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Indian Court Rules Against Islamic Divorce Practice
August 28, 2017
India's Supreme Court ruled against the practice of instant divorce used frequently in the country's large Muslim community, a move heralded by international and local rights organizations as an important step toward developing uniform civil code protections for equal rights for all citizens and protecting Muslim women against socioeconomic marginalization by hardline Islamist laws.
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Internet Companies Face Pressure on "Hate" Websites, Posts
August 23, 2017
The Guardian reports that, in the wake of recent violent protests in Charlottesville, internet companies and web hosting services are facing pressure to revoke the registration of white supremacist websites and shut down the social media pages of organizations deemed to be "hate groups."
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Report Cites Islamist Radicalization in Belgian Nursery Schools
August 23, 2017
Belgian media report that an internal review by an East Flanders nursery school has raised red flags about Islamist radicalization among children, who are using "gestures of throat-slitting and making declarations of death to non-Muslims."
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Al-Shabaab Targets Kenyan Christians
August 23, 2017
The Somali-based Islamist extremist group al-Shabaab is continuing its campaign to implement sharia law in East Africa with expanded guerrilla operations in Kenya that focus on a terror campaign of beheadings and immolations targeted at Christians.
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Referendum Spotlights Christians' Double Victimization by IS
August 23, 2017
The impacts of the Islamic State (IS) experience have doubly victimized Iraq's Kurdistan Christians, as their displacement and refugee status caused by IS makes it impossible for them to vote in their home in the approaching Kurdish independence referendum that will affect Christians' status and security in a potentially independent Kurdistan.
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