The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has issued its first anti-domestic abuse advert. The advert features a hijab-clad woman – with just her eyes visibl...

Saudi Arabian women will now be permitted to ride motorbikes and bicycles in restricted areas – as long as they wear the full-length veil and are ac...

A teenage girl whose step-father is accused of repeatedly raping her and murdering their subsequent child has been sentenced to 100 lashes for admitti...

A High Court decision approving the terms of a divorce under rabbinical law, the first in British legal history, could lead to similar settlements by ...

A teenage girl whose step-father is accused of repeatedly raping her and murdering their subsequent child, faces being flogged for "fornication" with ...

An Indonesian city which follows Sharia Law is to ban women from straddling motorbikes, with the mayor branding the position "improper". Suaidi Ya...

Calls made by a radical Egyptian Muslim leader to destroy the "idolatrous" sphinx and pyramids are being taken seriously by Egyptian security authorit...

These pictures show a man being given seven lashes in Indonesia after being found guilty of gambling, punishable by whipping under the region’s stri...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has defended his outspoken record on issues such as the Iraq war and sharia law, insisting that his role is not to be "to...

Topless feminist activists stormed central London yesterday, part of a radical Ukrainian group, protesting the Olympics' "support" for radical Islamis...

Every morning before Saba Sahar leaves for work, she loads her pistol, says her prayers and kisses her family goodbye, knowing she might never see them again.

A British couple have fled Timbuktu with the help of African soldiers and nomadic militiamen after the Malian city fell to rebel forces. Neil White...

A British engineer faces prison in Abu Dhabi after cursing a Mosque project that was running late. He was reported to the police by his colleagues...