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Unable to return home, Rohingya risk their lives to leave refugee camps
December 16, 2022
Unable to return home, Rohingya risk their lives to leave refugee camps
Human rights defenders are seeing a surge in potentially deadly boat journeys by Rohingya refugees as they try to reach countries in Southeast Asia where they can access schools, food and jobs. Many of the stateless people have grown desperate…
Madagascar: Shirazi-affiliated Ahlulbayt Center to hold a ten-day Fatimid ceremony
December 16, 2022
Madagascar: Shirazi-affiliated Ahlulbayt Center to hold a ten-day Fatimid ceremony
The Ahlulbayt Center, peace be upon them, affiliated to Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in Majunga, Madagascar, is preparing to hold the ten-day Fatimid mourning ceremony. The ceremony will begin on 19th December until 27th of the same month.…
World’s largest car manufacturers may be linked to the forced labor of Uyghurs, researchers say
December 16, 2022
World’s largest car manufacturers may be linked to the forced labor of Uyghurs, researchers say
Many of the world’s largest car manufacturers may be linked to the forced labor of Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group based in Xinjiang, China, according to new research from Sheffield Hallam University. Tesla, Volkswagen, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, and Stellantis…
Human rights breaches in China, Chad and Bahrain
December 16, 2022
Human rights breaches in China, Chad and Bahrain
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect for human rights in China, Chad and Bahrain. In China, MEPs express their support for protesters fighting for fundamental rights who are being persecuted by the Chinese government, notably…
Nigeria: 4,000 students to attend Islamic Vacation Course
December 16, 2022
Nigeria: 4,000 students to attend Islamic Vacation Course
About 4,000 Muslim students across Nigeria will, next week, attend this year’s National Islamic Vacation Course (NIVC) in Kwara State. This was disclosed by the chairman Council of Hosting Fathers, Elders, and Mentors of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria…
Scottish Council pledges to deal with growing Islamophobia
December 15, 2022
Scottish Council pledges to deal with growing Islamophobia
Members of South Lanarkshire Council have ratified a motion which tries to confront growing Islamophobia as well as other forms of racism and discrimination in the area. At a full council meeting last week, councilor Ali Salamati brought forward a…
Participation of the Taliban government and the Myanmar Military Council not allowed in the United Nations at the present time
December 15, 2022
Participation of the Taliban government and the Myanmar Military Council not allowed in the United Nations at the present time
A report issued by the United Nations Credentials Committee confirmed that a decision on whether the Taliban government and the military junta in Myanmar could send a UN ambassador to New York for the second time was postponed, but the…
Accelerated action needed to ensure safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene for all, WHO says
December 15, 2022
Accelerated action needed to ensure safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene for all, WHO says
Findings from WHO and UN-Water’s Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report show that acceleration is needed in many countries to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 – water and sanitation for all by 2030.…
Azerbaijan: Two Shia teachers fined after holding mourning ceremonies in class
December 15, 2022
Azerbaijan: Two Shia teachers fined after holding mourning ceremonies in class
The (Forum 18) news website reported that two courts in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, imposed two fines on two Shia women, for holding mourning ceremonies inside school classes, which they had revived during the sacred month of Muharram, mourning Imam…
Free Muslim calls on the governments of Islamic countries to stop the tragedy of children in Syria and Yemen
December 15, 2022
Free Muslim calls on the governments of Islamic countries to stop the tragedy of children in Syria and Yemen
The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, has expressed, with great pain, the catastrophe that children in Syria and Yemen are exposed to and the killing of tens of thousands of them, calling on all Islamic governments to unite efforts to…