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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…

New Zealand announced on Saturday that it will amend the current law “to make sure religious communities feel safe and welcome”. Minister of Justice Kiri Allan said under the Human Rights Act 1993 it was already illegal to publish or…

The Chinese government incentivized and forced inter-ethnic marriages that have been occurring in the Uyghur region since 2014, according to a report by a Washington-based advocacy group. The new research by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is based on…

Several Taiwanese NGOs recently extended support to Uyghurs’ struggle to build a sovereign nation and called others to take a stand against China’s oppression of the minority group, according to media outlets. “As human rights workers in Taiwan, the least…