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A Malaysian court Tuesday ordered a halt to the planned deportation of 1,200 Myanmar migrants to hear an appeal by two human rights groups, which say refugees, asylum seekers and minors were among those being sent back.The court order, following…

Canadian lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a non-binding motion accusing China of committing genocide against its Muslim minorities in the western region of Xinjiang, further straining ties between the two countries.Though Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet abstained from…

Oxfam has accused the British government of prolonging the war in Yemen by allowing the export of air-to-air refueling equipment that it fears could be used to help the Saudi air force conduct indiscriminate bombing in the country.The technology was…

The President of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), Dolkun Isa, confirmed that the Chinese government is harassing Uyghur Muslims under the pretext of combating extremism and terrorism.Isa referred, from his headquarters in Germany, to the critical situation that the Muslim…

British House of Commons member Bellavia Janet Ribeiro-Addy called on her country’s government to intervene with the government of Bahrain to release a number of detained children.The Labor MP expressed, through her account on Twitter, her fear of the Bahraini…

Since Boko Haram’s kidnapping of dozens of girls from the Chibok School in April 2014, no one has heard anything about them, and their liberation efforts have been unsuccessful, so their lives in captivity in camps for several years have…

A new place of worship is set to be built that will bring Muslims, Christians, and Jews together – and it has already been dubbed a “churmosquagogue”.The foundation stone of the House of One in Berlin will be laid at…

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned the use of deadly force in Myanmar against protesters.Two people were killed in Myanmar’s second city, Mandalay, yesterday when police and soldiers fired to disperse crowds that had gathered to protest against…

The Islamic Group in Austria renewed its opposition to the government’s plan to make amendments to the “Islam Law”, within the framework of the anti-terrorism bill.The head of the group, Omet Voral, said at a press conference in the capital,…

Kwara State, Nigeria, directed an immediate, but temporary closure of some grant-aided schools in Ilorin pending the resolution of a Hijab controversy in the schools.Mrs Kemi Adeosun, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, said in a statement…