Muslim groups say the changes are politically motivated but the government says it is responding to demands for reform.

Is it possible for a book to feel both timely and like a relic from a different era? In the case of The Islamic Moses, by the Turkish writer Mustafa Akyol, the answer is yes. The book was completed ...

Proponents of the amendments, which were advocated by primarily conservative Shiite lawmakers, defend them as a means to ...

Kyrgyzstan has outlawed the all-covering Islamic niqab. Authorities insists the ban does not extend to the hijab, the Islamic ...

In response, the Society for Yoruba Culture Renaissance emphasised that Sharia law is an Arabic cultural practice suitable for societies with a dominant Muslim population, which is not the case in ...

The change on Tuesday has increased the interpretation of Islamic law - causing protests to erupt to prevent its "disastrous effects". The amendments to Iraq's personal status law will allow girls ...