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Singapore Cracks Down on Drug-Laced Vapes with Harsher Penalties ——————————————- Singapore is escalating its fight against vaping with new, tougher penalties, including caning and longer prison sentences, starting September 1, BBC reported. The move is a direct response to a…

“Open Mosque Day” in Tokyo Builds Bridges Between Muslims and Japanese Society —————————————– The Islamic Center of Japan has announced that the fifth edition of Open Mosque Day will take place on September 27 at Tokyo Camii Mosque. According to…

Wayne State University Accused of Silencing Muslim and Arab Voices ———————————— The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has accused Wayne State University of systematically silencing Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian students. According to a report by The…

Al-Azhar Condemns Quran Desecration by US Political Candidate ———————————— Al-Azhar’s Observatory for Combating Extremism has issued a strong condemnation of the recent Quran burning carried out by Valentina Gomez, a candidate for Texas’s 31st congressional district, IQNA reported. Gomez filmed…

UNRWA Chief: Unprecedented Toll on Journalists and Aid Workers in Gaza ………….. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini stated that the scale of violence in Gaza is unmatched in modern conflict, with no safe zones and continuous strikes on homes, schools, hospitals,…

Africa Launches Continental Plan to Combat Cholera ————————————– The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have unveiled a continental emergency plan to combat cholera, which has seen an alarming rise in…

France Returns Human Skulls to Madagascar After 128 Years of Massacre ————————————– France has formally returned three human skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to belong to King Toera, who was beheaded by French colonial forces, Al Jazeera reported. The…

UN Sounds Alarm Over Humanitarian Crisis in El-Fasher; 260,000 Civilians Trapped ————————————— The United Nations has issued a grave warning about the humanitarian crisis in El-Fasher, a city in Sudan’s North Darfur province, which is under siege by the paramilitary…

Texas GOP Candidate Sparks Backlash After Quran Burning Video ………………. Valentina Gomez, a Republican candidate in Texas, has drawn widespread criticism after posting a video in which she burns a copy of the Quran using a torch. The footage, shared…

Tigray Supreme Court Upholds Muslim Students’ Right to Wear Hijab in Axum Schools ……………… The Supreme Court in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has ruled in favor of allowing Muslim schoolgirls in the city of Axum to wear the hijab, marking a…