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SRW: At a time when homosexuality laws are in force, Shias are persecuted
Islam World
April 1, 2018
SRW: At a time when homosexuality laws are in force, Shias are persecuted
Shia Rights Watch has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the intellectual and political regression practiced by some political systems in the…
A joint statement demands immediate release of Ayatollah Shirazi issued and distributed
World
March 14, 2018
A joint statement demands immediate release of Ayatollah Shirazi issued and distributed
A joint statement has been issued by the Iranian Islamic Center, in Canada, Al Huda Islamic Center, in Sweden, and…
Arkansas Mosque forgives vandal, grants him freedom
World
January 2, 2018
Arkansas Mosque forgives vandal, grants him freedom
The Muslim community in Fort Smith, Arkansas, has forgiven a vandal who attacked their mosque last year, granting him his…
HRW, SRW slam destabilizing violence in Bahrain
World
May 24, 2017
HRW, SRW slam destabilizing violence in Bahrain
The Human Rights Watch and Shia Rights Watch International Organizations have condemned the brutal violence by the Bahraini regime forces…
CPJ: Bahraini journalists harassed, banned from travel a week ahead of UPR session
World
May 4, 2017
CPJ: Bahraini journalists harassed, banned from travel a week ahead of UPR session
Bahraini prosecutors and security officials should cease harassing journalists and should lift travel bans imposed on two reporters in the…
House panel approves ‘National Hijab Day’
World
April 22, 2017
House panel approves ‘National Hijab Day’
The House of Representatives’ Muslim committee in the Philippines approved on Thursday House Bill 968 which seeks to declare February…
Saudi Criminal Court sentences a number of people to jail and whipping for performing religious rituals
Islam World
April 6, 2017
Saudi Criminal Court sentences a number of people to jail and whipping for performing religious rituals
The Criminal Court of Ahsa sentenced a number of people to 50 days imprisonment and whipping for performing religious rituals.…
Protest in Vienna against Austria’s headscarf ban
World
January 18, 2017
Protest in Vienna against Austria’s headscarf ban
A group of young activists gathered in Vienna Monday to protest against a new regulation banning public servants, including teachers,…
Buddhist extremists stop Muslim ceremony in Myanmar
World
January 10, 2017
Buddhist extremists stop Muslim ceremony in Myanmar
Extremist Buddhist nationalists have stopped a Muslim religious ceremony in Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon, amid an ongoing bloody campaign against…
AMNESTY: Bahrain must end the systematic muzzling of peaceful dissenting voices
World
December 24, 2016
AMNESTY: Bahrain must end the systematic muzzling of peaceful dissenting voices
Amnesty International has today called on the Bahraini authorities to halt its relentless crackdown on the rights to freedom of…