In Yemen, where Islamic law guides the legal system, the decision to pardon a murderer lies solely with the victim’s family. If the family demands Qisas, the court has to carry out the execution, even ...

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

The brother of the Yemeni national who was allegedly killed by Nimisha Priya has opposed any pardon to the Kerala nurse in the case.

Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner, was granted a last-minute reprieve from execution in Yemen after intense diplomatic and religious intervention.

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

Brother of the man Nimisha Priya is convicted of murdering is angered by reports that his family would settle for blood money; he has insisted on ‘qisas’ ...

A person convicted of murder in Yemen can be spared execution if all legal heirs of the victim agree to grant pardon, usually in exchange for blood money, according to Sharia law.

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

Priya is currently lodged in a jail in Yemen, facing the death penalty for the alleged murder of her former business partner, Talal Abdo Mehdi, in 2017.

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 ...

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

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