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Indonesia, Malaysia explore cooperation in halal product assurance

Indonesia, Malaysia explore cooperation in halal product assurance

Indonesia’s Halal Product Assurance Agency (BPJPH) and Malaysia’s Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM) are exploring cooperation in strengthening halal product assurance to bolster the halal product ecosystem. “We are currently finalizing the cooperation agreement between BPJPH and JAKIM,” BPJPH head…
Bangladesh: Rampant police abuse of Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh: Rampant police abuse of Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh’s Armed Police Battalion (APBn) is committing extortion, arbitrary arrests, and harassment of Rohingya refugees already facing violence from criminal gangs and armed groups, Human Rights Watch said today. The Armed Police Battalion took over security in the Rohingya camps…
Pakistan is facing a growing food crisis, worsened by recent devastating floods

Pakistan is facing a growing food crisis, worsened by recent devastating floods

Last Saturday in Mirpur Khas, a city in Pakistan’s Sindh province, hundreds of people lined up for hours outside a park to buy subsidized wheat flour, offered for 65 rupees a kilogram instead of the current, inflated rate of about…
World’s key element in solar panels manufactured in Xinjiang under forced labor

World’s key element in solar panels manufactured in Xinjiang under forced labor

According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report last July, China’s share in all key global manufacturing stages of the world’s solar panels exceeds 80%. However, 40% of the world’s polycrystalline silicon (among the key elements) is produced in Xinjiang.…
Myanmar jails more than 100 Rohingya for travelling ‘without documents’

Myanmar jails more than 100 Rohingya for travelling ‘without documents’

Myanmar authorities have sentenced 112 Rohingya, including a dozen children, to between two and five years in prison for attempting to travel to Malaysia “without legal documents”, state media reported Tuesday. The group were arrested last month in the southern…
Free Muslim Organization calls on the UAE to include the biography of the Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them) in school curricula

Free Muslim Organization calls on the UAE to include the biography of the Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them) in school curricula

The International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) urged the government of the United Arab Emirates to include in its school curricula the biography of the Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them) in order to acquaint the younger generations with the greatness of…
Afghanistan: Security destabilized and Taliban’s ban on women continues amid int’l condemnation

Afghanistan: Security destabilized and Taliban’s ban on women continues amid int’l condemnation

On the Educational level, last week, the ban on girls’ higher education and women employees of NGOs triggered widespread reactions, with the acting minister of interior saying work is underway on a reasonable and permanent solution. “Banning Afghan women working…
Afghanistan: Journalists in Paktia criticize limited access to Information

Afghanistan: Journalists in Paktia criticize limited access to Information

As the Taliban’s crackdown on journalists and media personnel continue in Afghanistan, numerous journalists in Paktia province on Friday criticized limited access to information and claimed that this has a negative influence on their operations as their basic rights to…
5.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Afghanistan

5.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Afghanistan

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck the Hindu Kush region in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, causing strong shaking in parts of the country, including the capital, Kabul, officials and witnesses said. The quake struck at a depth of…
China’s state bodies are suppressing religious freedom

China’s state bodies are suppressing religious freedom

China’s state-run bodies that oversee legally recognized religions are complicit in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violation of religious freedom by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), says the latest report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The…
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