On October 1, a law popularly called the ‘burqa ban’, came into force in Austria, another European country that now prohibits facial coverings.
More than 40% of countries have a preferred or favored religion, a new Pew Research Center analysis of data covering 199 countries in the world shows.
The controversial Singaporean YouTuber Amos Yee has finally been granted asylum after being in a U.S. detention facility since December.
Tunisia’s president made a big step to ‘total, actual equality between men and women citizens in a progressive way’ by letting women choose spouses.
A 35-year-old Christian man has been sentenced to death in Pakistan over “blasphemous” WhatsApp message sent to his Muslim friend.
Calgary Muslim website tried to explain how female circumcision, the practice in Islam, “brings untold benefits to women.”
Lebanon repealed one of the longstanding laws that allow rapists to avoid criminal prosecution if they marry their victims. It was the latest in a string of countries in the region to reverse such provision under pressure from Arab women’s group. Women’s groups have agitated for years for the laws to be repealed, saying they further victimize survivors.
Islamic cleric who inspires many terrorists claims terror and money laundering charges against him are part of anti-Muslim “persecution” in India.
Pakistan may amend its blasphemy law by imposing the death penalty for false accusers, which is the same punishment as for those who commit the crime.
It’s true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but hatred can be too. People see what they want to see and this story is proof of that.
