Tag: Sharia

The Independent writes about “honor killings”, mainly done in religious societies.

Under Islamic laws, this is how execution by stoning is carried out in Iran.

Somalia has become a playground for an Islamist group known as al-Shabaab. It has banned bras, football, dancing and musical ringtones in the areas it controls. This weekend al-Shabaab decreed that men must grow beards and shave their moustaches. Its fighters have destroyed Sufi tombs and disinterred colonial-era Italian corpses. Its Sharia courts have ordered public floggings, the chopping off of hands and feet of thieves, the stoning to death of adulterers and beheadings of apostates and spies.

Amnesty International has condemned the stoning of a 13-year-old girl in southern Somalia. The human rights organization claims the teenager was stoned to death after her father informed the authorities that she had been gang-raped.

The only Indonesian province with Sharia, or Islamic law, has a 1,500-member force whose job is to go after women not properly covered and couples engaging in public displays of affection.

A halal searchengine has been launched so Muslims can browse the internet without fear of stumbling across content considered forbidden or haram under Islamic law.

Sudanese police flogged 10 women for dressing indecently by wearing trousers in violation of the country’s strict Islamic law according to a journalist arrested with them.

To fight militancy, Pakistan needs to conquer its radicalized north-west, then govern it.

Diplomats and human rights campaigners have condemned a peace deal between the Pakistan government and Taliban militants after harrowing video footage revealed a teenage woman begging for mercy during a public flogging.

The BBC’s Religious Affairs correspondent reports on the renewed interest in Islamic finance - and how to go about renouncing your baptism.