Ayatollah condemns Islamic hijab ban in Azerbaijan Tehran Times Political Desk QOM – Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani has sent a message to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, strongly denouncing a ban on Islamic dress code recently imposed in Azerbaijan as a move against Islam and the human rights laws. “Reportedly, Azerbaijan’s education minister has ordered the [...]
An Indian Muslim preacher banned by the home secretary from entering the UK for his “unacceptable behaviour” is to challenge the ruling in the courts. Zakir Naik, a 44-year-old television preacher, had been due to give lectures in Sheffield on 25 June and Wembley Arena the following day. Theresa May said that visiting the UK [...]
Hijab-wearing Mahinur Ozdemir, the youngest deputy to serve in the Belgian parliament, attracts her fair share of attention for her attire and views. The 27 year-old is of Turkish origin. At 27, Mahinur Ozdemir is by far the youngest deputy to serve in the Belgian parliament in Brussels. As the debate about the Muslim headscarf [...]
Local authorities in London on Wednesday defended plans to build arches described by critics as “hijab gates” at the ends of London’s famed multi-cultural Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets council, which is due to consider the plans this week, says the arches will boost the economy and celebrate diversity in the area — famous for its [...]
A Scottish law firm has become the first in the country to offer clients “conventional” legal representation alongside advice on sharia law. Hamilton Burns, based in Glasgow’s south side, has teamed up with an eminent Muslim scholar who will counsel clients on the Islamic aspect of civil law cases, while solicitors give advice under Scots [...]
If my women friends lived in Malaysia, and we happened to be Muslim, we’d – with a few exceptions – be badly battered and bruised. Our bodies would be red raw from constant thrashing. I wonder if we’d wear those lashing marks with pride. Or would the pain and humiliation of official caning eventually break [...]
The debate over a proposed French law banning the niqab in public buildings features some unexpected divisions On a grey Friday afternoon in Paris, Amina and her girlfriends are carrying fake designer handbags and wearing trainers sodden by the rain. Their heads are enveloped in the fur lining of their jacket hoods, and they are [...]
The sentence carried out for the first time. The victims suffered six lashings each. Four men also convicted for sex outside of marriage. Interior Minister: It is a way to bring people “to the right path.” Model punished for drinking beer awaits sentence. Kuala Lumpur (AsiaNews / Agencies) – Malaysian authorities have flogged three women [...]
The former French justice minister, Rachida Dati, has condemned the wearing of the burka, saying that it “does not correspond” to European values. Ms Dati, the first person of North African descent to serve in the French cabinet, is in the UK to visit the Justice Secretary Jack Straw’s Blackburn constituency. In a rare interview, [...]
Tower Hamlets council has been accused of trying to force through a controversial sculpture against the wishes of locals It is synonymous with curry and trendy bars, nightclubs and art venues. Now a plan to mark the entry points to London‘s cosmopolitan Brick Lane with giant arches in the shape of headscarves or hijabs has been [...]
