KARAI, Malaysia — Malaysia abruptly granted a Ramadan reprieve to the first Muslim Malay woman to be sentenced to caning for drinking beer, but insisted Monday the thrashing would still take place ...

Between January and October, 122 students in Selangor were detained for bullying and extortion. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

KUALA LUMPUR, MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — After a series of flip-flops, authorities in Malaysia decided this week that a 32-year old Muslim woman caught drinking beer in violation of Islamic law ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Caning of convicts and asylum seekers in Malaysian prisons has reached "epidemic proportions" and is often inflicted so severely that flesh is torn off the body, Amnesty ...

Malaysia’s caning on Monday of two women convicted of having a sexual relationship reflects the continuing crisis in political Islam. Sadly, Islamic political movements continue to subordinate basic ...

Malaysia abruptly granted a Ramadan reprieve to the first Muslim Malay woman to be sentenced to caning for drinking beer, but insisted Monday the thrashing would still take place after the Islamic ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The first woman in Muslim-majority Malaysia to face caning for drinking beer was reprieved Monday because of the holy month of Ramadan. Her family said she would rather ...