Australian Counter-Terrorism Crackdown: Legal Reckoning for Returned Islamic State Affiliates

MELBOURNE — The Australian federal justice system has intensified its campaign to prosecute citizens who traveled to the Middle East to support the Islamic State (IS) caliphate, as a fresh…

The Final Taboo: Japan’s Struggle to Accommodate Islamic Burial in a Cremation-Centric Society

In the landscape of Japanese social customs, few practices are as deeply entrenched as cremation. Following death, over 99% of individuals are cremated—a standard reinforced by centuries of Buddhist tradition,…