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Mob burns Nigerian woman to death for alleged blasphemy

September 1, 2025 World Justice News 0

A woman has been burnt to death by a mob in northern Nigeria’s Niger state after she was accused of blaspheming against Prophet Muhammad, police have said. Police condemned the killing of the woman – […]

Anjem Choudary leader of the banned terror group al-Muhajiroun jailed for life

July 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

Anjem Choudary, the leader of the banned terror group al-Muhajiroun, has been jailed for life and may never leave prison alive. He was found guilty of directing the group and encouraging support for it through […]

Appeal Court rules Islamic marriages invalid in UK

February 14, 2020 World Justice News 0

A court has reversed a judgment from two years ago which found that a couple who had an Islamic wedding ceremony could legally divorce. The High Court ruled in 2018 that the couple’s Islamic “nikah” […]

Muslim women complain about Sharia inquiries

November 1, 2016 zoshinuk 0

More than 100 Muslim women have complained about their treatment under two government probes into Sharia law. The inquiries, one ordered by the then Home Secretary Theresa May and another by the home affairs select […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

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France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

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Five-year-old detained in Minnesota ICE raid must be freed, judge rules

February 1, 2026 0

A US federal judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by ICE officers during a raid in Minnesota. Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo […]