Sudan scraps apostasy law and alcohol ban for non-Muslims
After more than 30 years of Islamist rule, Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms including allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol, and scrapping the apostasy law and public flogging.
1500-year-old church converted into a mosque
The Turkish Government has taken a controversial decision to turn Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia back to a mosque. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s declaration on 10th July came after a Turkish high court stripped the sixth-century Byzantine site’s museum status, paving the way for it to be converted into a mosque.
In Saudi Arabia, the administration has ordered to arrest a person who tried to force a Non-Muslim man to accept Islam.
The administration has ordered to arrest a person who was pressurising a Non-Muslim Asian man to accept Islam. A video of this incident was aired. The arrest was ordered in cognisance to the video.