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74% of Bangladeshis think that Chinese government is repressive towards Uyghurs: survey

74% of Bangladeshis think that Chinese government is repressive towards Uyghurs: survey

As many as 74 percent of Bangladeshi citizens think that the Chinese government is repressive towards Uyghur Muslims while 24 per cent think that they are being persecuted just because of their religious identity, according to a survey. This survey…
Georgia: Conference on “Shia cultural production”, researcher cites “Shia Voice” competition as influential media activity

Georgia: Conference on “Shia cultural production”, researcher cites “Shia Voice” competition as influential media activity

Shia Muslim and Christian media professionals, filmmakers and researchers succeeded in communicating important Shia concepts and issues to the world, through their participation in the conference (Material, Ritual, and Senses: The Dynamic World of Lived Shia Islam), hosted by the…
Number of Muslims increasing in Japan

Number of Muslims increasing in Japan

The number of Muslims living in Japan, though small, has nearly doubled in the past decade, from 110,000 in 2010 to 185,000 at the end of 2019 (including as many as 50,000 Japanese converts), according to Tanada Hirofumi of Waseda…
Chinese government subjects Uyghur Muslims to forced sterilization, human rights groups say

Chinese government subjects Uyghur Muslims to forced sterilization, human rights groups say

International human rights organizations have condemned the arbitrary practices of the Chinese government towards the members of the Muslim Uyghur minority, which amounted to forced sterilization of women and men, with the aim of completely eliminating their offspring.  The organizations…
Shia Tunisians celebrate the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Al-Sadiq (peace be upon them)

Shia Tunisians celebrate the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Al-Sadiq (peace be upon them)

Shia Tunisians celebrated the birth of the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) and his grandson Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him), expressing their happiness on the blessed occasion. A large gathering of Shia Muslims in…
Xi Jinping’s continued tenure as leader is a disaster for human rights, Amnesty International says

Xi Jinping’s continued tenure as leader is a disaster for human rights, Amnesty International says

Ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CCP), where President Xi Jinping is expected to be confirmed as CCP General Secretary for a third term, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Hana Young said: “President Xi’s…
Two Rohingya community leaders killed in Bangladesh refugee camp

Two Rohingya community leaders killed in Bangladesh refugee camp

A mob of a dozen people killed on Saturday two Rohingya community leaders in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, which houses over a million refugees, police said. According to the Armed Police Battalion, the elite police unit tasked with security in the…
China intensifies crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang, a report says

China intensifies crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang, a report says

China has intensified a crackdown on Uyghur and Kazakh Muslims with mass arrests and detentions ahead of the national congress of the Chinese Community Party (CCP), says a report. Over the past few weeks, law enforcers in the Ili Kazakh…
Extreme heat could make parts of Asia, Africa uninhabitable in decades, according to a report

Extreme heat could make parts of Asia, Africa uninhabitable in decades, according to a report

A report prepared by the United Nations and the Red Cross concluded on Monday October 10th that entire regions will become unfit for life in the coming decades due to increasing heat waves. This year’s heat wave poses threats to…
Philippines: Government agencies back bill seeking burial grounds for Muslims

Philippines: Government agencies back bill seeking burial grounds for Muslims

Several government agencies on Monday October 10th backed a bill that seeks to set up burial grounds for Muslims in public cemeteries. Many Muslim Filipinos go through a complicated and costly process in sending the remains of their departed loved…
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