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German lawmakers have approved changes that will make it easier for descendants of those who fled Nazi persecution to obtain citizenship.Under German law, people stripped of their citizenship on political, racial or religious grounds can have it restored, and so…

The human rights organization ALQST announced that the Saudi authorities have released the two activists, Samar Badawi and Nassima Al-Sada, three years after their arrest.The organization said, in a tweet, that “the two prominent human rights activists, Samar Badawi and…

The Central Criminal Court in the Presidency of the Federal Appeal Court of Rusafa issued death sentences against nine convicts who participated in the Speicher Base massacre in the Iraqi province of Salah al-Din in 2014.The Judiciary’s media center said…

The Saudi authorities have announced that they have set a new condition for those who have been issued permits to perform Hajj this year.According to the Saudi Press Agency said, “The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah stresses the necessity of…

The Guardian newspaper said that 28 countries, mostly in the Middle East and North Africa, helped China extradite the persecuted Uyghur Muslims.The newspaper revealed that China used its economic influence in these countries, and pushed them to help extradite the…

The British newspaper, Morning Star, confirmed that Bahrain refuses to release two Shia activists sentenced to death despite international calls, and despite Amnesty International raising concerns that their trial was based on confessions extracted under torture.Last week, the United Nations…

The Leibniz Center for the Modern East (ZMO) in the German capital, Berlin, issued a general invitation to all researchers in the field of Islamic studies and the Middle East to submit scientific articles on “Democracy in the Islamic World”.The…

A Shia student of Pakistani descent, at Whitley School in Long Island, USA, was harassed and insulted during her high school graduation speech.The 17-year-old student, Hoda Ayaz, gave a speech during the high school graduation ceremony for the graduating students.…

Mullah Muhammad Bojbara has been released today after being arrested and imprisoned in one of Saudi Arabia’s prisons since last October, for setting up a Husseini mourning ceremony and filming a religious video in honor of Arbaeen in Bur al-Asfar,…

A large gathering of Afghan citizens residing in the United States organized a protest march in front of the White House, denouncing the killing and violations against the Hazara Shias.The march coincided with the presence of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani…