Tag: islam
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The head of UN’s nuclear watchdog warns Iran is ‘not entirely transparent’ on its atomic program
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has warned that Iran is “not entirely transparent” regarding its atomic program
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Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution as tensions grip the wider Middle East
Iran has marked the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid tensions gripping the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip
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Russian drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s 2nd largest city, kills 7
The governor of the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv says a Russian drone strike on the city of the same name, the second-largest city in the country, killed seven people overnight, including three children
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As Indonesia goes to the polls, women and minority candidates face challenges
As the world’s third-largest democracy prepares for national elections on Wednesday, women and minority candidates face questions about whether voters will accept them
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Malaysia’s top court invalidates state’s Islam-based laws on incest, sodomy and other offenses
Malaysia’s top court has struck down Shariah-based criminal laws in an opposition-run state, saying they encroached on federal authority
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A look at the Iraqi government’s relationship with armed groups that are clashing with US forces
A U.S. strike in Baghdad that killed a commander with the powerful Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group this week highlighted the ambiguous status of the country’s Iran-allied armed factions
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Pakistan’s election: Who’s running, what’s the mood and will anything change?
Pakistanis are electing a new parliament Thursday in a race that essentially is concentrated on two parties
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Dutch coalition talks falter as 1 out of the 4 leaders in talks to form a new government walks out
Weeks of negotiations to form a new ruling coalition in the Netherlands led by anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders appeared to have ended fruitlessly
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Federal judge allows ‘supermax’ prisoner’s limited religious freedom claims to proceed
A federal judge last week permitted a Muslim man serving a life sentence in Colorado’s “supermax” prison for terrorism-related offenses to pursue a limited number of religious freedom claims against the government. Mostafa Kamel Mostafa, also known as Abu Hamza, arrived at the U.S. Penitentiary – Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence in 2015. A British citizen, Mostafa was…