The Taliban in Afghanistan shocked the world late last month when they beheaded 17 people, allegedly for the crime of dancing at a mixed-gender gathering. Which prompts the question: Does Islam forbid ...

Some years ago, I heard an amusing exchange on a right-wing radio show. A caller railed against feminists, homosexuals, atheists and other usual suspects. The host enthusiastically agreed, whereupon ...

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. Dancing could be either permissible or prohibited. It ...

A new viral video believed to have been shot in Iran shows a woman dancing joyously atop a car and tossing aside her hijab, in the latest example of women defying the Islamic republic's strict ...

Fahima Mirzaei had no choice but to run. The only female whirling dancer in Afghanistan was due to kick off her biggest tour around the country. A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is ...

A SOCIAL media star has been arrested as part of a crackdown on un-Islamic behaviour after she posted videos of herself dancing. The hard-line Islamic country’s state TV channel broadcast a video on ...

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A fresh burqa row has erupted in Karnataka after a video of four male students dancing in burqas went viral on social media. These four male students of the St. Joseph Engineering College in Mangaluru ...

KABUL - A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the country’s war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance. The group’s founder says she sees their whirling ...