The Taliban on Tuesday said they were working to form a government that would be centered on Sharia law and urged Afghans to live "within the framework of Islam." In the first press conference since ...

Shariah is a moral and ethical code followed by many Muslims around the globe. The Taliban, an extremist militant group, has taken over Afghanistan's capital as U.S. troops have withdrawn from much of ...

In the previous installment of this series, you learned about feminist movements within Islam. This article will explain Islamic law, or Sharia, a core part of the faith, drawn from the Quran and the ...

Warning that Islamic extremists want to impose fundamentalist religious rule in American communities, right-wing lawmakers in dozens of U.S. states have tried banning Sharia, an Arabic term often ...

Tennessee debates limits on Shariah, Muslim holy law. March 3, 2011 — -- An uproar has erupted in Tennessee over the most far-reaching proposal in the nation against the Islamic religious law ...

Given the instant publicity of any reprehensible action taken in the name of “sharia law,” you might be forgiven for assuming that shariah is a draconian, rigid, medieval code of law imposed ...

Sharia compliance refers to the strict observance of the principles of Islamic law. Additionally, Islamic banking itself has own basic “rules” which must be adhered to in order for transactions to be ...

Malaysia’s Islamic home financing is failing too many buyers as projects stall or collapse. Reforming contracts, governance ...

Man, this gets as tiring as it is infuriating. Western journalists, in disbelief, are reporting — as if it is a stunning contradiction — that although the Taliban promised to “respect women’s rights,” ...

Islamic banking and finance is a system based on the principles of Shariah, or Islamic law, which, among many other things, prohibits the charging or paying of interest on loans and emphasizes ethical ...

• Putting in place a financing system that is both Shariah compliant and produces a return for investors is a challenge • Regulators in a Shariah-compliant system require more transparency from banks ...

Senior Religion + Ethics Editor, Director of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative For people who would like to learn more about Islam, The Conversation is publishing a series of articles, ...