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Kabul restaurants owned, staffed by women continue to remain closed under new 'moderate' Taliban
• 3 years agoWomen are the breadwinners for some families and these families have been facing economic and financial problems
Salgy Baran tops university entrance exams in Afghanistan but uncertain future looms
• 4 years agoThe 18-year-old wants to stay and become a doctor, but as with so many other Afghans, those plans were plunged into doubt when the Taliban rolled into Kabul this month
Afghanistan women to have rights 'within Islamic law', says Taliban in first press conference since taking over country
Fp Staff • 4 years agoTaliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the group wanted private media to “remain independent,” but stressed journalists “should not work against national values.”
Quran verses being targeted by proposed ban need to be read in context to be wholly understood
Tarushikha Sarvesh And Aftab Alam • 4 years agoEx-chief of the UP Shia Waqf Board Wasim Rizvi's argument for banning 26 verses of the Quran is based on their 'extreme interpretation', which in itself is a very vague term
As women in Arab Gulf fight for their rights, rulers need support from conservative citizens, religious leaders
• 5 years agoAs political and religious leaders in the Gulf push their national agendas, women must find their own ways to balance newfound freedoms with existing social and religious pressures.
Centre tells LS nearly 17,000 Waqf Board properties under encroachment nationwide, Punjab has highest number
• 5 years agoPunjab is followed by Madhya Pradesh (3240), West Bengal (3082), Tamil Nadu(1335) and Karnataka (862)
Sudan: Talks suspended between protest leaders and military; Islamist movements back army to maintain Sharia law
• 6 years agoThe Islamists have also backed the army's demands that the head of Sudan's new governing body be a military figure — putting them at odds with protesters who want civilian rule
Does Bareilly nikah-halala not shock your conscience? Arun Jaitley slams 'Rahul and coterie' over promise to scrap triple talaq bill
Arunjat • 6 years agoIn a Facebook post, Arun Jaitley lashed out at Congress for promising, at a minority convention, to withdraw the triple talaq bill which is pending in the Parliament.
Mosul after Islamic State: Ulemas battle to rid locals of extremist ideas following city's recapture from jihadists
• 7 years agoThe ulema, or Islamic scholars, aim to set up "brigades" tasked with ridding Mosul residents of extremist ideas of Islamic State following city's recapture
Woman claims AMU professor gave her triple talaq on Whatsapp, threatens to kill self in front of vice-chancellor's house
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA woman, reportedly the wife of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) professor, has alleged that she was given instant triple talaq on WhatsApp recently