Category: World
Rohingya Muslims facing world’s most enduring sentiment: bigotry
Long before the latest violence sent 270,000 Rohingyas pouring across the border to Bangladesh, fleeing for their lives, they lived a bleak existence. Source: Rohingya Muslims facing world’s most enduring […]
How Canada can act to ensure justice for Rohingya
For decades, the million-strong Muslim minority living among 50 million Buddhists have faced brutalities at the hands of extremist Buddhists and security forces, but now many including the UN are […]
‘We call it the forgotten war,’ says Yemeni immigrant
Yemen is in the midst of what the United Nations is calling the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, as the country continues to face extreme famine, cholera and conflict. Source: […]
Malala Yousafzai calls on Myanmar to condemn violence against Rohingya Muslims: ‘The world is waiting’
Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, said her “heart breaks” at the suffering of Rohingya Muslims and urged Myanmar’s leader, a fellow Nobel laureate, to […]
Burma: 400 killed amid ‘massacre’ of Rohingya Muslims, army says
Almost 400 people have died in clashes between security forces and Rohingya Muslims in Burma, the country’s military commander has said. Source: Burma: 400 killed amid ‘massacre’ of Rohingya Muslims, […]
Muslims Opening Their Doors To Flood Victims: ‘We Feel And Suffer The Same’
As she pulled away from her flooded home, grateful that she had managed to save her kittens, her immediate thoughts turned to helping others. It was instinct. In the days […]
Israel demolishes Palestinian schools, citing lack of permits
The European Union says about 100 structures — homes, shelters, water networks, as well as schools — in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, for which the EU or EU […]
Netanyahu on settlements: ‘We’re here to stay forever’
“There will be no more uprooting of settlements in the land of Israel. It has been proven that it does not help peace. We’ve uprooted settlements. What did we get? […]
More than 1.7 million Muslims gather for start for Hajj
Muslims believe the rites also trace the footsteps of the prophets Ibrahim and Ismail – Abraham and Ishmael in the Bible. The Kaaba represents the metaphorical house of God and […]
Palestinian girl dies after being struck by settler car
An eight-year-old Palestinian girl who was run over by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank was buried on Sunday. Aseel Abu Oun was killed a day earlier by […]
Gaza’s little chefs have big dreams
Ten-year-old Sana Abu Hasira can hardly believe that she was able to make it. She managed to cook a musakhan for the first time in her life. The musakhan is a traditional […]
Thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar for Bangladesh
Thousands of Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since Myanmar announced a military build-up in violence-hit Rakhine state earlier this month, according to community leaders. Rohingya leaders in Bangladesh told AFP […]
Raqqa: US-led attacks ‘kill 100 civilians’ in 48 hours
The deaths came on the second consecutive day of a ferocious bombing campaign in Raqqa, more than half of which has been captured by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) […]
Planned Pro-Trump, Anti-Muslim Rallies Moved Online In Wake Of Charlottesville – Talking Points Memo
The Southern Poverty Law Center designates ACT as a hate group due to its virulent rhetoric about Muslims and Islam.Madihha Ahussain, special counsel for the anti-Muslim bigotry and civil rights organization Muslim […]
Trump Expected To Order 4,000 More Troops To Afghanistan
Trump is scheduled to deliver a speech on Monday night outside Washington in which he announces his decision, which follows months of deliberation with top U.S. commanders, political advisers and […]
More Gazans now allowed to travel abroad via Israel, but there’s a catch
In February 2016, Israel implemented a new policy allowing any Gazan, for the first time in 20 years, to go via Israel to Jordan in order to travel abroad. However, […]
India hedges pledge to expel Rohingya Muslims amid outcry
A day after the U.N. chief voiced concern about Indian plans to potentially deport tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees, an Indian government official said Wednesday that authorities are […]
Thousands gather in India to protest attacks on Muslims
Carrying placards saying “Not in my name,” the protesters decried the silence of the Hindu nationalist government in response to public lynchings and attacks on at least a dozen Muslim […]
Google Search Is Doing Irreparable Harm To Muslims
Basic searches for words like “Muslim” and “Islam” return reasonable results with links to reputable sites. But more specific terms, like “sharia,” “jihad” or “taqiyya” ― often co-opted by white […]
Suicide bomber blows himself up as Saudis foil Mecca plot
A suicide bomber blew himself up near the Grand Mosque in Mecca as police disrupted a plot to target the holiest site in Islam just as the fasting month of […]
‘We’re all in pain’: Thousands attend funeral of Muslim teen killed in Virginia
About 5,000 mourners attended Wednesday’s funeral of a Muslim girl whose beating death, blamed by police on a motorist’s road rage, has some people in her community fearing for their […]
The White House’s Islamophobia problem can no longer be ignored: Analysis
While we’ve grown tragically accustomed to British officials showing their stiff upper lips in the face of these attacks, we have also witnessed rather different reactions from President Trump. A […]
Police: Brutal slaying near Virginia mosque stemmed from road rage
Abas Sherif, a spokesman for the victim’s family, said Nabra and all the other girls in her group were wearing Muslim head coverings and loose Islamic robes when the driver […]
Israel starts work on new West Bank settlement
“After decades, I have the honour to be the first prime minister to build a settlement in Judea and Samaria,” Netanyahu said on Tuesday, calling the occupied West Bank by […]
London mosque attack: ‘No ifs, no buts, this is a terrorist attack’
The attack occurred outside the Muslim Friendship Centre across the road from the Mosque. The streets were filled with worshippers who had just left evening prayers after breaking the day’s […]