Sharia
Saudi-Arabiens kunstverden er rystet over digteren Ashraf Fayadhs dødsdom
Ashraf Fayadh er anklaget for blasfemi, for at have skrevet en bog, som angiveligt indeholder ateistiske tekster, og for at have ytret blasfemiske kommentarer på en café i 2013.
Saudi Arabia’s Art Scene Is Horrified by the Death Sentence Given to Poet Ashraf Fayadh
News of his upcoming execution has made international headlines, but the harsh court ruling just underscores how hard it is to be an artist in Saudi Arabia.
US Airstrikes Said to Kill Two Islamic State Sharia Court Judges in Syria
A monitoring group says US-led coalition airstrikes killed two judges that presided over a court in the Islamic State’s de facto capital city of Raqqa.
UN Verifies Islamic State Slave Price List: 'The Girls Get Peddled Like Barrels of Petrol'
A UN official confirmed the legitimacy of an Islamic State document that lists the prices for captives sold as slaves, and provided details about the group’s flesh trade.
The Bitcoin Startup that Helps Muslims Get Loans Without Breaking Islamic Law
Matthew Martin is using the digital currency to circumvent Islamic rules about finance.
Portraits of Afghan Women Imprisoned for ‘Moral Crimes’
Polish-Canadian photographer Gabriela Maj traveled to seven female prisons in Afghanistan and spoke to more than a hundred women to understand why they'd been incarcerated for "moral crimes."
Islamic State’s Second-in-Command Reportedly Killed by Airstrike in Iraq
Abu Alaa al-Afri, a former physics teacher, had reportedly taken over day-to-day operations after the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an airstrike in March.
Hate in Europe: Pegida Comes to Britain
VICE News traveled to Newcastle for the inaugural demonstration of Pegida UK, a spinoff of the German anti-Islam and anti-immigrant group which has been steadily growing in numbers throughout western Europe.
Fighting for Iraq: Shia Militias vs The Islamic State – Trailer
VICE News travelled to Iraq in December to witness firsthand how Shia militias are taking the fight to the Islamic State, and to document the fallout of their controversial rise to power.
Nigerian Islamic Officials Arrest 12 People in Raid of Alleged Gay Wedding Ceremony
A Sharia enforcement agency arrested a dozen young men on suspicions of being gay and planning a same-sex marriage, though one of the men told reporters it was just a birthday party.
The British Muslim Who Founded a Controversial Gay-Friendly Mosque
Dr. Taj Hargey is waging his own private jihad by attempting to turn Muslim teaching away from the stodgy conservatism of most clerics.
Hooligans Against Salafists
VICE News follows the Hooligans against Salafists movement, from its first full-blown demonstration-turned-riot in Cologne.