Record number of Muslims enter British parliament
Source: TRT World In spite of rising Islamophobia, a record number of Muslims were elected to the House of Commons in the UK’s recent election. Muslim candidates won 19 seats […]
‘Afraid We Will Become The Next Xinjiang’: China’s Hui Muslims Face Crackdown
Source: NPR By Emily Feng Gold-domed mosques and gleaming minarets once broke the monotony of the Ningxia region’s vast scrubland every few miles. This countryside here is home to some […]
China Wants the World to Stay Silent on Muslim Camps. It’s Succeeding.
Source: The New York Times By Jane Perlez BEIJING — When Turkey’s leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visited Beijing this summer, he hailed a new Silk Road bridging Asia and Europe. […]
Muslim officers sue over beard suspensions, are reinstated
Source: Associated Press By RYAN TARINELLI ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two Muslim correctional officers in New York were reinstated Tuesday after being suspended for refusing to shave their beards because […]
Massacred at Home, in Misery Abroad, 730,000 Rohingya Are Mired in Hopelessness
Source: The New York Times By Hannah Beech When things go wrong, those in power often promise to make it right. But do they? In this series, The Times investigates to […]
China Said It Closed Muslim Detention Camps. There’s Reason to Doubt That.
Source: The New York Times By Chris Buckley and Steven Lee Myers HOTAN, China — The muscular young Uighur man sat uncomfortably, glancing occasionally at three Chinese officials in the room, as he […]
French cannabis debate ignores race, religion and mass incarceration of Muslims
Source: Religion News Service By David A. Guba Jr. Last summer in France, dozens of “CBD cafés” suddenly opened across the country. Exploiting a legal loophole originally created for hemp […]
India’s splitting of Kashmir opposed in Muslim border city
Source: Sheikh Saaliq NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s surprise move to carve out sparsely populated Ladakh from the state of Jammu and Kashmir to make it a territory directly controlled […]
Doubt Greets China’s Claim That Muslims Have Been Released From Camps
Source: The New York Times By Chris Buckley and Edward Wong BEIJING — Chinese officials said Tuesday that most of the inmates in re-education camps for Muslim minorities — a vast network […]
Muslim Virginia lawmaker heckles Trump at Jamestown speech
Source: Associated Press By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE JAMESTOWN, Va. (AP) — A heckler who interrupted a speech by President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s commemoration of 400 years of […]
Xinjiang’s Uighurs didn’t choose to be Muslim, new Chinese report says
Source: CNN By Ben Westcott and Yong Xiong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) China has delved back centuries in an attempt to justify its controversial policies in the far-western region of Xinjiang, where […]
China Muslims: Xinjiang schools used to separate children from families
Source: BBC News By John Sudworth BBC News, Xinjiang China is deliberately separating Muslim children from their families, faith and language in its far western region of Xinjiang, according to […]
For 3 Years, This Husband Has Fought For His Wife. Trump’s Muslim Ban Keeps Them Apart.
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz There are days when the loneliness is too difficult to bear for Ramez Alghazzouli. On those days, the 30-year-old business analyst is forced to […]
Man charged with online threat to lynch Muslim candidate
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN A North Carolina man has been charged with posting an anonymous threat on social media to lynch a Muslim-American candidate for a state Senate […]
Germany’s imam quandary: Educate, don’t import
Source: DW Ending foreign influence on Muslim religious leaders’ education is a long-term goal for the German government. A new study might lead the way for training local imams, if […]
Group seeks hate crime probe of Ali mural vandalism
Source: Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Muslim advocacy group wants Kentucky authorities to investigate vandalism on a mural of boxing champ Muhammad Ali as a possible hate crime. […]
Lebanese town bans Muslims from buying, renting property
Source: Associated Press By BASSEM MROUE BEIRUT (AP) — Mohammed Awwad and his fiancee, both Muslims, recently found an affordable apartment for rent online in a town in Lebanon, southeast […]
India rejects U.S. report on attacks on minority Muslims
Source: Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Sunday rejected a U.S. State Department’s annual report on religious freedom that raised questions about the government’s inability to curb violent attacks […]
I will quit if Boris Johnson becomes PM – Tory Muslim chairman
Source: The Guardian BY Mattha Busby The chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum has drawn a comparison between Adolf Hitler and Boris Johnson, saying “many horrible people have been popular” and […]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib describes personal threats at hearing on white supremacy
Source: CNN By Jessica Schneider, Geneva Sands and Sara Loaiza, CNN (CNN)Rep. Rashida Tlaib recalled threats made against her and other freshman House members during an emotional exchange Tuesday about the lack of […]