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Symposium for group of female students in Madagascar
August 28, 2022
Symposium for group of female students in Madagascar
The representative of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi in Madagascar, His Eminence Sheikh Muhammad Radhi Wasram, announced the organization of an educational trip for a number of female students. Wasram said in a statement to…
Rohingya Muslims in exile mark five years since start of genocide in Myanmar
August 27, 2022
Rohingya Muslims in exile mark five years since start of genocide in Myanmar
In Bangladesh, thousands of Rohingya Muslims have staged protests in refugee camps to mark five years since Burmese soldiers began a campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide against their community. The U.N. reports as many as 10,000 Rohingya were killed…
UNICEF condemns air strike on kindergarten in Tigray, Ethiopia
August 27, 2022
UNICEF condemns air strike on kindergarten in Tigray, Ethiopia
The United Nations has condemned an air raid that “hit a kindergarten” in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, killing at least four people, including two children. “UNICEF strongly condemns the air strike in Mekelle, the capital city of the Tigray Region,…
WFP: People facing acute food insecurity reach 345 million worldwide
August 25, 2022
WFP: People facing acute food insecurity reach 345 million worldwide
The number of people facing acute food insecurity worldwide has more than doubled to 345 million since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and climate change, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday. “We see now 10 times…
Cartoon published in independent French newspaper causes social media uproar
August 25, 2022
Cartoon published in independent French newspaper causes social media uproar
A cartoon published in Wednesday’s edition of l’Acadie Nouvelle, an independent French-language newspaper in New Brunswick, is causing a social media uproar. Moncton-based activists said the cartoon “turns Muslim women into an object and degrades them.” The cartoon was quickly…
US Muslims five times more likely to face police harassment due to their religion, study shows
August 24, 2022
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
August 24, 2022
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
August 24, 2022
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
August 23, 2022
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
August 23, 2022
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…