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The Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into a former Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker for inciting public hatred following the ex-official’s recent anti-headscarf comments, reports said Monday.The remarks were made during a TV appearance by ex-main opposition…

The Sri Lankan Doctors Association has set conditions for burying the bodies of the dead due to the Coronavirus, following objections by Muslims and Christians to the forced burning of bodies in the country.A report prepared by a committee consisting…

Japan provided intelligence to the United States and Britain last year showing evidence of China’s forceful detainment of the Muslim Uighur minority on condition of keeping the source confidential, a person close to Japan-U.S. relations said Monday.Based on the information,…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, praised the special operation carried out by the Indonesian security services to combat terrorism.In a statement received by Shiawaves, the organization stated, “The Indonesian authorities recently revealed the dismantling of one of the most…

The cabinet in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday passed a bill to stop Hindu women from converting to Islam.According to reports, followed by Shiawaves, the bill to curb so-called “Love Jihad” — a term used by…

The decision of the government of the Indian state of Assam to close religious schools sparked widespread anger among Islamic institutions and educational centers, as well as strong rejection by members of the opposition Congress.The Minister of Education and Finance…

Predominantly Buddhist Sri Lanka’s ultranationalist government is forcing families of the country’s Muslim and Christian minorities to abandon their faith-based burial rites for relatives who die of COVID-19 — consequently inviting fresh international scrutiny of the nation’s already troubled human…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, expressed its strong condemnation of the political arrests of Muslim dissidents and activists in the Indian Kashmir region, calling on the authorities to release all detainees and to stop the policy of racial discrimination…

The Nizami Quranic Center in the Indian city of Aligarh has succeeded in promoting academic excellence in teaching, research and publishing in the field of Quranic studies.The center, which is abbreviated by K.A., has henceforth become one of the main…

Indian political parties and human rights organizations demanded that the government recognizes the birth anniversary of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, as an official holiday in the country, stressing that this is a right of the…