Islamic law News

It appears unsubstantiated controversial news reports are circling regarding the fact that Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament has proposed a controversial law allowing husbands to have sex with their dead wives within six hours after death.

The growing influence of Islamic teaching in U.S. public schools is causing concern in several different states such as Massachusetts and Virginia.

In the midst of the Arab awakening, women fighting oppression—in Saudi or any other Muslim nation—is doomed to fade away into a dark night.

Washington - A new and comprehensive fact-finding report concludes that the US administrations of both political parties failed to grasp the nature of the great danger posed by an adversary that aims to install a totalitarian Islamic regime.

A Muslim woman was caned for talking to a Hindu man in Bangladesh, the police reported on June 6. This comes after a government policy to ensure equal property rights to women in the country was met by angry protests by Muslim clerics.

Islam may be a peaceful religion, but most Westerners react adversely when they are told they should be dominated forcefully by that faith. A call by a jihadist leader “to see the flag of Allah over Downing Street” isn't supported by most Muslims.

In a desperate bid to pacify its beleaguered Swat valley as well as take out the steam from Taliban movement in the region, the Pakistani authority invoked a stricter version of Islamic law in the region.

Recently, strict rules were put in place for women’s apparel. There's no indication if men will be subject to fines, lashings, incarceration, the way women are for violating new codes regarding appearance.