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Oxfam slams ‘medieval’ Saudi-led blockade
December 21, 2017
Oxfam slams ‘medieval’ Saudi-led blockade
Yemen is being pushed ever closer to famine after 1,000 days of Saudi Arabian-led war and “medieval” blockade, says an international charity group. Yemen is being pushed ever closer to famine after 1,000 days of Saudi Arabian-led war and…
Schools move to accept Muslim holidays
December 19, 2017
Schools move to accept Muslim holidays
School districts in northern Virginia are beginning to recognize Muslim holidays with updated attendance and test policies. School districts in northern Virginia are beginning to recognize Muslim holidays with updated attendance and test policies. Khadija Athman, a northern…
Reactions trail Law graduate denied call to bar over hijab
December 19, 2017
Reactions trail Law graduate denied call to bar over hijab
A Nigerian law school graduate was denied her call to the bar for refusing to take off her headscarf. A Nigerian law school graduate was denied her call to the bar for refusing to take off her headscarf. Amasa…
Scores of Boko Haram fighters arrested in huge raid by Nigerian armed forces
December 17, 2017
Scores of Boko Haram fighters arrested in huge raid by Nigerian armed forces
Scores of Boko Haram fighters were among the 400 people arrested by Nigerian soldiers, military authorities in the west African nation said. Scores of Boko Haram fighters were among the 400 people arrested by Nigerian soldiers, military authorities…
SRW expresses it’s concerns over systematic decline in the coverage of Shiite news around the world
December 16, 2017
SRW expresses it’s concerns over systematic decline in the coverage of Shiite news around the world
Shia Rights Watch International Organization affiliated to Imam al-Shirazi World Foundation in Washington, annonced on its official website on the World Wide Web, it’s concerns over the systimatic decline in of Shia news covarage around the world. Shia Rights…
Islamic Calligraphy Centre opens in Mauritania
December 14, 2017
Islamic Calligraphy Centre opens in Mauritania
The first Islamic calligraphy centre in Mauritania was opened by a group of the country’s artists and calligraphers. According to aqlame.com, the center called “Ibn Muqla Center for Arabic Calligraphy and Islamic Illumination” aims to revive the noble art of…
6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar only in one month
December 14, 2017
6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar only in one month
MSF The international medical charity Doctors Without Borders says at least 6,700 members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority group were killed in state-sponsored violence in Myanmar only in a period of one month beginning on August 25. MSF …
Denmark bans another Saudi ‘hate preacher’
December 14, 2017
Denmark bans another Saudi ‘hate preacher’
Saudi cleric Abdullah bin Radi Almoaede Alshammary was added to the Danish list, which already included 10 other “hate preachers,” Danish paper Jyllands-Posten reported Tuesday. Denmark’s Immigration Authority has added a Saudi cleric to a blacklist of “hate preachers”…
Myanmar demolishes 16 mosques in Rakhine
December 14, 2017
Myanmar demolishes 16 mosques in Rakhine
Myanmar authorities have recently bulldozed 16 mosques out of 17 mosques in villages of Haindafara, Maungdaw township in the northern Rakhine state of the country. Myanmar authorities have recently bulldozed 16 mosques out of 17 mosques in villages of…
Two dead in suicide bombing in Cameroon mosque
December 12, 2017
Two dead in suicide bombing in Cameroon mosque
Two people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in far northern Cameroon, a region that has been shaken by attacks blamed on Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorists, sources said. Two people were killed on Monday…