Many people worldwide celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th with flowers, chocolates, and sweet messages. However, many Hindu nationalists across India were not happy with the event and wanted Indians to stop celebrating it.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently became controversial after an old video of her rebuking Islam and arguing that it has no place in Europe resurfaced on social media.
Since the rise of Israel’s most right-wing government in its history, which included ultra-Orthodox and far-right parties in its alliance, many activists and ordinary Israelis are worrying about the rise of sex segregation in many areas of public life.
Growing Segregation by Sex in Israel Raises Fears for Women’s Rights https://t.co/A11e7lZdWW
Brazilian soccer player Neymar sparked controversy in Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Muslim world for the cross pendant he wore while arriving in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, following the signing of a lucrative, two-year contract with the Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club.
Wearing shorts, especially during the hot summer, is something many people worldwide take for granted. But in North Korea, wearing shorts with a length above the knee may get you in trouble for violating “socialist etiquette” by sporting what authorities describe as “capitalist fashion.” However, the rule applies only to women, and North Korean men can wear shorts as they please.
An Iranian official in the northwestern province of Gilan was sacked after a sex tape involving him and a young man was leaked on social media.
Peyman Behboudi who recently published the sex tape of the Iranian hijab watchdog official on his Telegram channel, says the Islamic Republic's agents have arrested his sister and her children. https://t.co/sPze3vKp6x
Since the “love jihad” conspiracy theories started spreading in India due to the rise of right-wing Hindu nationalism, many Muslim men were targeted in the country for allegedly luring Hindu women into Islam via love and marriage. But in a bizarre plot twist, a Muslim woman was accused of love jihad after allegedly running off with another girl.
Students at a Pakistani university received a disciplinary notice for participating in Holi celebrations at their campus, sparking debate on celebrating religious activities from other faiths in the Muslim-majority nation.
Pakistan's Higher Education Commission bans Holi celebrations across all educational institutes saying that such activities portray a complete disconnect from the country’s sociocultural values and are an erosion of the country’s Islamic identity, reports Aaj News.
Is it wrong for adults to marry minors, regardless of culture or society? Muslim-American writer and founder of the Muslim Skeptic, Daniel Haqiqatjou, believes there’s nothing wrong with marrying nine-year-old girls if they are physically mature.
Haqiqatjou made these statements during a lecture titled "LGBTQ Agenda in the Education System and Homeschooling Our Children" at An-Noor Cultural Center in Queens, New York City, on June 2nd.
A female engineer in the Indian state of Gujarat committed suicide after her in-laws allegedly pressured her to perform Sati, an ancient, now illegal practice in Hinduism where a widow sits on top of her deceased husband’s funeral pyre.
