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Babar Qadri, Champion for Kashmir, Is Killed as Violence Mounts
Source: New York Times The attorney won fame as a human rights advocate and a vocal defender of his homeland in the Indian media. His killer remains unidentified. The body […]
Thousands of Xinjiang mosques destroyed or damaged, report finds
Source: The Guardian Chinese region has fewer mosques than at any time since Cultural Revolution, says thinktank Source: The Guardian By Helen Davidson ; @heldavidson Thousands of mosques in Xinjiang […]
Sweden beware, The United States may invade!
In debate, Rashid accuses Wittman ad of ‘tying him to Islamic terrorism.’ Wittman says it’s ‘an outright lie.’ By Jill Palermo Times Staff Writer Sep 22, 2020 Rep. Rob Wittman’s […]
What Did Justice Ginsburg Do for the Muslims?
Muslim Ban Dissent Is A Part Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy Ginsburg and Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent in the travel ban decision has been crucial in the fight to […]
Europe should take in 1 million refugees, not a few hundred
Source: Daily Sabah By Klaus Jurgens My generation always believed in the idea that post-war Europe stood for something, represented values and defended the common good. Correction: for quite some […]
China confirms plummeting birth rate in Xinjiang but denies accusations of forced sterilisation of Uighur women
Tom Embury-Dennis © Provided by The IndependentChinese officials have confirmed a huge drop in birth rates in Xinjiang, following accusations that authorities in the remote western province are subjecting Muslim Uighur […]
Prof. John Makdisi traces the Islamic Origins of the Common Law
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We can read John Makdisi’s magnum opus by ordering the North Carlina Law Review article from a Library or by […]
From Xinjiang to Germany: how did Islamophobia become a global phenomenon? Faisal Devji
Source: The Guardian By Faisal Devji, who is professor of history at the University of Oxford The term itself was coined in the 1990s, an era defined by the end […]
Uighur Muslim teacher tells of forced sterilisation in Xinjiang
Source: The Guardian By Emma Graham-Harrison and Lily Kuo A teacher coerced into giving classes in Xinjiang internment camps has described her forced sterilisation at the age of 50, under a government […]
Norway: Clashes break out at anti-Islam rally
Source: DW Tensions in the Norwegian capital came to a head when an anti-Islam protester ripped pages from the Quran. Police used tear gas to keep rival groups separated, arresting […]
Overcoming Islamophobia: Photos of the Week by Religion News Service
By Kit Doyle (RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes the sentencing of the […]
Christchurch shooting: mosque gunman sentenced to life without parole
Source: The Guardian Australian terrorist did not oppose the unprecedented sentence, which comes after three days of emotional victim impact statements The terrorist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two […]
The Most Islamophobic Preacher, Jerry Farwell Jr. Says He Has Resigned as Liberty University President
Source: WSJ By Ian Lovett Move comes same day as report of a yearslong sexual relationship involving the Falwells and another man, weeks after social-media post Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as […]
Christchurch shooting: Gunman Tarrant wanted to kill ‘as many as possible’
Source: BBC The man who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 had plans to target a third mosque, his sentencing hearing has heard. Brenton Tarrant […]
Survivors will face New Zealand mosque gunman at sentencing
Source: MSN WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — When Aya Al-Umari faces her brother’s killer in the dock, she intends to tell him that his hatred stole away her best friend, […]
The Trump administration is hungry for war with Iran
Source: Independent By Negar Mortazavi and Assal Rad, who is a senior research fellow at the National Iranian American Council. She received her PhD in history at the University of […]
From Pink Mosque to Turkish rooms: Traces of Ottoman influence in European architecture
Source: Daily Sabah By ALİ TÜFEKÇİ; ISTANBUL; Arts The 18th century was a period of great acculturation between the Orient and the West. The first thing that came to mind […]
Refuting Islamophobia: U.S. Adds Sanctions Over Internment of Muslims in China
Source: WSJ By Ana Swanson and Edward Wong The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a powerful government entity that runs companies and farms in the Xinjiang region, where officials carry […]
Anti-Muslim Dutch politician embraces Islam – and he is not the first
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: The Siasat Daily Amsterdam: Joram Jaron Van Klaveren is a Dutch politician. He was […]