A new legislative decree (KHK) was finalised by the Council of Ministers headed by the President on 15th of August 2017. The decree Number 694 - entered into force following its publication in the Official Gazette - declares that foreign citizens, detained or imprisoned in Turkey, may be extradited to their homeland

The foreign minister of Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, flew to Myanmar for emergency talks on Sunday as the Rohingya crisis continues. Minister Retno Marsudi arrived in Myanmar's capital, Yangon, as protestors in her own capital, Jakarta, launched a Molotov cocktail at the Myanmar embassy.

Since August 24, 2017, the latest spate of state violence on the Rohingya Muslims, one of the world’s most persecuted peoples, is taking place after an alleged insurgent attack on the police and border outposts. Myanmar’s army has been carrying out a systematic and indiscriminate campaign against Rohingya

Legislation requiring people to "stick to traditional national clothes and culture" has been introduced in Tajikistan - a move widely interpreted as an attempt to stop women from wearing Islamic clothing. Women in the central Asian country traditionally wear a scarf tied behind the head, rather than a hijab, which wraps under the chin.