As Malaysia experiences a recent wider shift towards a more conservative form of Islam, religious authorities in the culturally diverse and multi-ethnic Southeast Asian nation are stepping up moral policing efforts to crack down on those who are violating the country’s laws on breaking the fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
Raids and fines for Ramadan fast breaking spotlight rising religious conservatism in multicultural Malaysia. https://t.co/sP3TwqV7eJ
An internal document sent by the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) officials to a top intelligence agency in the United States warned personnel not to use “problematic phrases” and "biased language” when discussing foreign adversaries like China and Islamic terrorism, claiming that these phrases hurt the sentiments of Muslim Americans.
Videos that captured chants of "death to America" and "death to Israel" by some attendees and speakers of rallies in Dearborn, Michigan, and Houston, Texas, held on April 5 went viral on social media, emphasizing tensions over American support for Israel in its war against Hamas that began after the deadly attack on October 7th that killed 1,200 Israelis.
A shocking new poll discovered that almost a third of Muslims in the United Kingdom hold a positive view of Hamas and want Sharia law to be implemented in the country within the next 20 years.
A grim new report reveals that only one in four British Muslims believe that Hamas committed murder and rape in Israel on October 7th, with 46% sympathising with the terrorist organisation. https://t.co/TpFCWp8HrI
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.
France to sue student it says falsely accused principal of forcibly removing headscarf https://t.co/rIdCJJsKht
A Houthi court has sentenced nine Yemeni men to death in a mass trial based on “dubious” charges of sodomy last March, which follows after the radical Shia Islamist group sentenced 13 men to death for homosexuality in February.
Nine men sentenced to death by 'crucifixion and stoning' for alleged sodomy by Houthi courthttps://t.co/CgoouUVQ3r
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.
As more and more countries worldwide outlaw the practice of female genital mutilation, the West African country of The Gambia might be the first country in the world to repeal such a ban, stoking a wave of criticism from human rights advocates both in Gambia and abroad.
