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UN updates death toll from Saudi war
January 18, 2017
UN updates death toll from Saudi war
The United Nations (UN) humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, says the nearly two-year conflict in the impoverished Arab country has claimed the lives of 10,000 people and left 40,000 others wounded. The United Nations (UN) humanitarian coordinator…
Central Florida Muslims open free health clinic
January 17, 2017
Central Florida Muslims open free health clinic
Central Florida’s Muslim leaders unveiled a new free clinic Friday that will serve the poor and uninsured of all backgrounds — a move they hope will help counter negative stereotypes about their faith. Central Florida’s Muslim leaders unveiled…
US: Muslim girl ‘thrown out of the schoolbus’ for wearing hijab
January 17, 2017
US: Muslim girl ‘thrown out of the schoolbus’ for wearing hijab
A 15-year-old Muslim girl in the US was evicted twice from a school bus by a driver because of her hijab, prompting her family to demand an apology from the school district. A 15-year-old Muslim girl in the US…
Boko Haram hits UNIMAID mosque with two bomb blasts
January 17, 2017
Boko Haram hits UNIMAID mosque with two bomb blasts
Twin suicide bombers have sneaked into the University of Maiduguri, Borno state, and detonated heavy explosives at a mosque near of the institution. Twin suicide bombers have sneaked into the University of Maiduguri, Borno state, and detonated heavy explosives…
Myanmar Muslims hope UN envoy’s visit will bring change
January 17, 2017
Myanmar Muslims hope UN envoy’s visit will bring change
Muslim villagers in western Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state said Sunday that they hope positive change will result from a U.N. envoy’s visit to the region, where soldiers are accused of widespread abuses against minority Muslims, including murder, rape and the…
Gunmen abduct students, teachers from school in SW Nigeria
January 17, 2017
Gunmen abduct students, teachers from school in SW Nigeria
Unknown gunmen have abducted five students and two teachers, including a Turkish national, from an international school in southwestern Nigeria, police say. The incident occurred on Friday evening when some unidentified gunmen gained entrance through the back fence of…
Islamophobic attack targets Muslims in eastern France
January 14, 2017
Islamophobic attack targets Muslims in eastern France
Muslim community in Dijon town eastern French was targeted by an Islamophobic attack, local media reported on Friday. Muslim community in Dijon town eastern French was targeted by an Islamophobic attack, local media reported on Friday. The France…
Visitors to New Delhi book fair receive free Quran copies
January 14, 2017
Visitors to New Delhi book fair receive free Quran copies
Several stalls at the ongoing World Book Fair in New Delhi have books on Islam to communicate the true meaning of the religion and in a bid to spread peace. Several stalls at the ongoing World Book Fair in…
Human Rights Watch calls for Saudi weapons sale halt for war crimes in Yemen
January 14, 2017
Human Rights Watch calls for Saudi weapons sale halt for war crimes in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition has violated laws of war with impunity in 2016, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2017. The Saudi-led coalition has violated laws of war with impunity in 2016, Human Rights Watch said…
Almost 1,400 children killed in Yemen since March 2015 – UNICEF
January 12, 2017
Almost 1,400 children killed in Yemen since March 2015 – UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in Yemen MeritxellRelano stated that almost 1,400 children were killed and 2,140 were injured during conflict in Yemen. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in Yemen MeritxellRelano stated that almost 1,400 children were…