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Children and their mothers wandering the streets of the old neighbor
Egypt
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Egypt's new family law leaves wives without asset rights

Egypt's new personal status law sparks debate over women's financial rights, marital assets, and whether wives can claim wealth built through shared labour

Menna El-Nagi
03 August, 2026
In this picture taken on June 30, 2022, people play chess games during a chess tournament in Kandahar. (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Taliban govt suspends chess in Afghanistan over gambling

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 May, 2025
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World
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No need for Western laws in Afghanistan, says Taliban leader

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 March, 2025
A wall mural of women with a writing "Afghan women will not be silent anymore" is depicted along a street in Kabul on January 10, 2023
Afghanistan
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Afghan women continue to struggle under male guardian rules

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

06 June, 2024
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi preacher 'clarifies' advice given to MBS, adviser

The New Arab Staff
03 March, 2023
Mahsa Amini
MENA
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Iranian ayatollahs, lawyers lambast executions of protestors

A correspondent in Iran
15 December, 2022
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Afghan Taliban say group will stick to strict Islamic law

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 November, 2022
Islamic Sharia law is in force in northern Nigeria [Getty File Image]
Nigeria
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Nigeria Islamic court sentences 3 to death for raping boys

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 July, 2022
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South Africa
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Why is Islamic banking suddenly popular in South Africa?

Ray Mwareya & Ashley Simango

Ray Mwareya and Ashley Simango

25 February, 2022
Muslim women and people of other faiths break their fast on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Kingsmead Cricket grounds in Durban at a mass interfaith iftar, the evening meal traditionally taken by Muslims after sunset during Ramadan on June 2, 2019 [Getty Images]
South Africa
Society
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Why South Africa needs to recognise Muslim Sharia marriages

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Ray Mwareya

17 September, 2021
Kuwait parliament getty
Sharia
MENA
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Kuwaiti MP proposes constitutional changes to implement Sharia law

The New Arab Staff
23 March, 2021
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Yazidis
MENA
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Outrage after Syrian regime imposes Sharia on Yazidi minority

The New Arab Staff
17 February, 2021
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Sharia
MENA
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Malaysian launches test case against Islamic gay sex law

The New Arab & agencies
27 May, 2020
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Sharia
MENA
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Aceh's public floggings continue amid Indonesia's coronavirus outbreak

The New Arab & agencies
22 April, 2020
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Women's Rights
Society
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British Muslim women need to know this about marriage

The New Arab Staff

Tahmina Begum

05 March, 2020
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UK
MENA
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UK appeal court rules Islamic marriages 'invalid' in Britain

The New Arab & agencies
15 February, 2020
Breast Milk Bank
Sharia
MENA
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Bangladesh closes breast milk bank after religious debate

The New Arab & agencies
30 December, 2019
GETTY: Sudanese protesters calling for disbanding the NCP
Sudan
MENA
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Sudan approves new law 'dissolving' Omar al-Bashir's regime

The New Arab & agencies
29 November, 2019
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Sharia
MENA
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LGBT activists criticise George Clooney's Brunei 'warning shot' remarks

The New Arab & agencies
14 May, 2019
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MENA
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British university revokes Sultan of Brunei´s honourary degree

The New Arab
17 April, 2019
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Sharia
MENA
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Malaysian man who married 11-year-old girl fined $450

The New Arab
10 July, 2018