Sharia Governance & Values

 French minister Jeannette Bougrab, a minister with responsibility for youth, said in an interview published on Saturday that there was no such thing as moderate Islam, calling recent election successes by Islamic parties in Egypt,...

Egypt has been hit with a fresh round of violence in the lead up to national elections which are scheduled to begin in just over a week.Tens of thousands of Egyptians returned to Tahrir Square...

n yet another example of the extreme oppression of women in Saudi Arabia, a conservative Islamic committee has proposed a law to stop women from revealing their "tempting" eyes to the public. Saudi women are already...

Hopes for a moderate and democratic Tunisia are fast fading as Hamadi Jebali, of the Islamist Ennadha party has just been announced the country"s next Prime Minister. The Ennadha party is simply the name of...

There"s Islamic leadership tension in Britain - with hardline Muslims trying to enforce Sharia law in London. From abstention to amputation, RT"s Laura Emmett"s been hearing how they want to instill their tough code on...

Boko Haram is a Nigerian Islamist group that seeks the imposition of Shariah law throughout the whole of Nigeria. It became known internationally following sectarian violence in Nigeria in 2009. As of 2011 it is...

Clarion Fund presents a webinar: Women"s Rights & Human Rights Under Shariah Law presented by leading Middle East expert and acclaimed author, Nonie Darwish. This webinar was originally broadcast on November 2, 2011. Please note:...

 About 40 Saudi women took to the driver"s seat on Friday, as part of a campaign to pressure the government to allow women to drive. No arrests or violence were reported, although one woman was...

 Manal al-Sharif, the Saudi woman working to organize the upcoming campaign against the kingdom"s ban on female drivers, will be jailed for an additional 10 days while “authorities decide her fate.” She had expected to...

A group of women in Saudi Arabia have planned to protest the country"s restriction on women drivers, by taking to the driver"s seat on June 17th. One of the organizers of this campaign, Manal Al-Sharif...

  A 23-year-old unmarried woman was sentenced to 100 lashes and one year in prison. What was her crime? Getting raped, sexually assaulted, and impregnated by 5 men.  But don’t worry – they were very...