On November 7, 2019, five men were sentenced to prison and caning by the Selangor Syariah High Court for attempting to engage in unnatural same sex conduct. Their story has received the attention of a liberal activist, Numan Afifi who wrote a prepared statement on his twitter account in support of the five accused men. He cited the court's decision as exaggerating and showing injustice to the LGBTQ 'community'.

The Foreign Office of Pakistan on Saturday summoned the ambassador of Norway to convey the “deep concern” of the Government and people of Pakistan over an incident of desecration of the Holy Quran in the Norwegian city of Kristiansand. (Source: Dawn)

Attacks against the hijabi Muslim women in Turkey have increased significantly. For instance, the physical attacks of non-hijabi women against by passing hijabi women on the street, on two different occasions İstanbul, or the verbal insult of a woman against a hijabi woman in the Metrobus, or a young male medicine student boxing into the face of a by passing hijabi woman simply for wearing the hijab, or the repeated…

On November 11, Radio Liberty, citing the Turkish Foreign Ministry, reported: “On Monday Turkey began deporting foreign citizens captured in Syria who were allegedly members of the terrorist group “Islamic State”. Turkey announced plans to deport 956 members, citizens of different states. Among them, according to Turkish media, 10 citizens of Kazakhstan, 82 Uzbekistan, 23 Kyrgyzstan, 6 citizens of Turkmenistan and 99 Russians.