
Islamic State (ISIS) theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when “owners” of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured
by Reuters30 Dec 2015, 1:44 AM PST0

JAFFA, Israel – A young Saudi woman driver came under fire this week after a video of her driving a car in the city of Tabuk has gone viral on social media in the kingdom.
by Ali Waked24 Dec 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

TEL AVIV – Hundreds of religious and academic scholars, most of them Muslim, have added their names to an open letter that uses Islamic jurisprudence to refute the ideology of the ruler of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
by Aaron Klein27 Nov 2015, 3:08 AM PST0

There have been a couple of disturbing signs lately that the United Kingdom no longer aspires to have one law for all, that instead UK Muslims are entitled to preferential treatment. Both signs take the form of extending special privileges to Muslim
by Johanna Markind8 Oct 2015, 2:53 AM PST0

Two teachers at an Islamic school in Birmingham have changed their plea to guilty and confessed to beating a ten-year-old boy with a stick for making mistakes when reciting the Quran. Mohammed Siddique, 60, and his son Mohammed Waqar, 23,
by Liam Deacon11 Aug 2015, 4:32 AM PST0

Proponents of stricter Islamic regulations in Indonesia have scored another victory with the passage of sharia measures mandating the separation of sexes in educational institutions and certain social situations.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.6 May 2015, 6:43 AM PST0

Breitbart Texas confirmed Tuesday that “an Islamic Tribunal using Sharia law” is indeed operating in Texas. But not to worry: an attorney for the tribunal assures us that participation is “voluntary,” and one of the Sharia judges, Dr. Taher El-badawi, says it’s devoted only to “non-binding dispute resolution.”
by Pamela Geller28 Jan 2015, 6:22 AM PST0

Printed with $300,000 in assistance from Google, Charlie Hebdo returned to the stands with a post-attack edition that sold out before dawn on the day it was released, leading to an increased print run of 3 million copies – more than fifty times the previous weekly circulation of the magazine.
by John Hayward15 Jan 2015, 7:28 AM PST0