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Bernards’Township agrees to Shia mosque, will pay $3.25m to settle lawsuit

Bernards’Township agrees to Shia mosque, will pay $3.25m to settle lawsuit

A Somerset County town will pay $3.25 million in damages and attorneys’ fees to the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge and must allow a long-delayed mosque to be built under a pair of settlements announced Tuesday.     A Somerset…
UN: Yemen descending into total collapse as world watches

UN: Yemen descending into total collapse as world watches

The United Nations says impoverished Yemen is on the brink of total collapse, as the country is facing an ongoing bloody military aggression by Saudi Arabia, an emerging famine, and an outbreak of cholera.   The United Nations says impoverished…
Yemen health system mangled as cholera bites: UN envoy

Yemen health system mangled as cholera bites: UN envoy

The United Nations’ Yemen envoy says more than seven million people are facing the risk of famine in the impoverished country, which has been under incessant Saudi attacks for more than two years.     The United Nations’ Yemen envoy…
SRW publishes its monthly report

SRW publishes its monthly report

Shia Rights Watch International Organization published the latest monthly report of the anti-Shia movements in May 2017.     Shia Rights Watch International Organization published the latest monthly report of the anti-Shia movements in May 2017.  The report included terror…
Muslims in Portland Thank Community after Deadly Stabbing

Muslims in Portland Thank Community after Deadly Stabbing

Muslims in Portland, the US state of Oregon, thanked the community for its support and said they were raising money for the families of two men who were killed when they came to the defense of two young women who…
Islam will be largest religion in the world by 2070, says report

Islam will be largest religion in the world by 2070, says report

Islam is the only religion growing faster than the world’s population, and it will be the largest in the world by 2070, research has found.    Islam is the only religion growing faster than the world’s population, and it will…
Chinese authorities confiscate Qurans from Uyghur Muslims

Chinese authorities confiscate Qurans from Uyghur Muslims

Authorities in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region are confiscating all Qurans published more than five years ago due to allegations of “extremist content,” according to local officials, amid an ongoing campaign against the so-called “illegal” religious items owned by mostly Muslim…
Iraq begins operation to liberate last ISIS-held Mosul region

Iraq begins operation to liberate last ISIS-held Mosul region

Iraqi forces have launched an offensive to retake the last enclave controlled by ISIS in the northern city of Mosul as the Takfiri terrorist group is getting final blows in the Arab country.   Iraqi forces have launched an offensive…
At least 200 children lost at sea trying to reach Italian shores so far this year

At least 200 children lost at sea trying to reach Italian shores so far this year

At least 200 children have died along the dangerous Central Mediterranean migration route from North Africa to Italy so far this year – a rate of more than one child per day – according to the latest estimates from UNICEF. …
Arsonists fire mosque in Oldham in the wake of Manchester blast

Arsonists fire mosque in Oldham in the wake of Manchester blast

A mosque has been attacked in Oldham (in Manchester city) just hours after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at the end of a concert in the city’s Manchester Arena.   A mosque has been attacked in Oldham (in Manchester…
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