KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The sultanate of Brunei this week becomes the first East Asian country to introduce Islamic criminal law, the latest example of a deepening religious conservatism that has ...

After Brunei introduced death by stoning for homosexuals under its Islamic law, or Sharia, the condemnation from human rights organizations and others was swift. Recently, the country backed down ...

This week, Brunei made waves across Southeast Asia when Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announced that he would move his nation towards implementing Islamic Sharia law into its national penal code. The Sultan ...

The sultan of oil-rich Brunei announced that tough Islamic criminal punishments would be introduced Thursday, pushing ahead with plans that have sparked rare domestic criticism of the fabulously ...

Celebrities including Virgin group founder Richard Branson have vowed to boycott a hotel chain linked to Brunei's sultan after he introduced a controversial Islamic penal code in his country. Brunei's ...

Brunei's imposition of harsh sharia laws, including death by stoning for gay sex and adultery, is a bid by the country's ruler to boost support among conservatives and highlights a steady drift away ...

BRUNEI has been slammed by human rights groups after introduced Sharia law, including amputations and stonings for theft and adultery. The tiny Southeast Asian nation began phasing in a version of ...

Transgender woman Zoella Zayce fled her native Brunei last year as the country shifted towards hardline Islam, and thinks more of the LGBT community will follow after the death penalty for gay sex was ...

In the previous installment of this series, you learned about feminist movements within Islam. This article will explain Islamic law, or Sharia, a core part of the faith, drawn from the Quran and the ...

Celebrities and Hollywood executives are calling for a boycott of the famous Beverly Hills Hotel due to the actions of its owner, the sultan of Brunei, Hossanal Bolkiah. Last week, the sultan imposed ...

Brunei has become the first Asian country to implement Sharia law, the controversial Islamic legal system that includes criminal punishments like amputations and whipping, on a national scale.