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UK Government approved Saudi arms deals worth £238m six months after deadly Yemen funeral air strike
July 25, 2017
UK Government approved Saudi arms deals worth £238m six months after deadly Yemen funeral air strike
The British government licensed £283m worth of arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the six months after an air strike by the Riyadh-led coalition killed 140 mourners at a funeral in Yemen. The British government licensed £283m worth…
The Holy Quran Institute in Scotland celebrates graduation of one of its Quranic courses
July 25, 2017
The Holy Quran Institute in Scotland celebrates graduation of one of its Quranic courses
The UK Branch of al-Abbas Holy Shrine’s Holy QuranInstitute continues to hold Quranic courses in addition to lectures and Quranic seminars aiming to educate the Muslim community on the Quranic culture and contributing in raising their level in various classes…
SRW expresses its concern over the tragic situation of detainees in the Middle East
July 24, 2017
SRW expresses its concern over the tragic situation of detainees in the Middle East
Shia Rights Watch International Organization has expressed its concern over the tragic situation of the detainees in the Middle East, calling on other human rights organizations to protect the human rights of the peoples of the Middle East. …
Around 600,000 cholera cases expected in Yemen by late 2017, Red Cross warns
July 24, 2017
Around 600,000 cholera cases expected in Yemen by late 2017, Red Cross warns
Cholera cases in Yemen are expected to at least double by the end of 2017 to more than 600,000, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday, as the charity’s president visited the war-ravaged country to assess the worsening…
Bombers attack two camps in northeast Nigeria, kill eight
July 24, 2017
Bombers attack two camps in northeast Nigeria, kill eight
A civilian self-defense group says at least eight people are dead after female bombers attacked two displaced peoples’ camps in northeastern Nigeria’s main city. A civilian self-defense group says at least eight people are dead after female bombers…
CARE: Yemen situation ‘absolute shame on humanity’
July 23, 2017
CARE: Yemen situation ‘absolute shame on humanity’
International humanitarian agency Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) has voiced alarm at the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, calling the situation a “shame on humanity”. International humanitarian agency Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) has voiced…
Fresh fears over extent of UK links to Bahrain ‘torture prisons’
July 23, 2017
Fresh fears over extent of UK links to Bahrain ‘torture prisons’
New documents reveal UK contractors visited Bahrain 28 times in 12 months amid an ongoing rights crackdown. New documents reveal UK contractors visited Bahrain 28 times in 12 months amid an ongoing rights crackdown. UK government contractors have…
Pig’s Head Left Outside Muslim School in Brisbane, Australia
July 19, 2017
Pig’s Head Left Outside Muslim School in Brisbane, Australia
Muslim schoolchildren were targeted in an early-morning attack in Brisbane, Australia, on Wednesday, when a bag featuring a swastika and containing a severed pig’s head was left at a school’s front gate. Muslim schoolchildren were targeted in an…
CAIR Urges Arrest of Caller Threatening to Blow Up Georgia Mosque
July 19, 2017
CAIR Urges Arrest of Caller Threatening to Blow Up Georgia Mosque
The Georgia Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling for the arrest of the man who called in multiple death threats to an Augusta mosque over the past two months. The Georgia Council for American Islamic Relations…
Quebec town votes against allowing Islamic cemetery to be built
July 17, 2017
Quebec town votes against allowing Islamic cemetery to be built
Muslims in the Quebec City area are facing disappointment and uncertainty after voters in a small town close to the provincial capital voted Sunday night to stop the development of a cemetery catering to the Islamic faith. Muslims…