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Muslims will be exempt from Cambodia’s mandatory order to cremate the bodies of all people who die of COVID-19, the country’s premier said on Wednesday.Prime Minister Hun Sen, who announced the cremation order a day earlier, said Muslims in the…

The world still needs to have conversations about racism and white supremacy, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, as the country marked two years since a white supremacist attacked two mosques in the city of Christchurch.Armed with…

Uzbekistan is witnessing intense controversy and concerns between Muslims and Christians due to the state’s new criminal law, which will enter into force on January 1 of next year, and may undermine religious freedom in the country.Members of religious sects…

A fire broke out on Sunday, in a private school providing education to Muslim students in the Swedish city of Örebro.The official “SVT” television quoted the director of “Al Salam Skolan” school, Hussein Al-Dawoudi, saying that the school administration was…

A body affiliated with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned a recent Swiss referendum on banning the covering of the face in public places.The Independent Permanent Commission for Human Rights of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (IPHRC)…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, called on states and governments not to hand over any opposition from countries complaining of lack of transparency and democracy, calling for adherence to the relevant decisions of the International Human Rights Council.In a…

An academic at the American University of New York confirmed that the Charter of Republican Values in France unfairly leads to the incrimination of all Muslims.Professor of History and Political Science, Richard Wolin, said that after its ratification, this decision…

Shia and Sunni Muslim scholars in India issued a fatwa against former chief of UP Shia central Waqf Board, Waseem Rizvi, who has racked up a controversy by moving a plea before the Supreme Court (SC) to remove 26 Quranic…

A Muslim child was allegedly thrashed by a man identified as Shringi Nandan Yadav for drinking water inside a temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad. A disturbing video of the incident has gone viral on social media.In the video, the accused,…

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told an emotional memorial service marking two years since the Christchurch mosque attacks that the country had “a duty” to support its Muslim community.Hundreds of people turned out for the service, held amid tight…