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US college launches center to highlight Muslim American experience

US college launches center to highlight Muslim American experience

A college in the US state of Arizona has launched a new center that focuses on the experience and contributions of Muslims in the country. The Center of Muslim Experience in the United States by Arizona State University “will facilitate…
Laila Ikram: The first Muslim judge in Arizona, USA

Laila Ikram: The first Muslim judge in Arizona, USA

Recently, many Muslims have assumed many positions in the United States of America, as part of the diversity policy that the American administration seeks to comply with. Laila Ikram, an American woman from North Carolina, was able to hold the…
Nigeria: Police attack Husseini mourners in Ashura procession

Nigeria: Police attack Husseini mourners in Ashura procession

Dozens were killed and injured as a result of the Nigerian police shooting at a mourning procession commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, in the north of the country. Media sources in Nigeria reported that…
Symposium for group of female students in Madagascar

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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