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18.3 million Nigerian children not in school – UNICEF
November 20, 2022
18.3 million Nigerian children not in school – UNICEF
No fewer than 18.3 million Nigerian children are currently identified to have lacked access to the four walls of the classrooms, UNICEF said in a statement on Saturday. According to the statement “discrimination and exclusion deepen intergenerational deprivation and poverty…
Racism and discrimination against children rife in countries worldwide
November 20, 2022
Racism and discrimination against children rife in countries worldwide
World Children’s Day is annually marked as set by the UN on November 20, and the 2022 celebration comes under the theme: “Inclusion for Every Child”. However, racism and discrimination against children based on their ethnicity, language and religion, are…
Muslim figure criticizes religious restrictions against followers of Islam in France
November 20, 2022
Muslim figure criticizes religious restrictions against followers of Islam in France
Speaking on the sidelines of a diplomatic conference held on the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance, Mohammed Moussaoui said Muslims in France are facing growing limitations and this is leading to a social crisis, media outlets reported. The…
Analytical article reveals what is under Ibn Taymiyyah’s turban
November 20, 2022
Analytical article reveals what is under Ibn Taymiyyah’s turban
An analytical article published by the Nigerian website (HumAngle Media), on Friday, acknowledged that the extremist fatwas of Ibn Taymiyyah are the first reason for the emergence of the takfiri terrorist groups that plague Islamic countries and the world. The…
US: Fairfield students push for Muslim holidays to be added to school calendar
November 20, 2022
US: Fairfield students push for Muslim holidays to be added to school calendar
Families are working to change the Fairfield School District in Connecticut, USA, to be more inclusive of Muslim holidays. Students throughout the Fairfield School District asked the Board of Education to add Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to the school…
Kenyan Muslims hold prayers as drought worsens
November 18, 2022
Kenyan Muslims hold prayers as drought worsens
Muslims in Garissa, Northern Kenya, held prayers for divine intervention against a long-running drought. A lack of rainfall over the last four rainy seasons has 378,000 people on the brink of starvation. Kenya’s National Drought and Weather Authority says there…
New York: ‘Islam & Modernism’ exhibition at Aicon Gallery
November 18, 2022
New York: ‘Islam & Modernism’ exhibition at Aicon Gallery
Islam & Modernism – a seminal exhibition by Pakistan-born, London-based conceptual artist and long-time activist and organizer Rasheed Araeen – is currently being presented at Aicon Gallery in New York. The exhibition at the art gallery takes as its core…
HRW: US child welfare system harms families
November 18, 2022
HRW: US child welfare system harms families
Child welfare systems in the United States too often treat poverty as the basis for charges of neglect and decisions to remove children from their parents, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a report…
France shuts down two Islamic schools
November 18, 2022
France shuts down two Islamic schools
Two Islamic schools have been closed down in France’s southern city of Montpellier, according to local media reports. Officials carried out unannounced checks at the two schools on Tuesday and ordered the administrations to shut them down, news outlet Actu.fr…
China imposing forced inter-ethnic marriages on Uyghur women
November 18, 2022
China imposing forced inter-ethnic marriages on Uyghur women
The Chinese government incentivized and forced inter-ethnic marriages that have been occurring in the Uyghur region since 2014, according to a report by a Washington-based advocacy group. The new research by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is based on…