Muslim-majority Tajikistan has prohibited the use of hijab (Arabic headcover for women), terming it an "alien garment". Tajikistan has also banned 'Idi', the custom of children seeking money ...

Muslims who wanted to select his successor, or Caliph, by following the traditional Arab custom (Sunna) formed into a group known as Sunnis. Others insisted the Prophet had designated his cousin ...

A number of these cases made their way to the courts as women contested the custom. Triple talaq divorce has no mention in Sharia Islamic law or the Koran, even though the practice has existed for ...

The landmark court decision came in response to petitions challenging the so-called "triple talaq" custom. The cases were filed by five Muslim women who had been divorced in this way and two ...