Sharia law

ICC orders $8.5 million in compensation for victims of Timbuktu Islamist who imposed Sharia law

The reparations will largely be in the form of collective rehabilitation measures.

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International Court of Justice (ICJ) President Yuji Iwasawa (R) delivers a speech during a celebratory session marking the 80th anniversary of the ICJ in The Hague on April 17, 2026.
THE CHIEF RABBINATE’S Supreme Court for Appeals in Jerusalem: Israelis deserve a religious court system that honors both Halacha and human dignity, the writer asserts.

Knesset passes law expanding powers of Israel’s rabbinic courts to arbitrate civil matters

Under the law, rabbinical courts may act as arbitrators only with the consent of all parties.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

The draft constitution also called for the "right of return" for refugees, caring for families of "martyrs, prisoners, and exiles," and reaffirming the PLO's position as representing Palestinians.

|ByJAMES GENN
Member of the Chamber of Representatives (Sam van Rooy ask a question during a plenary session in the Chamber of Representatives in the Palace of the Nation on January 23, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium

Muslims must reject hateful teachings or leave Belgium, MP tells ‘Post’ - interview

Belgian Vlaams Belang Party MP Sam van Rooy says he is constantly disappointed by other politicians who "talk about Israel obsessively, but don't really know what they're talking about."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

HTS are aiming to create Taliban-style Sharia government - opinion

No one wishes failure for the new Syria or strives to bring it about. Our region has grown weary of wars and conflict. These newcomers from extreme terrorist groups must now prove themselves.

JANUARY 30, 2025BySALEM ALKETBI
SYRIAN FOREIGN Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani (right) attends a news conference with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Damascus last week. The new Syrian leaders have not fully adopted the Afghan model, though social media debates about their past still continue,

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan

The Afghanistan probe is one of the longest by ICC prosecutors and has been beset by legal and practical delays.

JANUARY 23, 2025ByREUTERS
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada in what is believed to be a 1990 passport photo. Released by the Taliban, this is the only photo of Akhundzada in circulation, and has never been independently verified as authentic.

How Turkey’s founding ideology shaped its oppression of Kurds and minorities – opinion

Turkey’s founding ideology continues to erase Kurdish identity through systemic racism.

JANUARY 21, 2025ByMEHMET KUCUK
TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Turkey’s irredentist policies, from its actions in Cyprus to its growing involvement in Syria, highlight a policy of territorial expansion and ethnic dominance, the writer maintains.

Houthis set to execute Indian nurse as family offers ‘blood money’ to save her

Nimisha Priya denied intending to kill her business partner, claiming she was only trying to sedate him so she could retrieve her passport and money.

JANUARY 4, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A banner depicting U.S. and Israeli flags is burned, as protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen December 13, 2024.

Mark Ruffalo called out for 'Islamophobia'

Ruffalo criticized the right-wing initiative, Project 2025, which he likened to “the Sharia Law of the 'Christian' crazy people,” in a post on X last week. 

JULY 8, 2024ByHANNAH BROWN
Cast member Mark Ruffalo attends a premiere for the television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, in Los Angeles, California, US August 15, 2022.

Halachic State vs Caliphate: How do Jewish extremists differ from Islamist extremists? - opinion

Each fundamentalist movement presents to its followers a vision of a state of religious law between the river Jordan and the sea - a Halachic State or an Islamic Caliphate.

MAY 2, 2024ByBOAZ TAMIR
A scene from the documentary series The Jewish Underground,

‘F*** Sharia’: Turkey detains lawyer who criticized fundamentalist Islamic law online 

The lawyer said that, in response to her social media, she had received threats online by "people who said they would put me to the sword and that I would become their concubine."

FEBRUARY 23, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
People gather over the Galata Bridge in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, following the first morning prayer of the New Year in Istanbul, Turkey January 1, 2024

Israel must prevail on the social media battlefield - opinion

In the age of social media, bite-sized tweets, TikTok videos, and Instagram reels can be devastating. The war for the future is one that Israel cannot afford to lose.

DECEMBER 31, 2023ByEVAN NIERMAN
Social media apps on a mobile phone.

Muslims in mixed Israeli cities see higher divorce rates

The Islamic courts of Israel, commonly referred to as Sharia courts, have considerable jurisdiction over family affairs, more so than their religious court counterparts.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MUSLIMS, JEWS and Israeli security forces are present on the Temple Mount during Passover and Ramadan.

Taliban mark two years since return to power in Afghanistan

Security was tight in the capital on Tuesday, which was declared a holiday, with soldiers stepping up checks.

AUGUST 15, 2023ByREUTERS
A day after U.S. forces completed its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, refugees board a bus taking them to a processing center upon their arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, US, September 1, 2021.