Recently, the Supreme Court sought the Union govt’s stance ... that the current practice followed by Muslims, based on Sharia law, is unconstitutional. I am facing another peculiar issue.

At the time of this report, a new controversy has arisen regarding the establishment of Sharia courts in the Southwestern region of Nigeria. The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA ...

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling that the federal law infringes on the Second Amendment rights of 18- to 20-year-olds. By Clarissa-Jan Lim A federal appeals court on Thursday ...

Banda Aceh. Two university students from Banda Aceh in Aceh Province were caught by residents engaging in a same-sex relationship in a rented room and are now undergoing trial at the Banda Aceh Sharia ...

Right to inherit They argued that their client was taken aback when his brother approached the Sharia court, alleging his conversion to Christianity in an effort to invalidate his right to inherit. In ...

Governor Dapo Abiodun declared that no Sharia Court is legally recognized in the state, emphasizing that only courts established by the Nigerian Constitution have jurisdiction While Ogun State upholds ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — For a few hours last week, the International Criminal Court looked poised to take a Libyan warlord into custody. Instead, member state Italy sent the head of a notorious ...

The marriage contract between a Muslim couple should be registered with a sharia court. Although the certificate thus obtained is valid within UAE; however, to be used outside UAE, the certificate ...

The Axum town court in northern Ethiopia has issued arrest warrant against school officials who allegedly disregard its ruling, suspending a directive that banned female Muslim students from wearing ...

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has warned those mulling establishment of Sharia Court in the state that their action will amount to illegality According to the governor, Sharia Court could not be ...

The Humanitarian Policy Group’s (HPG’s) research examines these different tensions through country studies in Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria and Guatemala. A scoping study by design, the research sets the ...