After more than fifty years of iron-fisted rule, the Assad regime in Syria was finally overthrown a few weeks ago. Leading ...

Following the collapse of the Assad regime, Tunisia and other countries are concerned about the return of thousands of ...

Jaysh al-Sunna, and Jabhat Ansar al-Din—to establish HTS. At this point, statements and communications from al-Qaeda’s leadership viewed HTS as an independent Salafi-jihadist organization that had ...

Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted ...

Controversy has erupted in South-West Nigeria over the establishment of Sharia panels in the region, with Muslim leaders emphasizing their right to self-determination and non-Muslim groups ...

Islamic finance refers to how businesses and individuals raise capital in accordance with Sharia, or Islamic law. It also refers to the types of investments that are permissible under this form of ...

The army’s fight against rebels has been criticised as heavy-handed, with the HRW report being the latest criticism.

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 3 — Sabah State Mufti, Datuk Bungsu @ Aziz Jaafar, supports the implementation of the six whippings as a punishment for offenders of Shariah law in Terengganu recently. Bungsu said ...

According to SuperSport journalist Karabo Phasha Tau will be paid out by Al Ahly who will also issue a waiver. This will see an end to the Bafana Bafana’s star’s stay at the club of the ...

Operating in the Hawraman mountainous regions of Iraqi Kurdistan, Ansar Al-Islam enforced strict sharia law in its territories. It aimed to create an Islamic Iraq governed by sharia. In 2003, US and ...

That legislation regards "the application of foreign laws in certain family law cases" and has been criticized for being anti-Shariah. However, it does not specifically mention Shariah law or any ...