India's Supreme Court is embarking on an examination of religious traditions to determine their compliance with fundamental rights. Key cas...

Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse, gets a temporary stay from execution by Yemeni authorities. She was convicted of murder. Her only hope is d...

The Telangana High Court affirmed that khula is a Muslim woman's right to divorce, but it must be processed through the courts for legal va...

In a key ruling, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that bodies such as Sharia Courts and Courts of Kazi have no legal standing in India. The jud...

The Centre has indicated its stand in a statement filed in response to the woman's plea in the Kerala High Court seeking directions to the ...

There should be no country for sharia courts; constitutional values and not AIMPLB should govern laws for Muslim women.

However, AIMPLB member Qasim Rasool Ilyas said "action" was taken against Nadvi after he disagreed with the board's views on the matter.

The debate on the validity of triple talaq has intensified after the Allahabad High Court termed the practice as "most demeaning" which "im...

"This whole plea of sanctity under Sharia is completely misplaced. There are nearly 20 Islamic countries in the world who have regulated th...

She was countering the stand that triple talaq is part of practice protected by right to religion and that the SC was barred from adjudicat...

The court named as "Darul Qaza Sharia" is a parallel private judicial system established primarily to provide 'easy and swift justice' to t...

Authorities in Pakistan's Punjab province launched a probe against JuD, led by Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, for running a parallel...

Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawah has set up a 'Sharia Court' here to hand out "easy and swift justice".

UN warned educated women, particularly those who have run for elections, that they risk executions, cruel and inhuman punishments from the ...

Over the issue of 'Love Jihad' raised by right wing outfits, All India Muslim Personal Law Board has decided to remove misconceptions among...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its unwillingness to delve into the legality of the parallel Sharia courts or examine the...

Malaysian court threw out a bid by a Hindu woman to stop her estranged husband from converting their youngest son to Islam.