Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a ...

The move to put religion at the center of policing risks seeding new rifts in a diverse country awash with guns after 13 years of civil war and alienating foreign governments they have been trying ...

The Iraqi parliament has passed an amnesty law that could lead to the release of thousands of prisoners, including Iraqis convicted of attacks on U.S. soldiers and people who fought for Islamic State, ...

For Israel, Turkish President Erdoğan might become the next existential threat as he envisions a neo-Ottoman empire.

Assad’s fall in December, prominent Sunni religious leaders returned from exile to counter the dominant Salafist influence, ...

Iraq's parliament ammended a law protecting girls against child marriage, now allowing brides as young as 9 years old.

Islamabad: The Pakistan Army has launched a major military operation in the Kurram area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is reported ...

Mohammed Irshad Ansari petitions the Gujarat High Court to prevent the demolition of his mother's grave by the civic body ...

Iraq's parliament passed into law on Tuesday a revised bill that had sparked outrage over fears it rolled back women's rights and permitted underage marriage.

Jifri Thangal, head of the state’s largest body of traditional Islamic scholars, accused those backing Kanthapuram of ...

The main road connecting Parachinar, which has become a battleground between Shia and Sunni Muslims, has also been closed for the past three months. In fact, there has been a history of heavy ...

MP says new Personal Status Law amendment no longer allows child marriage but concerns remain over impact of legislation ...