An article from the British online magazine Spiked revealed that a private liberal arts college in Minnesota temporarily closed and censored an art exhibition of a feminist artist after claiming some Muslim students were offended by it.
A cube-shaped megastructure for Riyadh in Saudi Arabia sparks controversy in social media for its similarity to the 'Kaaba.'
On February 16th, Saudi Arabia lifted the curtain on the latest architectural design of a cubic-shaped megastructure, which received criticism for strikingly resembling Islam's most sacred site, the Kaaba.
Turkey’s top religious body is under fire for issuing a fatwa that it is permissible for adopted children to marry their adoptive parents as the country tries to recover from a devastating earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people.
The Iranian regime is prosecuting a woman for “disrespecting” her headscarf after she was seen removing the religious garment and throwing it on the ground at a public engineers’ meeting.
A video of the woman was posted online over the weekend. The footage showed the woman, identified as Zeinab Kazempour, discarding her headscarf and throwing it on the ground as she walked out of a meeting to elect new board members of the Iran Construction Engineers Organization.
China and Iran, Afghanistan’s biggest and most powerful neighbors, have asked their mutual neighbor to end restrictions on women’s rights to education and work.
The Taliban has stopped the distribution of contraceptives in two of Afghanistan’s major cities, claiming that their use by women is part of a conspiracy by Western countries to control the Muslim population.
Three religious reformers were put on trial in Bahrain for allegedly questioning the foundations of Islam, further deepening divisions between the country’s Shia majority and its ruling Sunni royal family.
The three accused are members of Tajdeed, a local Shia cultural and religious organization that advocates for open discussion of religion. Its members have questioned Islamic jurisprudence and the opinions of Islamic legal scholars, a taboo in much of the Muslim world, where political and religious authorities often endorse and enforce doctrine.
British news outlet The Guardian released a report on February 6th detailing the systemic abuse many dissidents faced at the hands of Iranian security forces amidst ongoing protests that have rocked the country.
‘They used our hijabs to gag us’: Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police https://t.co/kSRCxwF3Zr
After achieving victory in the Afghanistan war, Jihadists who have spent their lifetime riding horses in the countryside are now expressing complaints about the work-life they currently lead behind a desk. Now all they can do is think about how to pay rent and spend their time using Twitter.
