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US Muslims five times more likely to face police harassment due to their religion, study shows

US Muslims five times more likely to face police harassment due to their religion, study shows

Muslims are five times more likely to experience police harassment because of their religion compared to those of other faiths, a study by Rice University shows. More specifically, Muslim adults who identify as Black, Middle Eastern, Arab or North African…
The Economist: Rohingya Muslims are slowly annihilating after 5 years of displacement

The Economist: Rohingya Muslims are slowly annihilating after 5 years of displacement

On the fifth anniversary of the displacement of the Muslim Rohingya minority and their forced displacement from their homes in Myanmar, today about 140,000 people live in the camps to which they were taken on the border with Bangladesh, where…
The Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Madagascar organizes religious preaching tour for youths

The Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Madagascar organizes religious preaching tour for youths

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the city of Majunga, Madagascar, organized a tour for a group of young people, with the aim of teaching them about the practice of religious preaching.…
Islamophobia in Brazil during elections time

Islamophobia in Brazil during elections time

Campaigning in South America’s largest country, Brazil, has been going on for a while, and the country’s current right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, appears to be having a hard time getting re-elected. Reuters reported that a recent voter poll showed that…
UNICEF: Nearly 1,000 children killed or injured in Ukraine-Russia war

UNICEF: Nearly 1,000 children killed or injured in Ukraine-Russia war

The UN children’s agency on Monday, August 22, said that nearly 1,000 children were either killed or injured in Ukraine since Russia launched its war in late February. This represents an average of more than five a day, according to…
CAIR calls on authorities to investigate attacks on Muslim protesters

CAIR calls on authorities to investigate attacks on Muslim protesters

 The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on state and federal law enforcement to investigate a bias-motivated assault on those protesting in Los Angeles, California against persecution of religious minorities and caste discrimination in India.  The council said in…
Sudan: Dozens dead in flood disaster, government declares emergency

Sudan: Dozens dead in flood disaster, government declares emergency

At about the same time every year, Sudan suffers from the crisis of torrential torrents, which destroy thousands of homes and claim dozens of lives. This year, Sudan was hit by torrential torrents, which killed about 80 people and destroyed…
International Nonviolence Organization condemns racist attack on mosque in the Netherlands

International Nonviolence Organization condemns racist attack on mosque in the Netherlands

The International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) has expressed its strong condemnation of the racist acts that targeted the Takhteet al-Islam Mosque building in the Dutch city of Veldhoven, calling on the authorities to prosecute the perpetrators and arrest them to…
Special report on activities of Shirazi centers worldwide during ten days of mournful month of Muharram

Special report on activities of Shirazi centers worldwide during ten days of mournful month of Muharram

A special report monitored the activities of hundreds of centers affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority around the world in the first ten days of the holy month of Muharram. The report stated, “In compliance with the teachings of the…
UN warns: Famine threatens 22 million people in Horn of Africa

UN warns: Famine threatens 22 million people in Horn of Africa

The United Nations World Food Program warned, Friday, August 19, 2022, that by September famine will be a threat to at least 22 million people in the Horn of Africa, where the risk of food insecurity is increasing due to…
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