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The world still needs to have conversations about racism and white supremacy, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, as the country marked two years since a white supremacist attacked two mosques in the city of Christchurch.Armed with…

Uzbekistan is witnessing intense controversy and concerns between Muslims and Christians due to the state’s new criminal law, which will enter into force on January 1 of next year, and may undermine religious freedom in the country.Members of religious sects…

Three people were killed in two separate armed attacks in the Afghan capital, Kabul.A spokesman for the Kabul Security Directorate, Firdaus Varamarz, said in a press statement, on Monday, that the two armed attacks took place in the Bole Suhta…

Iraq’s State Board of Antiquities and Heritage announced the preparation of a file for adding the archaeological site and shrine of Prophet Thilkifl (Ezekiel) to the UNESCO World Heritage List.Inspector Qahtan Abbas said that a complete file had been prepared…

A fire broke out on Sunday, in a private school providing education to Muslim students in the Swedish city of Örebro.The official “SVT” television quoted the director of “Al Salam Skolan” school, Hussein Al-Dawoudi, saying that the school administration was…

A body affiliated with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned a recent Swiss referendum on banning the covering of the face in public places.The Independent Permanent Commission for Human Rights of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (IPHRC)…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, called on states and governments not to hand over any opposition from countries complaining of lack of transparency and democracy, calling for adherence to the relevant decisions of the International Human Rights Council.In a…

An academic at the American University of New York confirmed that the Charter of Republican Values in France unfairly leads to the incrimination of all Muslims.Professor of History and Political Science, Richard Wolin, said that after its ratification, this decision…

Shia and Sunni Muslim scholars in India issued a fatwa against former chief of UP Shia central Waqf Board, Waseem Rizvi, who has racked up a controversy by moving a plea before the Supreme Court (SC) to remove 26 Quranic…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, confirmed that Yemen is on the verge of abyss due to the Coronavirus pandemic.In a statement received by Shia Waves, the organization warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the war-stricken country of Yemen, stressing…