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The chief scholar of Indonesia, Sheikh Jos Muwaffaq, addressed the commemoration of the Karbala battle by Indonesian followers of the Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them.Muwaffaq, who is one of the most prominent scholars of the Renaissance in the Republic of…

India’s Supreme Court said it will consider a legal petition calling for the prosecution of several Hindu religious leaders who delivered inflammatory speeches against Muslims in a closed-door meeting last month.Three of the Supreme Court justices said they had issued…

Indian police arrested a Hindu youth, and a number of suspects in creating an application containing pictures of more than 80 Muslim women for “auctioning” over the Internet last year, an incident that previously sparked widespread controversy.Police said that the…

A Russia-led military alliance announced late Wednesday that it will send peacekeeping troops to Kazakhstan, where massive riots stemming from nationwide protests over high fuel prices have led to a state of emergency and the resignation of the government. Armenian…

The Muslim World League organized in the Russian capital, Moscow, an international Islamic conference, the first of its kind, with the participation of scholars and thinkers from 43 countries.According to press sources, the conference, which included meetings and dialogues, aims…

Activists circulated on social media a video clip documenting the moment a group of Hindu extremists attacked a Christian family in Belgaum, Karnataka, India.The published video showed Hindu extremists attempting to assault some individuals in the yard of the house.The…

In the last week of 2021, three calls were issued to kill the Muslims of India in particular, and to implement the “Burmese model” to exterminate them collectively, or “return them to the Hindu fold.”The “Religious Parliament” conference in Haridwar…

Indian media said that a school in the southwestern state of Karnataka prevented Muslim students from entering classes while wearing the hijab.The school administration allowed the wearing of the hijab or niqab inside the school building, but not inside the…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has warned that the population of Myanmar may face an unprecedented crisis during 2022.The United Nations office stated in a report that the turmoil in Myanmar is expected to lead…

United Nations (UN) human rights experts on Wednesday sought the release of Kashmir-based rights defender Khurram Parvez, arrested by the National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).“We are concerned that even one month after Mr. Parvez’s arrest,…