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UN condemns Taliban law legalizing child marriage

Jihad Watch · May 23, 2026

Yet the same UN would condemn as “Islamophobic” anyone who suggested that the Taliban’s child marriage law had anything to do with Islam.

Pakistan Fails to Make Arrests in Violence against Christians

Morning Star News · May 22, 2026

Senegal PM says tyrannical West wants to 'impose' homosexuality

Africanews · May 22, 2026

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Friday condemned Western "tyranny" in wanting to "impose" homosexuality, and rejected any attempt to stop the application of a new law toughening sentences for same-sex relations.

Indonesia: Woman passes out after couple is lashed 100 times for sex outside marriage

Jihad Watch · May 22, 2026

Taliban’s new child marriage law counts ‘silence of a virgin girl as consent’

Jihad Watch · May 18, 2026

Iran’s Executions More Than Double in 2025, Making Up 80% of Global Total, New Data Shows

Algemeiner · May 18, 2026

Iranian internet blackout enters 12th week

JNS · May 17, 2026

Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Section 295-C: How Parliament Enforced the Death Penalty in 1986 Through Fake ‘Ijma’

Jihad Watch · May 16, 2026

Iraqi Court Rules in Favor of Christian Woman Seeking to Restore Religious Identity

Ground News · May 16, 2026

CSPII Commentary: The woman was raised in a Christian family but was automatically registered as Muslim. The reclassification occurred after her mother separated from her Christian father and later married a Muslim man. Had her biological father been a Muslim, the court would likely not have ruled in her favor.

Taliban recognises child marriage under new rules, with specific guidelines for 'virgin girls'

Daily Mail UK · May 15, 2026

Teenager honor killed after refusing arranged marriage in Iraq

JPost · May 14, 2026

Convert to Christianity in Uganda Seriously Wounded

Morning Star News · May 13, 2026