Shariah
Malaysia’s top court invalidates state’s Islam-based laws on incest, sodomy and other offenses
By Eileen Ng — February 9, 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The court said that the state could not make Islamic laws on those topics because they are covered by Malaysian federal law.
On abortion, Muslim Americans say Islamic history is ‘on the side of mercy’
By Alejandra Molina — June 17, 2022
(RNS) — Muslim Americans are gearing up for what overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision could mean for their communities.
Comparing Texas’ abortion ban to Islamic law is inaccurate, perpetuates Islamophobia, experts say
By Alejandra Molina — September 3, 2021
(RNS) — While opinions vary over when a pregnancy can be terminated, there is no complete ban on a woman's right to end a pregnancy under Islamic law, experts say.
Former Trump official’s God-and-country nonprofit calls CRT a threat to ‘colorblind society’
By Bob Smietana — July 7, 2021
(RNS) — Russ Vought, a former Trump official, blames woke pastors for promoting a dangerous and anti-Christian ideology.
Islamist militants fuel Christian persecution in Kenya, faith leaders say
By Fredrick Nzwili — February 8, 2021
(RNS) — Somalia's al-Shabaab militants are trying to export their tyrannical strain of Shariah law, attacking Christians and churches.
Hindu nationalists open self-styled religious courts as a rebuke to Sharia law
By Priyadarshini Sen — October 4, 2019
ALIGARH, India (RNS) — Last year, the right-wing Hindu Mahasabha Party demanded the closure of all Muslim Sharia courts in India. When their petition was denied, the party set up its own unsanctioned courts across Uttar Pradesh, based on Hindu principles of justice.
Kenyan court upholds bans on gay intimacy
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 24, 2019
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) – A ruling in favor of repeal would have been a trailblazing step for an Africa court, but the three-judge bench said there was not sufficient evidence of discrimination.
Harsh punishments under Shariah are modern interpretations of an ancient tradition
By Jessica Marglin — May 9, 2019
(The Conversation_ — Islamic jurists have condemned sodomy, but they have also celebrated homoeroticism, that is, erotic love between members of the same sex.
Threatened with an end to Shariah divorce, Egypt’s imams work to save marriages
By Jacob Wirtschafter, J Wirtschafter, and Amr El Tohamy — January 23, 2019
CAIRO (RNS) — Egypt’s skyrocketing divorce rate has spurred a debate between religious leaders and government officials about how best to keep families together.
Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
By Elena Becatoros — December 19, 2018
(AP) — Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country’s Muslim minority, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Wednesday.
‘The Judge’ film introduces groundbreaking female Shariah judge
By Aysha Khan — November 20, 2018
(RNS) — The documentary traces the Middle East's trailblazing Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih’s efforts to lead a quiet social revolution.
Muslim women don’t need saving from their religion
By Maha Elgenaidi — March 6, 2018
(RNS) — There are many women (and men) in our own country who need 'saving' as much as the most oppressed of Muslim women.
Anti-Shariah rallies nationwide ‘intended to manufacture fear’
By Bruce Tomaso — June 10, 2017
RICHARDSON, Texas (RNS) In many places the protests, organized by an anti-Muslim group, were met by counterdemonstrations, and in some cases there were scuffles between two sides.
How anti-Shariah marches mistake Muslim concepts of state and religious law (COMMENTARY)
By Asifa Quraishi-Landes — June 8, 2017
(RNS) Muslims may want Shariah in their lives, but they also know that there is an important separation between state authority and religious authority.
As Trump cites ‘honor killings’ in new travel ban, UK debates banning the phrase
By Brian Pellot — March 10, 2017
(RNS) President Trump has called for a report on the number of ‘honor killings’ by foreign nationals in the U.S. Meanwhile, a Muslim member of the U.K.'s Parliament has introduced a bill to prohibit use of the term in official publications.
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