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An interfaith group in South Korea organized a seminar to help people clear misconceptions about Islam, including wearing the hijab, to forge better ties with the minority faith in the country. The Korean Religious Peace Conference held a public seminar…

The new research, by Sheffield Hallam University’s Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice and NomoGaia, a nongovernmental organization, details Xinjiang’s role in the production of metals critical to auto manufacturing, including aluminum, steel, and copper, as well as the region’s…

Demonstrations have been taking place across the world over the large-scale repression of the Uyghur Muslim population living in Xinjiang by the Chinese government amounting to “crimes against humanity.” Recently, on December 3, a few activists gathered in Tokyo to…

Today, Tuesday, human rights organizations accused the Malaysian government of its extremist stance towards Shia Muslims, which led to dire consequences for the followers of the Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them) in the country. This comes at a time when…

After suffering decades of oppression, Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are now caught between two fires from the country’s repressive military junta and the rebel Buddhist Arakan Army, according to local Arakanese activists. The UN and other international human rights organizations…

The Hidayah Center Foundation, an Islamic non-governmental organization (NGO) in Sibu, Malaysia’s Sarawak, is conducting visits to churches and temples to strengthen religious and racial harmony. Hidayah Centre Foundation adviser Nasyitah Abdullah said the NGO, which was set up in…

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) called on Thursday on the Peoples’ Republic of China to immediately investigate all allegations of human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), including those of torture, ill-treatment,…

Most Uyghurs in Xinjiang have not returned to mosques that Chinese authorities have reopened for limited religious services in response to heavy international criticism of repressive policies targeting the mostly Muslim ethnic group, according to local and international sources. Authorities…

Oman’s largest mosque for Shia Muslims was inaugurated in a ceremony in the capital, Muscat. The Endowments Minister Mohammed Saeed Al-Ma’amari was among those attending the inauguration event. There were also Shia and Sunni scholars from Oman and a number…

 More than 200 Rohingya refugees have arrived in the Indonesian province of Aceh, after fleeing Myanmar to escape ethnic persecution and killing. 119 Rohingya refugees arrived on a wooden boat in Ploka Tyopai village, Aceh province, and were taken to…