Tajikistan’s secular regime shaves beards of 13,000 men in “fight against radicalism”
Tajikistan’s secular regime have shaved nearly 13,000 men’s beards and shutdown more than 160 shops selling Islamic clothing last year as part of the...
Malaysia launches its first “Shariah compliant” airlines
Malaysia's first "Shariah compliant" airlines started operations on Thursday with a domestic route from Kuala Lumpur to the island of Langkawi.
"Rayani Air" only...
Bangladesh hangs two opposition leaders over 1971 war crimes
Two Bangladeshi opposition leaders were executed yesterday for alleged war crimes committed during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan...
The killers of 13 year old Samiul Rajon sentenced to death
Six men have been sentenced to death in Bangladesh for torturing and murdering a 13-year-old boys in separate incidents earlier this year.
Four men were...
PTI’s Imran Khan announces divorce after ten months of marriage
Pakistani cricket star turned politician, Imran Khan, has announced his divorce from his second wife after 10 months of marriage.
News of his split from...
Secular publisher hacked to death in Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi publisher of secular books has been hacked to death in Dhaka on Saturday.
Faisal Arefin Dipon, 43, was killed at his office in...
Bangladesh High Court passes law stopping women being forced to wear burqa
The High Court of Bangladesh has ruled that women cannot be forced to wear the burqa or the niqab.
This follows a similar but more...
Muslim professor in Delhi will take people out for pork lunch to show tolerance
A Muslim professor from Delhi wants to take people out for a pork-eating lunch to make a point about religious tolerance, after a Muslim...
Indian Muslim farmer beaten to death, suspected of slaughtering cow
Indian police have arrested eight people and were searching for two more yesterday after villagers beat a Muslim farmer to death and severely injured...
Ex Pakistani ISI chief Hamid Gul dies
The former chief of Pakistan's powerful military intelligence, Hamid Gul, has died at the age of 79.
General Gul led the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from 1987...
