People's Daily reported on 13th December that China is quickly becoming a country of bachelors and spinsters as its unmarried population touched a whopping 200 million. According to research conducted by Tencent in 2016, 36.8 per cent of single Chinese women believe marriage is not necessary to live happy lives.

On Tuesday 6th December, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel publicly endorsed her party’s call for a partial ban on the burqa and niqab in Germany. She told attendees at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Conference in Essen that, “The face veil was inappropriate and should be banned wherever it is legally possible”, and that, “our law takes precedence over codes of honour, tribal or family rules and over Shariah law –…

The Syrian army has said that it captured two districts of the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo city in two days, as government air raids continued to target opposition-held parts of the country. Earlier this month, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces intensified their push for control over eastern Aleppo. The city, which was once Syria's largest, has been divided between government and opposition control since 2012.

These few weeks, some dramas were shown by secular democratic system against Muslims in various countries. Indonesia and Myanmar were two most prominent examples in Southeast Asia. Two important scenes from millions of Indonesian Muslims rally demanding justice for Quran blasphemy, until the reluctance scene of Aung San Suu Kyi in response to the latest massacre incident of Rohingya Muslims.