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Candlelight vigil in solidarity with Shia martyrs of Nigeria & Pakistan held in Melbourne
December 21, 2015
Candlelight vigil in solidarity with Shia martyrs of Nigeria & Pakistan held in Melbourne
Melbourne city of Australia in solidarity with Nigeria’s Shia martyrs Candlelight Vigil has been held in Melbourne city of Australia in solidarity with Nigeria’s Shia martyrs, and the first anniversary of the Peshawar schoolchildren massacrein Pakistan. Hundreds of Shias were…
Kazakhstan launches major halal meat processing plant
December 20, 2015
Kazakhstan launches major halal meat processing plant
The new facility is certified to halal standards and will process 7,200 tons of beef Kazakhstan’s LLP Aktep has opened a major meat processing plant in the Aktobe region in the west of the country. The new facility is…
Muslims hand out roses to spread message of peace
December 20, 2015
Muslims hand out roses to spread message of peace
downtown Houston, Texas, handing out red roses and spreading a message of peace A group of young Muslims spent the day at Discovery Green, in downtown Houston, Texas, handing out red roses and spreading a message of peace. The…
Shia Rights Watch denounces Azerbaijan dangerous acts against Shia civilians
December 20, 2015
Shia Rights Watch denounces Azerbaijan dangerous acts against Shia civilians
SRW linked such massacres with the massacres committed during the Middle Ages Shia Rights Watch World Organization denounces the Azeri government’s acts against Shia civilians, calling on international community to intervene and put an end to the escalating attacks…
American Muslims protest Shia killing in Nigeria
December 19, 2015
American Muslims protest Shia killing in Nigeria
American Muslims have held a demonstration to condemn the Nigerian army massacre of Shia Muslims A large number of American Muslims have held a demonstration in New York to condemn the Nigerian military’s massacre of Shia Muslims. The demonstrators gathered…
Mauritanians protest against closing Quran institutes
December 19, 2015
Mauritanians protest against closing Quran institutes
The protest rally was held after Friday prayers in various provinces People in a southeastern city of Mauritania took to the streets on Friday in protest at the government’s move to shut down Quran institutes. The protest rally was…
Professor suspended for saying Christians and Muslims worship the ‘same God’
December 17, 2015
Professor suspended for saying Christians and Muslims worship the ‘same God’
A major evangelical Christian university has suspended a tenured professor A major evangelical Christian university has suspended a tenured professor after she argued that Christians and Muslims “worship the same God” and donned a hijab to express solidarity with…
Female high school students in Chicago protest Islamophobia by wearing headscarves
December 17, 2015
Female high school students in Chicago protest Islamophobia by wearing headscarves
Non-Muslim female students in Chicago are protesting Islamophobia and racism by wearing traditional Islamic headscarves Non-Muslim female students at Vernon Hills High School in Chicago are protesting Islamophobia and racism by wearing traditional Islamic headscarves. Over a dozen girls…
Police and protesters clash in Netherlands over plan for refugees
December 17, 2015
Police and protesters clash in Netherlands over plan for refugees
Clashes have broken out in the Netherlands between police and demonstrators Clashes have broken out in the Netherlands between police and demonstrators protesting against government plans to house over 1,000 refugees and asylums seekers in a town in the country’s west.…
IHRC says Nigeria Shias buried in mass graves
December 17, 2015
IHRC says Nigeria Shias buried in mass graves
A human rights group says there is credible evidence of mass graves in Nigeria A human rights group says there is credible evidence of mass graves in Nigeria following a recent massacre of Shia Muslims by the Abuja government…