30 August 2009 India: shariat courts to also act as counsellors to save marriages With a view to curbing the rising incidence of talaq (divorce), shariat (Islamic law) courts have been asked to act... Read more
01 November 2002 Nigeria: first Shari’ah flogging in the South A 29 year-old man became the first person in southern Nigeria to be punished under Islamic law when he was... Read more