BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic court in Indonesia ’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, after Islamic religious police caught them engaged ...

Religious freedom might seem like a given right in many parts of the world. Yet for millions of people, the decision to change faith remains one of the most dangerous choices they could make. The ...

What makes someone qualified to rule? One way to answer this question might be to approach it from the Islamic perspective, that is, by considering the criteria required for someone to become a ...

A 42-year-old man was flogged inside a mosque in Malaysia's Terengganu state after being convicted by a Sharia court for spending time alone with a woman who was not his wife or relative This marks ...

Although Texas introduced no such law in December 2024, the state did pass House Bill 45 in 2017. That legislation regards "the application of foreign laws in certain family law cases" and has been ...

Afghanistan's Taliban-led government announced punishments handed out to 417 people under Shari’a law during a recent 12-month period, according to a report issued this week by Afghan Witness, an ...