Religious Laws

Malaysia court makes unilateral conversion of minors illegal, says consent of both parents needed

The top court’s bench ruled that the Constitution meant both the mother and father in its clause that the religion of a minor ‘shall be decided by his parent’.

Scroll Staff
· Jan 29, 2018 · 06:20 pm
The Trinamool Congress position on triple talaq is cynical – and regressive

The party has accused the BJP of politicising the debate. But it has done so too.

Ipsita Chakravarty
· Nov 07, 2016 · 05:30 pm
More than 1 lakh Muslims clerics sign fatwa against terrorism in Bangladesh

The Islamic ruling was prepared using answers from the Quran and Hadith to 10 questions posed by militant groups.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 06, 2016 · 11:21 am

As Pakistani pop star is charged with blasphemy, a reminder of a law that spurs bloody vigilantism

As violence frequently rears its ugly head in public, fear is creeping into personal spaces.

Halima Mansoor
· Dec 04, 2014 · 06:30 am