Proud Muslim parents have walked their adopted Hindu daughter up the aisle in a traditional temple ceremony in India. Muslim couple Abdulla and Khadeeja adopted their Hindu daughter when she was 10 years old after her father, who worked for the couple, died suddenly. They proudly watched their daughter Rajeshwari…
Story By: Alex Cope, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Asia Wire Report Indonesia’s top Islamic clerics are considering issuing a fatwa against Netflix because it is "haram", meaning sinful, despite admitting they have not yet had a single complaint. The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the country’s highest Muslim clerical body, are reportedly willing to declare…
Story By: Anastasia Smirnova, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder,Agency: Central European News The biggest swimming pool in a Russian Muslim-majority region has banned women from enjoying a dip, sparking outrage among feminists and human rights activists. The ban is at the Anzhi Arena spa-complex near the city of Makhachkala in the south-western Russian republic of Dagestan…
Story By: Michael Leidig, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Heated debate in Austria over a clash of cultures in which a Muslim mum in a burkini allegedly took offence at another woman who stripped off naked in a changing room at a swimming pool. The incident took place at the Simmeringer Bad…
Story By: Lee Bullen,Sub Editor: Joseph Golder,Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/@saudi33ajel A male actor and a Jordanian fashion model have been arrested by the Saudi Arabian authorities for mocking the Muslim ‘abaya’ robe and violating Islamic values in a video sketch. The video was reportedly filmed in the central Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh…