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Hundreds of Saudi students in US reportedly joined ISIS, leadership knew
June 5, 2017
Hundreds of Saudi students in US reportedly joined ISIS, leadership knew
Institute for Gulf Affairs published a report, claiming that hundreds of Saudi students who received their scholarships and were studying at American universities, have joined the ranks of ISIS and other terrorist groups in the past three years. …
Myanmar charges three Muslims for holding Ramadan prayers
June 4, 2017
Myanmar charges three Muslims for holding Ramadan prayers
Three Muslims have been indicted by Myanmar’s authorities for holding Ramadan prayers in the street where the local school they used to worship in for decades was closed by a nationalist mob. Three Muslims have been indicted by Myanmar’s…
Bernards’Township agrees to Shia mosque, will pay $3.25m to settle lawsuit
June 2, 2017
Bernards’Township agrees to Shia mosque, will pay $3.25m to settle lawsuit
A Somerset County town will pay $3.25 million in damages and attorneys’ fees to the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge and must allow a long-delayed mosque to be built under a pair of settlements announced Tuesday. A Somerset…
UN: Yemen descending into total collapse as world watches
June 2, 2017
UN: Yemen descending into total collapse as world watches
The United Nations says impoverished Yemen is on the brink of total collapse, as the country is facing an ongoing bloody military aggression by Saudi Arabia, an emerging famine, and an outbreak of cholera. The United Nations says impoverished…
Yemen health system mangled as cholera bites: UN envoy
June 1, 2017
Yemen health system mangled as cholera bites: UN envoy
The United Nations’ Yemen envoy says more than seven million people are facing the risk of famine in the impoverished country, which has been under incessant Saudi attacks for more than two years. The United Nations’ Yemen envoy…
SRW publishes its monthly report
June 1, 2017
SRW publishes its monthly report
Shia Rights Watch International Organization published the latest monthly report of the anti-Shia movements in May 2017. Shia Rights Watch International Organization published the latest monthly report of the anti-Shia movements in May 2017. The report included terror…
Muslims in Portland Thank Community after Deadly Stabbing
May 30, 2017
Muslims in Portland Thank Community after Deadly Stabbing
Muslims in Portland, the US state of Oregon, thanked the community for its support and said they were raising money for the families of two men who were killed when they came to the defense of two young women who…
Islam will be largest religion in the world by 2070, says report
May 30, 2017
Islam will be largest religion in the world by 2070, says report
Islam is the only religion growing faster than the world’s population, and it will be the largest in the world by 2070, research has found. Islam is the only religion growing faster than the world’s population, and it will…
Chinese authorities confiscate Qurans from Uyghur Muslims
May 28, 2017
Chinese authorities confiscate Qurans from Uyghur Muslims
Authorities in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region are confiscating all Qurans published more than five years ago due to allegations of “extremist content,” according to local officials, amid an ongoing campaign against the so-called “illegal” religious items owned by mostly Muslim…
Iraq begins operation to liberate last ISIS-held Mosul region
May 28, 2017
Iraq begins operation to liberate last ISIS-held Mosul region
Iraqi forces have launched an offensive to retake the last enclave controlled by ISIS in the northern city of Mosul as the Takfiri terrorist group is getting final blows in the Arab country. Iraqi forces have launched an offensive…