KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Malaysians rallied in the capital on Saturday to support the adoption of a strict Islamic penal code, a proposal religious minorities fear could infringe ...

The Malaysian Prime Minister's approval for parliament to debate the implementation of Muslim law punishments mandated by God, or "hudud," is an indication Islamic fundamentalism is gaining political ...

Harsh criminal and anti-LGBT laws went into effect on Wednesday in Brunei amid outcry from human rights groups and celebrities. Brunei's interpretation of Islamic law now imposes death by stoning as a ...

[ primer ] The 1979 revolution erased six decades of modernization of Iran's judicial system. The theocrats moved swiftly to overhaul the legal system to incorporate Islamic Sharia law. Criminal and ...

Release all individuals currently deprived of their liberty for peacefully exercising their rights to free expression, association, and assembly; Ensure that all persons deprived of their liberty ...

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Under Book 5, article 638 of the Islamic Penal Code, women in Iran who do not wear a hijab – a head covering worn in public by Muslim women, may be imprisoned from 10 days to two months, and/or ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei, April 30 (UPI) -- Brunei became the first East Asian nation to implement Sharia law Wednesday, with enforcement of first phase of the Islamic penal code beginning on May 1 ...

One of the defining characteristics of the post-9/11 world has been a ubiquitous fear, in Euro-American countries, of the creepy imperial prowess of Islamic law — a prowess that never seems to exist ...

The Nigerian city of Kaduna began implementing a modified form of Sharia after plans to introduce the strict Islamic penal code last year triggered sectarian riots that left more than 1,000 dead.