Islamic banks must follow Sharia law, and as such take a different approach to traditional Australian banks. They don’t charge interest, and are much more selective about which activities they fund.
A protest image of Mahsa Amani, whose death ignited anti-regime demonstrations across Iran and the world.
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Protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini have gone global. But in Iran there is a unique version, known as ‘amameh parani’, targeting a garment sacred to Shi’a clerics.
Activists gather in front of Tel Aviv’s Embassy of Egypt to demonstrate in support of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah.
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Al-Shabaab’s evolution over nearly two decades has been centred around three major goals.
Men wait in a line to receive cash for food at an initiative organized by the World Food Program (WFP) in Kabul, Afghanistan, in November 2021. The country is faced with harrowing predictions of growing poverty and hunger.
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The Taliban’s punishments are at odds with many basic principles of Islamic law.
A woman attending a protest to raise awareness regarding the situation in Afghanistan outside the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Aug. 18, 2021.
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The Taliban’s recent conquest of Kabul signifies their seizure of power. This threatens the rights of girls, women and sexual minorities to freedom from harm and access to opportunities.
Kaduna state has experienced several violent attacks and destruction of property.
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Should South Africa’s military get involved, it would be venturing into a highly violent and complex landscape, requiring a counter-terrorism type of operations.
A Senegalese nun prays during a service at the St. Peters church in Dakar, Senegal.
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Neither French nor American, Senegalese secularism stands midway between these two models
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has long been known as a party boy. Now, he’s imposing strict Islamic religious rule on the people of Brunei.
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Brunei’s new anti-gay Sharia laws are the harshest in the world. Yet few countries have publicly condemned them, and an international boycott could backfire.
The sultan of Brunei has a less-than-pious past, but he has just ushered in some of the harshest penalties in the world for gay sex and adultery.
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