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Maryland CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) on Public School Restrooms

An interesting press release from last Thursday: The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) system to amend its new school bathroom guidelines in response to privacy complaints reported to…

Reason

Muslim Women’s Art Festival launches in Manchester next month as part of the annual Muslim Arts and Culture Festival

MACFEST is in its fifth year

Manchester Evening News

Recommendations for Broad Legal Powers to Dismantle Ousted Bashir Regime in Sudan

A conference in Sudan on Monday recommended special legal amendments to uproot Muslim Brotherhood elements from the army, security forces, police, and the Rapid Support Forces. The conference was focused on removing traces of the regime of ouster President Omar al-Bashir. Purging the country’s apparatuses from the influence of the…

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Calls for change in Iran reach even Shiite heartland of Qom

Some Iranians in the holy city of Qom, a center of Shiite Muslim shrines and scholarship, are quietly calling on the country's ruling clerics to reconsider how they deal with unrest

The Independent UK

Crackdown on child marriage tears families apart in India’s Assam

More than 3,000 people arrested this month, with state’s BJP government accused of targeting Muslims in ongoing drive.

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Al-Issa, High-ranking Malaysian Delegation Discuss Confronting 'Islamophobia'

Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, and Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa met with a high-ranking Malaysian delegation, headed by the Malaysian Foreign Minister, Dr.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Let kids read for fun says new BookTrust writer in residence SF Said

The British Muslim author thinks no adult should belittle a child’s choice of reading and looks forward to a ‘representative ecology’ in UK children’s publishing

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Mosque sent sick letter saying 'sorry more Muslims didn't die' in Turkey earthquake

Erkin Guney, chairman of a London mosque, told how they received a hate-filled letter saying "sorry that more Muslims didn't die" in the earthquake that has hit Turkey and Syria

Daily Mirror

Uyghur groups call for U.N. action against China over rights abuses

Uyghur advocacy groups called on United Nations bodies to take action against China on Thursday over its abuses against the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, after U.N. experts this week reviewed Beijing's rights record.

Reuters

Turkey's historic city of Antakya, known in Roman and medieval times as Antioch, has been flattened by powerful earthquakes in the past – and rebuilt itself

Tens of thousands have died and millions have become homeless in southern Turkey and northern Syria after the massive 7.8 earthquake that struck on Feb. 6, 2023. But the ancient Turkish city of Antakya, known in Roman and medieval times as Antioch, has been here before.

The Conversation

Emergencies Act inquiry report should tackle the racist origins of national security

The Public Order Emergency Commission investigated the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act in response to blockades by the so-called Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, Windsor and western Canada in February 2022.

The Conversation

Muslim group says Southwest Airlines fired worker who wanted time off for prayer meeting

A Muslim advocacy group is accusing Southwest Airlines of denying a Maryland worker’s request for a schedule change so he could attend a Friday prayer meeting and then firing him when he took a day off.

Tribune News Service

Nigeria's election: six dangers of mixing religion with politics

One of the issues that has generated great concern among voters in the run up to the Nigerian presidential elections is religion.

The Conversation

‘We would’ve never filed a case’: Behind rise in Haryana ‘love jihad’ FIRs, vigilantes, misuse of new law

Sanskriti Shukla converted to Islam before she married Javed Khan last year in Haryana’s Faridabad. They had been in a relationship for seven years, but they are now in hiding after threats from Hindutva vigilantes, including the Bajrang Dal and the Bittu Bajrangi-led Gau Raksha Bajrang Force.

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Former reporter pens bio about the incredible life of Black Civil War veteran in new book, 'The Sergeant'

Shortly after 9/11, a group of Palestinian students had some questions for an American reporter about the lives and history of Muslims in America that sent him on a decadeslong journey, researching and writing about Muslims who had been in the United States since a few years after the Mayflower…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: How blasphemy laws are used to serve political ends

On Jan. 17, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which already carried the death penalty for insulting the prophet Muhammad. Now anyone in Pakistan deemed to have insulted the prophet’s companions, which could include thousands of early Muslims, can face life imprisonment.

The Guardian - UK

What is the BBC Modi documentary and why is it so controversial?

‘India: the Modi Question’, examining 2002 sectarian riots, comes at sensitive time for prime minister

Reuters

U.N. should follow up on China 'crimes against humanity' report, HRW says

Human Rights Watch expects the United Nations to follow up on a report which found that China's detention of Uyghurs and other Muslims may constitute crimes against humanity, its acting executive director said on Monday.

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Mob storms Pakistan police station and lynches man accused of blasphemy

Killing is latest in string of mob attacks against people accused of blasphemy in Muslim-majority country

Newcastle Herald

Turkey's prayers answered: donations pour in for earthquake victims

As the death toll in Turkey and Syria surpasses a harrowing 21,000 people, Novocastrians have wrapped their arms around the local Muslim community.

Reuters

Egypt hold talks seeking to prevent Israeli-Palestinian escalation in Ramadan

Egypt has stepped up mediation between Israel and the Palestinians in a bid to tamp down violence in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank and to prevent its spread to the Gaza Strip ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials said.

Reason

After Muslim Students Complained That an Art Exhibit Was 'Harmful,' Macalester College Shut It Down

"My artwork is unapologetic," said the artist. "Sometimes it can be very political. Sometimes it can be very controversial."

The Independent UK

Malaysian PM vows to help Thailand solve southern violence

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says his government is committed to helping Thailand solve a Muslim insurgency in its far south but does not condone the use of violence to end the conflict

Daily Mirror

Fury over government plans to meet with genocide 'mastermind' in London

The Commons heard that Erkin Tuniyaz, governor of Xinjiang in China, plans to travel to the UK on a diplomatic passport, and could meet Whitehall officials next week - despite being branded a "mastermind" of the genocide of Uyghur Muslims

Reuters

Britain defends possible talks with governor of China's Xinjiang

Britain on Thursday defended the possibility that officials will hold talks with Erkin Tuniyaz, the governor of the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, amid outrage from lawmakers who have highlighted alleged rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims there.

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