive nationwide protests against her authoritarian rule.
