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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) called on Thursday on the Peoples’ Republic of China to immediately investigate all allegations of human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), including those of torture, ill-treatment,…

Most Uyghurs in Xinjiang have not returned to mosques that Chinese authorities have reopened for limited religious services in response to heavy international criticism of repressive policies targeting the mostly Muslim ethnic group, according to local and international sources. Authorities…

Several Muslim gravestones have been vandalized in northern Germany on Tuesday, according to the chief of an Islamic association. “We have received some visuals showing that some Muslim gravestones in the Stocken Cemetery in the city northern state of Lower…

Oman’s largest mosque for Shia Muslims was inaugurated in a ceremony in the capital, Muscat. The Endowments Minister Mohammed Saeed Al-Ma’amari was among those attending the inauguration event. There were also Shia and Sunni scholars from Oman and a number…

Over the past two decades alone, halal trade has jumped to more than 2.2 trillion dollars in value around the world. The rapid growth has made it an attractive investment sector for manufacturers and producers of various types of commodities.…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, called on the international community, human rights organizations and democratic governments to update their laws and procedures for women’s rights, calling for justice for this group, especially in conflict areas in the Middle East.…

Dalkeith Library in Midlothian, Scotland, is set to host an exhibition aimed at raising awareness about Anti-Islam. November is Anti-Islam Awareness Month. This highlights discrimination against people of the Islamic faith and showcases the positive contributions of Muslims to society.…

Two days ago, the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo witnessed the launch of the 35th International Conference of Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean, under the title ‘Latin American Muslims Confronting the Phenomenon of Hatred’. Ministers, ambassadors and official…

In conflict-ravaged nations such as Yemen and Somalia, devastating floods and droughts kill hundreds of people and uproot tens of thousands from their homes. These countries and many others in the Middle East and Africa have been plunged into turmoil…

The European Union is set to renew sanctions on Chinese officials it has accused of “serious human rights violations” in the western region of Xinjiang for another year, South China Morning Post said. The sanctions were first placed on four…