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Donald Trump wins Dearborn in 2024 presidential election thanks to Arab-American, Muslim voters
Read full article: Donald Trump wins Dearborn in 2024 presidential election thanks to Arab-American, Muslim votersDonald Trump won Dearborn as the results show Arab-American and Muslim voters turned their back on Kamala Harris over the war in Gaza and Lebanon.
2 transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest Pakistan
Read full article: 2 transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest PakistanPolice say two men armed with daggers killed two transgender women at their home in conservative northwest Pakistan overnight before fleeing the scene.
Federal officials say Michigan school counselor referred to student as a terrorist
Read full article: Federal officials say Michigan school counselor referred to student as a terroristThe U.S. Education Department says it confirmed that a Michigan school counselor referred to a Muslim student as a terrorist last fall.
Arab leaders call to drop charges against U-M protesters
Read full article: Arab leaders call to drop charges against U-M protestersA group of Arab American and Muslim leaders are calling for Attorney General Dana Nessel to reconsider the charges against the pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Michigan.
Mourners in southern Pakistan attend funerals for 28 Shiite pilgrims killed in a bus crash in Iran
Read full article: Mourners in southern Pakistan attend funerals for 28 Shiite pilgrims killed in a bus crash in IranHundreds of mourners in southern Pakistan have attended the funerals of 28 Shiite pilgrims who were killed in a bus crash in Iran this week while heading to Iraq.
India to hold first assembly elections in disputed Kashmir in 10 years
Read full article: India to hold first assembly elections in disputed Kashmir in 10 yearsIndia has announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir, the first in a decade and in a new political environment after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomy and downgraded it to a federally controlled territory.
Sri Lanka will hold presidential election on Sept. 21, its first since declaring bankruptcy in 2022
Read full article: Sri Lanka will hold presidential election on Sept. 21, its first since declaring bankruptcy in 2022Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Sept. 21 that will likely be a test of confidence in President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to resolve the country’s worst economic crisis.
University of Michigan regent votes ‘No’ on budget over schools handling of anti-semitism
Read full article: University of Michigan regent votes ‘No’ on budget over schools handling of anti-semitismUniversity of Michigan Regent Mark Bernstein voted "No" on the school's budget because he doesn't believe the school has done enough to combat anti-Semitism.
Hundreds died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say
Read full article: Hundreds died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials sayHundreds of people have died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced intense high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom.
CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Scorching Northern Hemisphere heat leads to deaths and wildfires
Read full article: CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Scorching Northern Hemisphere heat leads to deaths and wildfiresThe United States is bracing for chaotic weather this week, as the South is set to experience another heat wave following a short respite from searing temperatures earlier this month.
More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage
Read full article: More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimageMuslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca for the Hajj, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale.
First Syrian jet in over a decade transports Muslim worshippers to Saudi Arabia for Hajj pilgrimage
Read full article: First Syrian jet in over a decade transports Muslim worshippers to Saudi Arabia for Hajj pilgrimageFor the first time in over a decade, 270 Syrians have traveled on a direct flight from Damascus to Saudi Arabia for the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage, according to the Syrian Transportation Ministry.
The Security Council revives the Palestinian Authority’s UN hopes. The US says not yet
Read full article: The Security Council revives the Palestinian Authority’s UN hopes. The US says not yetThe U.N. Security Council has revived the Palestinian Authority's hopes of joining the United Nations as a full member.
Michigan's largest Arab American cities reject Biden over his handling of Israel-Hamas war
Read full article: Michigan's largest Arab American cities reject Biden over his handling of Israel-Hamas warDearborn and two other Michigan cities with large Arab and Muslim populations turned against President Joe Biden in the state’s primary after Democratic leaders there warned for months that voters were angry about his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.
Biden aides meet in Michigan with Arab American and Muslim leaders, aiming to mend political ties
Read full article: Biden aides meet in Michigan with Arab American and Muslim leaders, aiming to mend political tiesBiden administration officials are meeting with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Michigan.
A minibus explodes in Kabul, killing at least 2 civilians and wounding 14 others
Read full article: A minibus explodes in Kabul, killing at least 2 civilians and wounding 14 othersA Taliban official says a minibus has exploded in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others.
China sanctions a US research firm and 2 individuals over reports on human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Read full article: China sanctions a US research firm and 2 individuals over reports on human rights abuses in XinjiangChina says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups native to the country’s northwest.
Avenue of Fashion shop owners remain focused on holiday shopping season, days after burglar targets several stores
Read full article: Avenue of Fashion shop owners remain focused on holiday shopping season, days after burglar targets several storesSome merchants along The Avenue of Fashion in Detroit are staying positive and forward-focused, despite several business burglaries this month.
The White House is working on a strategy to combat Islamophobia. Many Muslim Americans are skeptical
Read full article: The White House is working on a strategy to combat Islamophobia. Many Muslim Americans are skepticalThe White House has announced that President Joe Biden’s administration is developing a national strategy to combat Islamophobia.
An increase in harassment against Jewish and Muslim Americans has been reported since Hamas attacks
Read full article: An increase in harassment against Jewish and Muslim Americans has been reported since Hamas attacksMuslim and Jewish civil rights groups say they’ve seen large increases in reports of harassment against members of their communities since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.
Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court
Read full article: Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in courtA 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who authorities allege was stabbed 26 times by his landlord in response to escalating right-wing rhetoric in the Israel-Hamas war is being remembered as kind.
Sweden calls for vigilance abroad after Quran desecrations and protests
Read full article: Sweden calls for vigilance abroad after Quran desecrations and protestsA senior Swedish official says Swedes abroad and businesses linked to Sweden “should observe increased vigilance and caution,” following recent Quran burnings in the country and protests in the Muslim world.
Officials file more charges, but not hate crimes, against man accused of attacking Muslim lawmaker
Read full article: Officials file more charges, but not hate crimes, against man accused of attacking Muslim lawmakerA prosecutor has added felony charges, including sexual assault, against a man accused of attacking Connecticut’s first Muslim state representative after a prayer service.
Hundreds gather in Sarajevo to pay their respects to Srebrenica massacre victims
Read full article: Hundreds gather in Sarajevo to pay their respects to Srebrenica massacre victimsHundreds have lined the main street of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, as a truck carrying 30 coffins passed on its way to Srebrenica, where newly identified victims of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II will be buried on the 28th anniversary of the crime.
Muslims across Pakistan hold anti-Sweden protests to denounce burning of Islam's holy book
Read full article: Muslims across Pakistan hold anti-Sweden protests to denounce burning of Islam's holy bookThousands of Muslims in Pakistan have held protests to denounce last week’s burning of the Islamic holy book in Stockholm following a call by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to “send a strong message to Sweden.”.
Connecticut lawmaker attacked after Muslim service says Hartford police downplayed assault
Read full article: Connecticut lawmaker attacked after Muslim service says Hartford police downplayed assaultA Connecticut state lawmaker attacked as she left a Muslim prayer service is accusing local police of downplaying what happened to her.
Army veteran sentenced to 55 years for road rage shooting death of Muslim man
Read full article: Army veteran sentenced to 55 years for road rage shooting death of Muslim manA suburban Indianapolis Army veteran has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the road rage shooting death of a Muslim man after witnesses said he hurled ethnic and religious insults at the victim.
Indiana Army veteran convicted in road rage killing of Muslim man
Read full article: Indiana Army veteran convicted in road rage killing of Muslim manA suburban Indianapolis Army veteran has been convicted in the road rage shooting death of a Muslim man, after witnesses said he hurled ethnic and religious insults at the victim, including yelling, “Go back to your country,” before opening fire.
Stampede in Yemen at Ramadan charity event kills at least 78
Read full article: Stampede in Yemen at Ramadan charity event kills at least 78A crowd stampeding at an event to distribute financial aid during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, has left at least 78 people dead and 77 injured, according to Houthi officials and witnesses.
Minneapolis OKs dawn Muslim prayer call, 1st for big US city
Read full article: Minneapolis OKs dawn Muslim prayer call, 1st for big US cityMinneapolis will allow broadcast of the Muslim call to prayer in early mornings and late evenings, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow the announcement over speakers five times a day, year-round.
Report: Saudi Binladin Group fined over 2015 crane collapse
Read full article: Report: Saudi Binladin Group fined over 2015 crane collapseA criminal court has imposed a $5.3 million fine on the Saudi BinLadin Group and sentenced seven people to prison over the collapse of a crane ahead of the 2015 hajj pilgrimage.
Top UN woman urges Muslims: Move Taliban into 21st century
Read full article: Top UN woman urges Muslims: Move Taliban into 21st centuryThe highest-ranking woman at the United Nations says she used everything in her “toolbox” during meetings with Taliban ministers to try to reverse their crackdown on Afghan women and girls.
Christian monastery possibly pre-dating Islam found in UAE
Read full article: Christian monastery possibly pre-dating Islam found in UAEAn ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.
Thailand's restive south hit by wave of arson and bombings
Read full article: Thailand's restive south hit by wave of arson and bombingsA wave of arson and bombing attacks overnight hit Thailand’s southernmost provinces, which for almost two decades have been the scene of an active Muslim separatist insurgency.
Police: Primary suspect detained in murders of 4 Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Read full article: Police: Primary suspect detained in murders of 4 Muslim men in Albuquerque, New MexicoA primary suspect has been detained in the murders of four Muslin men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, police say.
Pacific rim economies in doldrums, sapped by inflation, war
Read full article: Pacific rim economies in doldrums, sapped by inflation, warEconomies in the Asia-Pacific are forecast to hit the doldrums this year as decades-high inflation and the war in Ukraine add to uncertainty and the aftereffects of the pandemic.
Campus ministries, counselors join to tackle mental health
Read full article: Campus ministries, counselors join to tackle mental healthAs student anxiety skyrockets, campus ministries are trying to help by not just offering the comforts of faith and community, but also creating collaborations with mental health professionals.
Troy City Council taking up Mosque decision
Read full article: Troy City Council taking up Mosque decisionAfter losing at the federal court level, the City of Troy needs to decide whether to appeal the decision or take no further legal action. The city was sued by a Muslim group and the Department of Justice over the city’s refusal to grant zoning approval for the proposed Mosque in a commercial site at 3565 Rochester Road.
3 US Muslims sue over religious questioning by officers
Read full article: 3 US Muslims sue over religious questioning by officersThree Muslim Americans have filed a lawsuit alleging that U.S. border officers questioned them about their religious beliefs in violation of their constitutional rights when they returned from international travel.
UN labor agency cites concerns about China's Xinjiang region
Read full article: UN labor agency cites concerns about China's Xinjiang regionAn annual report from the United Nations labor agency has highlighted the work conditions of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region.
Poland: Belarus eyes using Afghan migrants as border pawns
Read full article: Poland: Belarus eyes using Afghan migrants as border pawnsPoland's prime minister has warned that migrant pressures on the European Union's border with Belarus could continue, this time with people fleeing from Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
Michigan Solicitor General becomes first Arab American Muslim woman to argue before US Supreme Court
Read full article: Michigan Solicitor General becomes first Arab American Muslim woman to argue before US Supreme CourtMichigan Solicitor General Fadwa A. Hammoud made history on Tuesday by becoming the first Arab American Muslim woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Roseville woman charged in connection with assault of Muslim woman at Detroit Metro Airport
Read full article: Roseville woman charged in connection with assault of Muslim woman at Detroit Metro AirportA Roseville woman has been charged in connection with the assault of a Muslim woman at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
CAIR-MI: Ferndale police forced Muslim woman to remove hijab for booking photo
Read full article: CAIR-MI: Ferndale police forced Muslim woman to remove hijab for booking photoThere are new allegations against the Ferndale Police Department after the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said officers forcibly removed a Muslim woman’s hijab for a booking photo.
Civil rights group pushes for hate crime charges after Muslim woman reportedly attacked on airplane at Detroit Metro Airport
Read full article: Civil rights group pushes for hate crime charges after Muslim woman reportedly attacked on airplane at Detroit Metro AirportAïcha Touré was on a Spirit Airlines flight from Atlanta to Detroit when she tried to break up what was turning into a yelling match in front of her.
‘At the end of the day, we’re all Americans’: Muslim Americans from Metro Detroit reflect on impact of 9/11
Read full article: ‘At the end of the day, we’re all Americans’: Muslim Americans from Metro Detroit reflect on impact of 9/11For Muslim Americans the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is a stark reminder of how things changed for them in their own country.
China vows retaliation after US blacklists companies
Read full article: China vows retaliation after US blacklists companiesChina says it will take necessary measures to respond to the U.S. blacklisting of Chinese companies over their alleged role in abuses of its Uyghur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities.
Saudi Arabia says hajj to be limited to 60,000 in kingdom
Read full article: Saudi Arabia says hajj to be limited to 60,000 in kingdomSaudi Arabia says this year’s hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
House votes to curb power of presidency on travel bans
Read full article: House votes to curb power of presidency on travel bansThe Democratic-led House has passed legislation to constrain a president’s power to limit entry to the U.S. The vote Wednesday was a response to former President Donald Trump’s travel ban covering five Muslim-majority countries.
Turkey reimposes restrictions after sharp rise in infections
Read full article: Turkey reimposes restrictions after sharp rise in infectionsTurkey is reinstating weekend lockdowns in most of Turkey's provinces and will also impose restrictions over the Muslim holy month of Ramadan following a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)ANKARA – Turkey is re-introducing weekend lockdowns in most of its provinces and will also impose restrictions over the Muslim holy month of Ramadan following a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases. Infections in Turkey have soared less than a month after authorities divided the 81 provinces into four color-coded categories and relaxed restrictions in some provinces under a “controlled normalization” effort. The number of infections hit a record on Tuesday, with the Health Ministry confirming 37,303 new cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of infections in the country since the start of the outbreak last year stands at more than 3.2 million.
Metro Detroit Muslim community leaders say COVID vaccine is OK to get during Ramadan
Read full article: Metro Detroit Muslim community leaders say COVID vaccine is OK to get during RamadanImad Hamad is a longtime member of the Islamic Center of Detroit and a leader in Metro Detroit’s Muslim community. Hamad is trying to spread the message that during Ramadan the COVID-19 vaccine is OK to take. During Ramadan, Muslims have to fast all day and can only eat at sundown. But Muslim community leaders, like Imam’s and scholars, are saying the vaccine has no nutritional value. He’ll get his second dose during Ramadan and said that Muslims getting the shot during Ramadan won’t have to make up days.
The Latest: Pope meets father of drowned Syrian refugee boy
Read full article: The Latest: Pope meets father of drowned Syrian refugee boyFollowing a Mass on Sunday in the Iraqi city of Irbil, Francis met with Abdullah Kurdi and spent a long time with him, the Vatican said. Through an interpreter, the pope listened to Kurdi’s story and expressed sympathy for the loss of his family. Francis issued the appeal during a joyful visit to the Christian community of Qaraqosh, on the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq. Chaldean Catholic Patriarch, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako said Francis’ visit to Iraq was “miraculous” and had already borne fruits. AdChristian and Muslim leaders in Mosul have welcomed Pope Francis' visit to the Iraqi city devastated by war and are calling on Christians who fled the Islamic State group's onslaught to return.
Philippine president approves amnesty program for rebels
Read full article: Philippine president approves amnesty program for rebelsThe Philippine president has approved an amnesty program for Muslim and communist rebels who would agree to surrender their weapons as they return to normal life in the latest such attempt to tame rural insurgencies that have raged for half a century. (Joey Dalumpines/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)MANILA – The Philippine president has approved an amnesty program for Muslim and communist rebels who would agree to surrender their weapons as they return to normal life in the latest such attempt to tame rural insurgencies that have raged for half a century. Duterte also agreed to include former insurgents who once belonged to the main communist New People’s Army in his amnesty program. The 75-year-old Duterte has promised to resolve Muslim and communist insurgencies before he leaves office. The amnesty program excludes the notoriously brutal Abu Sayyaf and other small armed bands associated with the Islamic State group.
France passes anti-radicalism bill that worries Muslims
Read full article: France passes anti-radicalism bill that worries MuslimsThe wide-ranging bill, titled “Supporting respect for the principles of the Republic,” covers most aspects of French life. But Le Pen criticized the bill as too weak and offered what she called her own, tougher counter-proposal. The bill mentions neither Muslims nor Islam by name. The measure has been dubbed the "separatism" bill, a term used by Macron to refer to radicals who would create a “counter society” in France. Associations must sign a contract of respect for French values and pay back state funds, if they cross a line.
UK tribunal to hear witnesses on China genocide accusations
Read full article: UK tribunal to hear witnesses on China genocide accusationsOrganizer Nick Vetch said Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, a eight-member panel who will act as jury has been finalized. The panel has been selected to represent diverse backgrounds and no expert on China was included on purpose, Vetch said. In declaring genocide, Pompeo cited widespread forced birth control and forced labor among Uighurs. China denies any abuses and insists that the steps it has taken are necessary to combat terrorism and a separatist movement. AdVetch said the tribunal has written to the former and current Chinese ambassadors to London to request the Chinese government’s presence and cooperation, but so far received no response.
Rohingya refugees fear returning to Myanmar after coup
Read full article: Rohingya refugees fear returning to Myanmar after coupRohingya refugee Mohammad Jaffar, 70, talks to the Associated Press at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Feb.2, 2021. Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh are condemning the military coup in their homeland and saying it makes them more fearful to return. (AP Photo/Shafiqur Rahman)DHAKA – Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh condemned the military coup in their homeland and said it makes them more fearful to return. Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that it hopes the coup will not hamper the refugees' return. The United Nations has described the Myanmar military crackdown on the Rohingya as a form of genocide.
Metro Detroit leaders respond to the repeal of Trump’s ‘Muslim travel ban’
Read full article: Metro Detroit leaders respond to the repeal of Trump’s ‘Muslim travel ban’DETROIT – One of President Joe Biden’s first moves in the White House was to repeal former President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from several predominantly Muslim countries. When Trump enacted the travel ban, thousands of Metro Detroiters protested nearly immediately. Initially the ban restricted travel from many Middle Eastern countries. And when visa applicants request entry to the United States, we will apply a rigorous, individualized vetting system. But we will not turn our backs on our values with discriminatory bans on entry into the United States.
China labels Pompeo 'doomsday clown' over genocide claims
Read full article: China labels Pompeo 'doomsday clown' over genocide claimsThe accusation of genocide by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo against China touches on a hot-button human rights issue between China and the West. Pompeo’s announcement Tuesday doesn’t require any immediate actions, although the U.S. must take the designation into account in formulating policy toward China. China says its policies in Xinjiang aim only to promote economic growth and social stability. “So hopefully we’ll see a continued continuity with regards to the new (Joe Biden) administration on holding China to account," Leibold said in an interview. “And hopefully the Biden administration can bring its allies along to continue to put pressure on the Chinese government," he said.
Bosnian city of Mostar holds 1st local election in 12 years
Read full article: Bosnian city of Mostar holds 1st local election in 12 years(AP Photo/Kemal Softic)MOSTAR – MOSTAR, Bosnia-Long-entrenched ethno-nationalists were projected to win the first local election in Bosnia’s southern city of Mostar in 12 years, but early results of Sunday's vote also indicated multiethnic parties and alliances would be a strong part of the future city council. Mostar is split between Muslim Bosniaks and Catholic Croats, who fought fiercely for control over the city during the country’s 1992-95 war. It hasn’t held a local election since 2008, when Bosnia’s constitutional court declared its election rules discriminatory and ordered them changed. Thus, the lawmakers from multiethnic parties appear set to become tiebreakers in all but certain disputes between the dominant Bosniak and Croat nationalists. Prior to the war, ethnically mixed couples made up 10% of all marriages in Mostar, and the city was markedly cosmopolitan.
Anti-France protests continue, as Macron seeks understanding
Read full article: Anti-France protests continue, as Macron seeks understandingSmaller demonstrations in Lebanon, Turkey and India followed on anti-France protests across the Muslim world last week that were mostly led by Islamist groups. The renewed protests came after President Macron's interview late Saturday in which he said that he understood the shock Muslims felt at caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad. “I have never said that,” Macron told the Al-Jazeera interviewer, explaining that some false translations of his words in the media showed him to support the cartoons mocking Prophet Muhammad. “We condemn blasphemy of Islam and Prophet Muhammad by French President,” read a slogan scribbled on a French flag. Anti-France protests were held by Muslim groups on Friday in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, and Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state.
New arrest after France church attack, security tightened
Read full article: New arrest after France church attack, security tightenedNICE – A new suspect is in custody Friday in the investigation into a gruesome attack by a Tunisian man who killed three people in a French church, as France heightened its security alert amid religious and geopolitical tensions around cartoons mocking the Muslim prophet. The attacker, Ibrahim Issaoui, was seriously wounded by police and hospitalized in life-threatening condition, authorities said. In an interview broadcast Friday with Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV, Issaoui's mother said she was shocked by the events. His brother told Al-Arabiya that Issaoui had informed the family he would sleep in front of the church, and sent them a photograph showing him at the cathedral where the attack took place. President Emmanuel Macron said he would immediately increase the number of soldiers deployed to protect schools and religious sites from around 3,000 to 7,000.
France reacts after Erdogan questions Macron's mental health
Read full article: France reacts after Erdogan questions Macron's mental healthFILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 20, 2020 file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left and French President Emmanuel Macron stand, during a group photo at a conference on Libya at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. France has recalled its ambassador to Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said President Emmanuel Macron needed mental health treatment and made other comments that the French government described as unacceptably rude. Erdogan questioned his French counterparts mental condition while criticizing Macrons attitude toward Islam and Muslims. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)PARIS – France recalled its ambassador to Turkey for consultations after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said President Emmanuel Macron needed mental health treatment and made other comments that the French government described as unacceptably rude. Erdogan questioned his French counterpart's mental condition while criticizing Macron’s attitude toward Islam and Muslims.
Grisly beheading of teacher in terror attack rattles France
Read full article: Grisly beheading of teacher in terror attack rattles FranceFrench President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an "Islamist terrorist attack" against a history teacher decapitated in a Paris suburb Friday, urging the nation to stand united against extremism. (Abdulmonam Eassa, Pool via AP)PARIS – For the second time in three weeks, terror struck France, this time with the gruesome beheading of a history teacher in a street in a Paris suburb. French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an “Islamist terrorist attack” and urged the nation to stand united against extremism. Macron visited the school where the teacher worked in the town of Conflans-Saint-Honorine and met with staff after the slaying. ... Why does a history teacher behave this way in front of 13-year-olds?” the man asked.
Lawsuit: Detroit police forced Muslim woman to remove hijab during booking photo
Read full article: Lawsuit: Detroit police forced Muslim woman to remove hijab during booking photoDETROIT – Detroit police are facing a new federal lawsuit that says a Muslim woman was forced to remove her hijab for a booking photo at the Detroit Detention Center. According to the lawsuit, Zainab Chaaban was forced to remove her hijab in front of male staff members inside the jail. She was arrested by Detroit police for her involvement in a domestic situation with her husband. We did a trial by jury and I was found not guilty.”She said when she was taken for a mug shot she was forced to remove her hijab. “When I went to the prison cell, they asked me to remove my scarf.
Lawsuit: Detroit police forced Muslim woman to remove hijab during booking photo
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Pilgrims return to Mecca as Saudi eases virus restrictions
Read full article: Pilgrims return to Mecca as Saudi eases virus restrictionsBut as nations begin to ease those restrictions, the Saudi government on Sunday started allowing a maximum of 6,000 pilgrims a day to enter the sprawling Grand Mosque in Mecca. Muslim travelers from outside Saudi Arabia could be allowed to perform the umrah pilgrimage as early as Nov. 1, the Interior Ministry has said. Saudi Arabia recently began easing some restrictions on international flights for the first time since March. Pilgrims were selected after applying through an online portal and all were residents or citizens of Saudi Arabia. Despite taking early and sweeping measures to contain the virus, Saudi Arabia has recorded nearly 336,000 cases, including 4,850 deaths.
House approves second bill aimed at forced labor in China
Read full article: House approves second bill aimed at forced labor in ChinaFILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, people line up at the Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center at the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region. The Associated Press has found that the Chinese government is carrying out a birth control program aimed at Uighurs, Kazakhs and other largely Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. Chinas repression in Tibet, the status of the exiled Dali Lama, and its treatment of ethnic minorities spurred violent protests ahead of Beijings 2008 Olympics. China is host to the 2022 Winter Olympics with rumblings of a boycott and calls to remove the games from Beijing because of widespread human rights violations. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
32 acquitted in razing of India mosque that set off violence
Read full article: 32 acquitted in razing of India mosque that set off violenceAn Indian court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 accused, including senior leaders of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, in the case. Last year, India’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of building a Hindu temple on the disputed site. The Supreme Court also ruled that the demolition of the Babri Masjid was illegal and ordered that the separate trial in the mosque demolition case be completed expeditiously. The four acquitted BJP leaders — L.K. “When the Supreme Court said that the demolition of the mosque was an unlawful act, how can a lower court set free the accused?” he said.
Australian think tank finds 380 detention camps in Xinjiang
Read full article: Australian think tank finds 380 detention camps in XinjiangCANBERRA – China appears to be expanding its network of secret detention centers in Xinjiang, where predominantly Muslim minorities are targeted in a forced assimilation campaign, and more of the facilities resemble prisons, an Australian think tank has found. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute used satellite images and official construction tender documents to map more than 380 suspected detention facilities in the far northwestern region, highlighting internment camps, detention centers and prisons that have been newly built or expanded since 2017. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Friday dismissed the report as “pure disinformation and slander,” saying the Australian institute had “no academic credibility.” China does not operate “so-called detention camps” in Xinjiang, Wang told reporters at a daily briefing. “Of these, about 50% are higher security facilities, which may suggest a shift in usage from the lower-security, ‘re-education centers’ toward higher-security prison-style facilities,” Ruser wrote. Of the camps stripped of security infrastructure, 90% were lower security facilities, the report said.