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.
An organization representing Indian Muslim Americans canceled its participation and withdrew its float from the yearly India Day Parade held in New York City over the inclusion of a float that celebrates a highly controversial, recently built Hindu temple, which is being criticized for showing anti-Muslim bias and bigotry.
Indian American Muslim Group Cancels Parade Participation Amid Float Controversyhttps://t.co/cO9IhQ7nQE
The Iraqi parliament is proposing changes to the country’s family and marriage laws, which would reportedly give more power to Muslim clerics on family and marriage matters and would even open the doors to legalize marriage for children as young as nine years old, with women’s right activists and organizations saying the proposals would “legalize child rape.”
A notorious Muslim scholar sparked controversy after reports claimed that he and his followers are planning to purchase a remote Scottish island to set up their community where they can practice Sharia law.
'ISLAMIC STATE' - Hate cleric ‘raises’ to buy Scots island & transform it into ‘Islamic homeland’ with military-style training camps
Sheikh Yasser al-Habib, 45 is in talks to buy the isle of Torsa, in Argyll for million.https://t.co/cQE9mX8ojG
More than a year after he posted a video where he briefly narrated how the Egyptian government mistreated him and even prevented him from leaving the country by taking away his passport, Egyptian ex-Muslim and atheist Sherif Gaber faces a new challenge after an Egyptian court sentenced him to another five years in prison for criticizing Islam.
After going through an arduous legal battle that lasted over four years since his arrest in April 2020 for blasphemy, a Court of Appeal in the northern Nigerian state of Kano reduced Mubarak Bala’s sentence from 24 to 5 years in prison on May 13th.
A political party in the United Kingdom will be investigating its newly-elected councilor after he sparked backlash for making a speech celebrating his victory in a recent election, where he reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” (or God is the greatest in Arabic) and allegedly proclaimed that his election win is “for the people of Gaza.”
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.”
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.
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.
