An Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery has become the recent focal point of human rights activists. Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, confessed to ...

A court in Saudi Arabia has overturned the death sentence given to Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh last November on charges of publicly renouncing Islam, but the new terms of his punishment are also ...

They may have gained the right to vote but Saudi Arabia is still no friend to women. On Tuesday, a court sentenced Shaima Ghassaniya with 10 lashes for defying the country's ban on women driving, ...

Two men accused of having gay sex sit during their trial in Sharia court in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Monday, Feb 24, 2025. The men were convicted and sentenced to public caning with dozens of lashes ...

Saudi Arabian judges will review the case of a rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes. Is misogyny part of Islamic law? In the US, a woman can run for President, but not without misogynistic attacks on ...