Parastoo Ahmadi and her band will also be barred from leaving the country or performing for two years, making clear to ...

A young gay couple in Indonesia were arrested and face 100 lashes because neighbors reported them to Islamic religious police, according to a new report. The men face the brutal punishment under new ...

The Saudi blogger who faces a punishment of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison because he criticized Islam is set to receive the second round of his torturous sentence on Friday. Raif Badawi was ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Islamic leaders in Mogadishu gave a woman 11 lashes for selling cannabis Thursday, the first female to receive such punishment since the fundamentalist rulers took over the ...