Islam

A 27-year-old singer has been arrested by authorities in Iran after Parastou Ahmadi appeared at an online concert via YouTube without wearing a hijab.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed doubts about new legislation imposing tougher penalties on women who flout mandatory hijab regulations.

Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women in Iran have been required to cover their hair in public.

The shocking news of the suicide of a 16-year-old girl in Iran who ended her life after being threatened with expulsion when she was recorded dancing without wearing a hijab – days after the story of the Iranian student who stayed in her underwear to protest, was arrested and brutally abused.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Tirana, Albania, on Thursday to attend the inauguration of the Namazgah Mosque, the largest in the Balkans. 

The mosque, built in Ottoman style with four 35-meter minarets, began construction in 2015. It will also house a cultural center, library, exhibition hall, conference room, "museum of coexistence," and a Quran school.

Martinos highlighted the critical role of Greek-owned shipping amid dramatic geopolitical developments, with two wars — in Ukraine and the Middle East — escalating with an uncertain future.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Tirana tomorrow, Thursday, October 10th, where he will participate in the inauguration of the new Namazgja (Namazgah in Turkish) Mosque in the Albanian capital.

Recent highly publicized episodes of violence among schoolchildren have authorities - government officials, teachers, judges, even the Church - scrambling to deal with the problem and keep it from spreading further.

There is much official talk about more severe penalties and sending parents of violent students to prison.

Six teenagers from northern Greece were arrested for beating up a 15-year-old and recording the act on their mobile phones. 

The teens are facing charges of causing bodily harm to vulnerable persons and violation of personal data.

Female students have achieved top honors at all three schools of the National Defense University (MSÜ) for the first time.

İkra Kuyumcu, 23, graduated with honors from the air force academy, Ebru Eroğlu, 24, from the land forces academy and Şeyda Yıldırım, 22, from the naval academy.

Iranian officials insisted for decades that the law requiring women to cover their hair and dress modestly was sacrosanct and not even worth discussion. They dismissed the struggle by women who challenged the law as a symptom of Western meddling.