As the Barbie movie, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, receives critical acclaim for its themes such as women empowerment and existential crisis, the highly-anticipated fantasy comedy film is being banned in many Arab and Muslim-majority countries.
So far Algeria, Lebanon and Kuwait have all banned the new “Barbie” movie, stating that the film promotes homosexuality. https://t.co/vZP2NGF9X9
Muslims in Canada are planning to organize a “Million Person March” in the capital city, Ottawa, to protest what they see as "LGBT Ideology" being pushed in Canadian schools.
Spiritual healers are common in every religion, and Islam is no exception. But while faith healers in other religions were criticized for fraud, Quranic healers, also called raqi, were prone to sexually abusing and exploiting their female clients.
A mob of far-right Hindu nationalists stormed a mosque in the suburb of the Indian capital, New Delhi, setting it on fire and brutally murdering a deputy imam just hours after violence between Hindus and Muslims broke out in a nearby district.
An Islamic boarding school and its leader in Indonesia are under fire for its unorthodox teachings on Islam, facing charges of blasphemy and hate speech filed by authorities in the Muslim-majority country.
Panji Gumilang, head of the Al-Zaytun school, says in a recent interview with Metro TV that women and men were equal according to his interpretation of the Koran. https://t.co/4lxClfbA5j
Health authorities in northern Iran released a new edict, ordering that women who don’t wear their hijab correctly or have no headscarf should be denied healthcare. This sparked strong reactions among Iranian netizens and prominent Iranian figures and activists.
The circulation of a letter to hospitals requiring strict hijab for medical services in northern Iran has sparked strong public reactions.https://t.co/n86skF65i6
When Reza Seqati, who works as a director for the regime’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in the northern province of Gilan, was exposed after a video of him having sex with a young man circulated on the Internet, the issue was widely discussed on Iranian social media.
A high-profile and notorious radical British preacher was arrested last July 17th and charged with leading a terrorist organization in the United Kingdom.
Since the Taliban seized power as a US-led coalition of foreign military forces left Afghanistan in August 2021, they imposed wide-sweeping restrictions against women based on their strict interpretation of Islam and Sharia law.
While protests in Iran have slowly subsided after Mahsa Amini died under the custody of the morality police in September 2022 for failing to wear her hijab correctly, the Iranian regime remains steadfast as ever in strictly enforcing its mandatory hijab law on Iranian women.
Iran is pursuing a new crackdown on women who violate strict dress codes https://t.co/QLFobGOt7e
