Under Islamic law, a convict can escape punishment if the victim’s family agrees to diyat, a form of financial compensation.

Kerala nurse went to Gulf nation in 2008; went through many upheavals to since land in jail for murder; Grand Mufti’, Islamic law become key to saving her now ...

The family of the Yemeni man murdered by Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse sentenced to death, has firmly rejected any ...

Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen has been postponed post intervention by religious leaders. Priya, who hails from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, was found guilty of murdering a Yemeni ...

The execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse sentenced to death in Yemen, has been postponed amid last-minute efforts to ...

Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad said he successfully deferred the execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen, following intense ...

After efforts from multiple corners, the Yemeni authorities postponed Nimisha Priya's execution which was scheduled for today, July 16 ...

In Nimisha Priya’s case, the victim’s family in Yemen has refused to accept diyah offered by her family, leaving her fate mostly relying on the Qisas law.

By Hera Rizwan The Union government informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it has taken all possible steps to save Nimisha ...

India's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad Kanthapuram, said that he spoke to scholars in Yemen to urge them for the release ...

The execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, convicted in 2017 for murder in Yemen, has been temporarily postponed. However, ...

India's Grand Mufti Sheikh Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar intervened to postpone the execution of Nimisha Priya, a nurse ...