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.

Under Yemen’s Islamic legal framework, Qisas permits a murder victim’s family to demand punishment equal to the crime — in ...

Kerala-born nurse Nimisha Priya was to be executed today (July 16) after she was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of her business partner in Yemen. However, a last-minute reprieve came ...

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

Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, Grand Mufti of India, delays execution of Indian nurse in Yemen through religious and diplomatic ...

India has seen several such cases before, where citizens facing the death penalty abroad were saved through this ...

While Indian diplomatic channels have been officially credited by the Indian government for the recent stay of execution of ...

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

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

Congress MLA from Puthuppally, who is son of two-time CM, sought the Grand Mufti's assistance and approached Kerala Governor ...

Hectic negotiations are underway in Yemen to save Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse sentenced to death for the 2017 murder of her ...

In the case of Nimisha Priya, it has been learnt that the local authorities in Yemen have postponed the execution scheduled ...