Sharia law

Texas governor designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood criminal, terrorist groups

Texas Governor Greg Abbott labeled the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR terrorist and criminal groups, citing alleged Hamas ties and national security concerns.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference to address the plan to deal with a New World screwworm problem, in Austin, Texas, US, August 15, 2025.
Syrian Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais makes a speech during the swearing-in ceremony for the first cabinet formed under the presidency of Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, March 29, 2025.

Syrian justice minister tells TML: ‘Coordination with US-led coalition can be lawful under Shariah’

US President Donald Trump addressing the Knesset in Israel, following the release of the last 20 living hostages from Gaza, October 13, 2025.

Knesset advances bill expanding rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters

DISPLACED PALESTINIANS shelter in tents in the central Gaza Strip last week. More than two million Gazan Palestinians remain trapped in devastation; their suffering poses a moral and spiritual test for the Muslim world, the writer argues.

Saving Gaza’s people: A sacred duty before Allah - opinion


How is it that progressives support Hamas’s regressive agenda? - opinion

Hamas and its supporters have created an incredibly powerful and viral social media machinery, assuming the favored role of underdog.

 Kenyans attend a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Nairobi, Kenya October 22, 2023.

Not just an anti-Jewish thing, Islamic jihad is so much more - opinion

“It’s inconceivable that [what] we hold most sacred should cause the entire Islamic world to be a source of anxiety, danger, killing, and destruction' -Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

 Palestinian militants from Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, hold a military parade as part of the 35th anniversary of the foundation of the movement, in Gaza City on October 5, 2022.

Afghan women battle the Taliban's Sharia laws with hair salons, underground businesses - report

From underground hair salons to selling makeup and jewelry online, a report by The Washington Post details the daily struggles that women in Afghanistan face.

Two Afghan women in interview with Reuters.

Israel Police arrest two east Jerusalem residents who intended to join ISIS

Two east Jerusalem ISIS supporters were arrested after attempting to join the group abroad, traveling through Turkey and Jordan before being caught upon returning to Israel.

 Grafitti shows terrorists from Hamas and ISIS kissing, in south Tel Aviv, September 29, 2024

Suspected al Shabaab gunmen abduct local officials in northeast Kenya

The incident happened in Mandera county when the five village chiefs, government-appointed local officials, were heading to the town of Elwak.

Protesters carry Al-Qaeda flags during an anti-government protest after Friday prayers in the town of Marat Numan in Idlib province, Syria

HTS are aiming to create Taliban-style Sharia government - opinion

No one wishes failure for the new Syria or strives to bring it about. Our region has grown weary of wars and conflict. These newcomers from extreme terrorist groups must now prove themselves.

 SYRIAN FOREIGN Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani (right) attends a news conference with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Damascus last week. The new Syrian leaders have not fully adopted the Afghan model, though social media debates about their past still continue,

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan

The Afghanistan probe is one of the longest by ICC prosecutors and has been beset by legal and practical delays.

Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada in what is believed to be a 1990 passport photo.  Released by the Taliban, this is the only photo of Akhundzada in circulation, and has never been independently verified as authentic.

How Turkey’s founding ideology shaped its oppression of Kurds and minorities – opinion

Turkey’s founding ideology continues to erase Kurdish identity through systemic racism.

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Turkey’s irredentist policies, from its actions in Cyprus to its growing involvement in Syria, highlight a policy of territorial expansion and ethnic dominance, the writer maintains.

Houthis set to execute Indian nurse as family offers ‘blood money’ to save her

Nimisha Priya denied intending to kill her business partner, claiming she was only trying to sedate him so she could retrieve her passport and money.

 A banner depicting U.S. and Israeli flags is burned, as protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen December 13, 2024.

Mark Ruffalo called out for 'Islamophobia'

Ruffalo criticized the right-wing initiative, Project 2025, which he likened to “the Sharia Law of the 'Christian' crazy people,” in a post on X last week. 

 Cast member Mark Ruffalo attends a premiere for the television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, in Los Angeles, California, US August 15, 2022.

Halachic State vs Caliphate: How do Jewish extremists differ from Islamist extremists? - opinion

Each fundamentalist movement presents to its followers a vision of a state of religious law between the river Jordan and the sea - a Halachic State or an Islamic Caliphate.

A scene from the documentary series The Jewish Underground,