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122 executions in Saudi Arabia in the first half of 2019
July 9, 2019
122 executions in Saudi Arabia in the first half of 2019
The Government of Saudi Arabia executed 122 people in the first half of 2019, well over doubling the number of executions carried out in the same period in 2018. The Government of Saudi Arabia executed 122 people in the…
Halal food to be prepared for first UAE astronaut at ISS
July 8, 2019
Halal food to be prepared for first UAE astronaut at ISS
The Moscow-based Space Food Laboratory Company, which specializes in the production of astronaut food, will prepare traditional Arabic dishes for the first astronaut from the The Moscow-based Space Food Laboratory Company, which specializes in the production of astronaut food,…
Activists condemn China’s efforts to obliterate Islamic culture
July 8, 2019
Activists condemn China’s efforts to obliterate Islamic culture
A Uighur human rights activist condemned the efforts of the Chinese government to obliterate Islamic culture. A Uighur human rights activist condemned the efforts of the Chinese government to obliterate Islamic culture. The activist and chairman of the Eastern…
Bahraini court acquits private adviser to head of Chamber of Commerce
July 8, 2019
Bahraini court acquits private adviser to head of Chamber of Commerce
The First Criminal Court has acquitted the legal adviser to the head of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yasser Al-Attar, who was charged of insulting the Shia sect. The First Criminal Court has acquitted the legal…
Nigerian school makes Muslim girls remove headscarves
July 8, 2019
Nigerian school makes Muslim girls remove headscarves
Nigeria’s headscarf crisis festered Friday after footage emerged online of school guards and teachers ordering Muslim girls to remove their headscarves before entering a school compound in the Nigeria’s headscarf crisis festered Friday after footage emerged online of school…
Bulgarian Muslims condemn Islamophobic attacks
July 7, 2019
Bulgarian Muslims condemn Islamophobic attacks
Bulgaria’s Muslim community has called on the police to investigate attacks on a mosque and the Grand Mufti’s Office in Sofia as hate crimes. Bulgaria’s Muslim community has called on the police to investigate attacks on a mosque…
Afghan car bomb kills 12 and wounds dozens, including students
July 7, 2019
Afghan car bomb kills 12 and wounds dozens, including students
A car bomb in central Afghanistan has killed at least eight members of the security forces and four civilians and wounded dozens, many of them students attending a nearby school. A car bomb in central Afghanistan has killed…
At least 14 people killed as mortars hit Afghan market
July 7, 2019
At least 14 people killed as mortars hit Afghan market
At least 14 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a busy market in northern Afghanistan was hit by mortar fire, officials said Saturday. At least 14 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a busy…
Seven killed in Mozambique terrorist attack claimed by ISIS
July 7, 2019
Seven killed in Mozambique terrorist attack claimed by ISIS
Seven people including a policeman were killed in northern Mozambique this week in a terrorist attack claimed by the ISIS terrorist group, local sources said Saturday. Seven people including a policeman were killed in northern Mozambique this week in…
Moula Ali Railway Station renovated in India
July 7, 2019
Moula Ali Railway Station renovated in India
Located on the Secunderabad-Kazipet corridor, the busiest in Secunderabad division, Moula Ali railway station has been renovated and opened to the public. Located on the Secunderabad-Kazipet corridor, the busiest in Secunderabad division, Moula Ali railway station has been renovated…