Nigeria trying 47 men under its anti-gay laws
Forty-seven men accused of homosexuality are standing trial in a Nigerian court, their lawyer and a rights group told CNN.
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Senior State Dept. aide once called Obama a Kenyan, Pelosi a Nazi
A senior adviser at the State Department once said he thought then-President Barack Obama was a Kenyan and called House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi a Nazi whose Botox had worn off.
Controversial right-wing group will not host event at Mar-a-Lago
The Trump Organization on Sunday said it would not host an event put on by a controversial right-wing group that has advertised its annual gala would take place next month at Mar-a-Lago.
US mother ruled too Western by Saudi court will appeal
Last month, an American mother named Bethany Vierra lost custody of her young daughter Zaina, on the grounds that she was too Western to raise the child well. Now her own parents worry that they will lose both grand-daughter and daughter, as the window to appeal closes in Saudi Arabia.
Indonesia's Widodo says Islam is ‘tolerant' there
In his first international television interview since being re-elected in May, Indonesian President Joko Widodo denied being concerned about the rise of fundamentalism in his country, saying that the Islam practiced there is tolerant and progressive.
Treasury pick Crowley spreads Obama smears
President Donald Trump's pick for the top spokeswoman job at the Treasury Department repeatedly spread conspiracy theories that suggested then-President Barack Obama was secretly a Muslim who was sympathetic to America's enemies.
Will Brunei's anti-LGBT Sharia law spread across Southeast Asia?
Brunei's new law punishing homosexual sex with death by stoning has sent a wave of fear across the LGBT population in neighboring Malaysia and Indonesia.
Ellen DeGeneres, Billie Jean King join call for Brunei hotel boycott
More celebrities are calling for a boycott of hotels owned by the kingdom of Brunei after it enacted new Islamic laws that make gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning to death.
Brunei's LGBT community flees new stoning laws
When the tiny, oil-rich kingdom of Brunei first announced in 2013 that it would adopt strict Islamic laws, including death by stoning for gay sex, many in the country's LGBT community considered fleeing.
Indonesian teens publicly flogged for cuddling
Two 18-year-olds were publicly flogged Thursday in the conservative Indonesian state of Aceh for displaying affection.
Gay caning stokes fear in Malaysia's LGBT community
Two gay women have been caned in Malaysia amid a worsening climate for LGBT individuals in the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian nation.
Gay men, adulterers publicly flogged in Aceh, Indonesia
As many as 15 people, including five women, were punished with public caning Friday for violating Sharia law in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province.
Anti-Sharia law bill advances to Idaho House
Idaho Republicans have agreed to advance anti-Sharia law legislation designed to prevent Idaho courts from making decisions based on Islamic or other foreign legal codes.
Group against Islamic law clashes with counterprotesters
A right-wing group protesting Islamic law, or Sharia, on Saturday clashed with counterdemonstrators in Seattle, Minneapolis and other cities.
Idaho House panel introduce anti-Sharia law bill
Republicans on an Idaho House agreed Wednesday to introduce anti-Sharia law legislation designed to prevent Idaho courts or government agencies from making decisions based on Islamic or other foreign legal codes.
