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U.S. President Donald Trump’s pardon of four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 violated U.S. obligations under international law, U.N. human rights experts said on Wednesday.Nicholas Slatten was convicted of first-degree murder, while…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, praised the special operation carried out by the Indonesian security services to combat terrorism.In a statement received by Shiawaves, the organization stated, “The Indonesian authorities recently revealed the dismantling of one of the most…

The cabinet in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday passed a bill to stop Hindu women from converting to Islam.According to reports, followed by Shiawaves, the bill to curb so-called “Love Jihad” — a term used by…

The decision of the government of the Indian state of Assam to close religious schools sparked widespread anger among Islamic institutions and educational centers, as well as strong rejection by members of the opposition Congress.The Minister of Education and Finance…

The Islamic Associations in the Religious Administration of the Muslims of Ukraine in Kherson province organized a competition for the call to prayer for children and teenagers under the name “muezzin in every home”, which encouraged some believers to participate.The…

The rector of the great Mosque of Paris (GMP) announced to withdraw from the project of the National Council of Imams (CNI), wanted by the Elysee and entrusted to the French Council of Muslim Worship (CFCM), denouncing the influence of…

UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, called on Sunday for reaching a solution to the conflict in war-torn Yemen by 2021.“2020 has been another year of cruelty for Yemenis with the continuation of bloodshed, displacement, economic freefall, and the outbreak…

Predominantly Buddhist Sri Lanka’s ultranationalist government is forcing families of the country’s Muslim and Christian minorities to abandon their faith-based burial rites for relatives who die of COVID-19 — consequently inviting fresh international scrutiny of the nation’s already troubled human…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, expressed its strong condemnation of the political arrests of Muslim dissidents and activists in the Indian Kashmir region, calling on the authorities to release all detainees and to stop the policy of racial discrimination…

The Nizami Quranic Center in the Indian city of Aligarh has succeeded in promoting academic excellence in teaching, research and publishing in the field of Quranic studies.The center, which is abbreviated by K.A., has henceforth become one of the main…