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  Coffee Par Kurukshetra: Do Muslims vote in the name of Sharia?

  Kurukshetra | July 03, 2025 23:56 IST

  The dates of assembly elections in Bihar may be yet to be announced, but the political battle has already begun. This time too, all eyes are on Muslim voters, in Patna, a gathering of Imarat-e-Sharia was held in the name of Waqf and custom.

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  'Islam is not compatible with European culture, values and rights of civilisation': Italy PM Meloni

  World | December 18, 2023 13:45 IST

  Slamming Saudi Arabia for still having Sharia law in the 21st century, Meloni said she would not allow Islamic laws to be implemented in Italy.

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  Pakistan court summons Imran as cleric claims Islamic laws weren't followed during marriage

  World | September 25, 2023 16:46 IST

  Mufti Saeed, the cleric who solemnised the couple's Islamic marriage in 2018, said in April that the wedding occurred during the iddat period of Bushra Bibi

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  Taliban ties man to pole, thrashes him brutally for allegedly stealing phone in Kabul

  World | September 20, 2021 17:37 IST

  The incident took place in front of the education ministry when the man was tied to a traffic sign pole using a metal rod. The man in the video screams in pain as he is brutally thrashed by Taliban fighters in what they call as justice through sharia law.

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  My statement on Taliban deliberately distorted, used as ‘click bait’: Mehbooba Mufti

  India | September 09, 2021 16:05 IST

  On Wednesday, the former Jammu and Kashmir CM had said the Taliban has “come to the fore as a reality” and advised them to follow the true Sharia law that guarantees rights to women, children, and the elderly if they want to govern Afghanistan.

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  New Taliban govt to uphold Islamic rules and Sharia law: Akhundzada

  World | September 08, 2021 14:06 IST

  The statement also said the new government remains committed to protecting human rights.

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  Muqabla | AIMPLB says interfaith marriages are against Sharia law

  News | August 06, 2021 19:00 IST

  The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Thursday issued a seven-point directive appealing to discourage interfaith marriages among the youth as it is “invalid” as per Sharia laws.

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  BJP's bid to tinker with Sharia law caused Covid second wave, cyclones: SP MP's bizarre remark

  India | June 02, 2021 19:35 IST

  Samajawadi Party MP ST Hasan said BJP has been trying to interfere with the Shariat.

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  Music, movies, women drivers: How Crown Prince is changing Saudi Arabia

  World | October 29, 2017 14:34 IST

  Since catapulting to power with the support of his father, the king, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has pushed forth changes that could usher in a new era for one of the United States' most important allies.

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  SC's Triple Talaq verdict against Shariat, practice still valid as per Islamic code: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind

  India | August 23, 2017 22:52 IST

  Jamiat General Secretary Maulana Mahmood Madani said instant triple talaq was still valid as per the Islamic code notwithstanding the Supreme Court declaring it as unconstitutional and void in law

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  Anti-Sharia marches to be held in more than two dozen US cities today

  World | June 10, 2017 14:27 IST

  ACT for America , the group organizing the rallies, claims Shariah “is incompatible with Western democracy and the freedoms it affords.”

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  Govt, court doing their bit, women still being handed ‘Triple Talaq’ in more ways than one

  Life | April 20, 2017 13:10 IST

  Remember the case of Pakistan cricket legend Imran Khan’s infamous divorce through a text message? He simply wrote ‘talaq, talaq, talaq’ and parted ways with his wife and a former BBC journalist Reham Jhan.

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  Triple talaq not in conformity with Sharia; it is ‘unfair, unreasonable and discriminatory’: Centre to tell SC

  India | September 24, 2016 9:35 IST

  The Narendra Modi government is likely to take a tough stance against triple talaq in the Supreme Court.

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  Four married men stoned to death by ISIS for ‘committing adultery’ in Iraq

  World | June 17, 2016 20:14 IST

  Baghdad: In a horrific incident, four married men were stoned to death after they were found to have indulged in ‘committing adultery’ in Iraq. ISIS, one of the most dreaded terror groups in the

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  Shocking: 60-yr-old Christian woman whipped under Sharia law for selling alcohol in Indonesia

  World | April 15, 2016 8:20 IST

  A 60-year-old Christian woman was whipped nearly 30 times for selling alcohol in Indonesia’s conservative Bandar Aceh, which fully enforced the Islamic Shariah law to safeguard human dignity.

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  15 staggering facts about Saudi Arabia

  World | January 08, 2016 11:17 IST

  New Delhi: The legal system of Saudi Arabia is based on Sharia, Islamic law derived from the Quran, and thus discrimination against women here still continues.The Saudi law solely adheres to Holy Quran -- which

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  Nigeria's military oust Boko Haram from northern towns

  World | April 11, 2015 12:22 IST

  Gwoza: Nigeria's military officials boast that they have ousted Boko Haram extremists from all major towns and forest camps in a large area of northern Nigeria, but Associated Press journalists have seen evidence that the

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  Afghan Taliban publish biography of Mullah Omar, claim he is alive

  World | April 07, 2015 12:41 IST

  Kabul: The Afghan Taliban has published a surprise biography of the reclusive militant Mullah Mohammad Omar on Sunday to mark his 19th year as their supreme leader.The 5000-word biography has been elucidated in 11 pages

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  Scared ISIS fighters caught dressing as woman to flee battlefield

  World | March 15, 2015 22:42 IST

  In an attempt to run away from battle, Islamic State fighters are shaving off their beards and wearing burkas, Iraqi forces said.Iraqi troops and militia are battling to push ISIS back from the area with

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  Hours before death,Paris terrorist Amedi in video says,if you attack the caliphate,we will attack you

  World | January 11, 2015 22:23 IST

  Paris: French police have found a seven-minute video in which the Paris jihadi terrorist Amedi Coulibaly says, "What we have done is completely legitimate, given what they have done. If you attack the caliphate, we