The Iraqi man who provoked demonstrations across the world and outrage all over the Arab and Muslim world for staging protests where he burned copies of the Quran in public spaces was killed in Sweden.
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
A prominent journalist in Kuwait was imprisoned for her calls to normalize the country’s ties with Israel, underscoring a critical point in the Arab world’s contentious but changing relationship with Israel and the broader geopolitical dynamics of the Middle East.
A journalist from a UK-based, English-language Islamist media outlet said in an interview with a podcast that Arab countries normalizing ties with Israel is extremely unacceptable, adding that it must cease to exist no matter how long it would take.
A former doctor has been sentenced to five years and seven months in prison after a court heard that he used rusty medical instruments to carry out circumcisions on young boys and failed to provide them with enough pain relief.
A notorious, international pan-Islamist and Islamic fundamentalist organization canceled its yearly event in Canada following public criticism and fears of being banned and listed in Canada as a terrorist organization.
An ad campaign by an online investment company predominantly serving Muslims was banned by the United Kingdom’s advertising watchdog for featuring images of Euros and US dollars, as well as the words “The United States of America” in flames alongside calls to “join the money revolution.”
A prominent Nigerian atheist who was imprisoned for blasphemy has just been freed after serving more than four years in prison and is now living in a safe house as his legal team fears his life may still be in danger.
A British teen convert who was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison for planning an attack against the Isle of Wight music festival stabbed 10 prison officers since being put behind bars.
The first Sharia court was established in the United Kingdom in 1982. Today, around 85 Islamic councils operate in the country, making it the “Western capital” of Sharia courts.
