The top United Nations human rights body has agreed to send a fact-finding mission to investigate Myanmar security forces killing, raping and torturing Rohingya Muslims.
UN launches investigation into Myanmar security forces’ torturing and raping
Irish Muslims rally against workplace ‘Hijab Ban’
Demonstrators took to the streets of Dublin on Tuesday, protesting the European court ruling, which allows employers to ban the Muslim headscarf in workplace.
Red Cross: World has just months to stop starvation in Yemen, Somalia
The world has got three to four months to save millions of people in Yemen and Somalia from starvation, as war and drought wreck crops and block deliveries of food and medical care, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday.
BCHR records 112 peaceful protests and 62 arrests last week
Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that it documented 112 peaceful protests in 40 different villages across Bahrain, within the third week of March.
ISIS poster found in Rohtas district in Bihar, India
A poster carrying the name ISIS asking youths in Bihar to join the terror organizationwas found pasted on an electricity pillar in Rohtas district on Saturday, police said.
Thousands of Scots protest racism, Islamophobia
Thousands of Scots took to the streets of Glasgow armed with banners, flags and posters in a national protest against racism and Islamophobia.
Boko Haram raid Nigeria town, loot food supplies
Boko Haram militants have raided a town in restive northeast Nigeria, looting food supplies and burning homes after overwhelming troops, residents told AFP on Thursday.
Rights group slams UN, EU for blocking independent probe into Rohingya plight
A Europe-based rights group has slammed the global community, particularly the UN and the EU, for hindering an independent probe into Myanmar’s crimes against Rohingya Muslims, warning that the persecuted minority group is suffering a “slow-burning genocide.”
SRW: Bahraini government responsible for Muhammad Sahwan death in jail
Shia Rights Watch International Organization received the death news of civil rights activist, Muhammad Sahwan’s, with grief and sorrow, imposing all responsibilities on the Bahraini government.
Muslims slam European Court Hijab ruling
Muslim groups and organizations worldwide have slammed Tuesday’s ruling by the European Court of Justice, which allows employers to ban the wearing of visible religious symbols, such as headscarves and other religious signs, warning that it will normalize anti-Muslim discrimination.
Yemen ‘one of worst hunger crises in the world,’ UN-supported study finds
An estimated 17 million people in Yemen are hungry, according to analysis released today by the United Nations and humanitarian partners, up more than 20 per cent in the past nine months.
German police shut down mosque linked to extremists
German authorities on Tuesday raided apartments linked to an extremist mosque in the city of Hildesheim visited by Tunisian failed asylum seeker AnisAmri, who drove a truck into a Berlin Christmas market in December and killed 12 people.
Australian Government backs new Indonesian 'halal law'
Australia's trade minister has backed new Indonesian laws that will require all meat sold in the Muslim majority nation apart from pork to be halal certified.
Islam to become world’s biggest religion
According to Pew Research Center, Islam will soon hold the title of the largest religion on Earth. Projections indicate that by mid-century (2050), there will be just as many Muslims in the world as Christians.