New Delhi (Sputnik): Pakistan is witnessing a rising COVID 19 outbreak with more than 1,200 positive cases and nine deaths due to the virus. But the infection is not the only problem for the country, which is struggling to provide more tests and enough medical gear to more than 100,000 doctors and health workers. Pakistan was the first country to refuse to bring back its nationals […]
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Malaysian authorities are scrambling to track down about 2,000 Rohingya men who attended a religious gathering that has led to a big spike in coronavirus cases across Southeast Asia, according to a security source and two other people, Reuters reported yesterday. COVID-19: Authorities looking for Rohingya men who attended Sri Petaling mosque event, says report #myedgeprop https://t.co/5iKiDnjzMv pic.twitter.com/7OCZCpQSGu — EdgeProp Malaysia (@myedgeprop) March 19, 2020 More […]
Activists set several examples of similar accusations made against the Muslim Brotherhood, including blocking rain drains, increasing the prices of lemons and vegetables and causing the baby boom The Egyptian Minister of Endowments has sparked widespread controversy after he claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood is seeking to spread the Coronavirus among members of the army, the police, the judiciary and media figures. The story began two […]
Two Muslim women with opposing views on a headscarf ban in schools clashed in a fierce TV debate in Sweden. The teacher told the politician that people uncomfortable with the veil should just leave the country. The heated exchange between Naouel Aissaoui, a school teacher in the Swedish municipality of Skurup, and local politician Loubna Stensaker Goransson was over a ban on veils in public schools, […]
Protesters Decry Delhi Violence Outside London’s Indian Embassy March 3, 2020 Protesters Decry Delhi Violence Outside London’s Indian Embassy2020-03-032020-03-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/modi-e1583254778839.png200px200px Above photo: Screen capture. Protesters gathered outside the Indian Embassy in London on Saturday, to decry the ongoing violence in New Delhi as well as the policies of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. “I think they need to repeal this amendment called the CAA. It’s anti […]
No one has ever seen this level of involvement by the Muslim community in a presidential election before. And not just in Michigan, which has long been known for having a large Muslim population active in politics. But even places like Iowa, where Muslim Americans were very active in this year’s Democratic caucus. And come Tuesday, we may see Muslims tip the balance in Virginia’s tight Democratic […]
Saudi Arabia has imposed a temporary ban on religious pilgrimage, known as Umrah, to historic Islamic shrines in Mecca and Medina over the coronavirus outbreak that has recently spread to the Middle East. Also on rt.com Iran seals off religious sites as coronavirus death toll rises & Pakistan reports new cases DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source
Last week in a dawn raid, Israeli police shut down a 60-year-old Palestinian bakery and arrests the owner’s son in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem. According to local sources, police forces stormed the Bab Hitta area in the Old City and shut down the bakery, owned by the Abu Snaina family. The son of the owner, Naser Abu Snaina, was arrested during the incident. A […]
The General Authority of the Court of Cassation in Jordan said that the Muslim Brotherhood was dissolved in the country on 15 June 1956, Al Watan Voice reported yesterday. On 10 February, the court threw out an appeal filed by the Court of Appeal against a previous ruling. The Court of Cassation reiterated that the government’s dealings with the Muslim Brotherhood does not legitimise the group […]
Ryanair’s chief executive has sparked outrage after saying Muslim men should be profiled at airports because “bombers” will “generally be of a Muslim persuasion”. In an interview with the Times published on Saturday, Michael O’Leary said: “Who are the bombers? They are going to be single males travelling on their own… if you are travelling with a family of kids, on you go; the chances are […]
Though mainstream American moviegoers might not know their names, brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are two of the greatest, and most celebrated, filmmakers in the world—and have been for the past twenty years. Rising to global prominence in 1999 with the wrenching Rosetta, the Belgian directing duo have carved out a career like few others, marked by so many internationally acclaimed hits that listing them all […]
Arab Muslim citizens of Israel have rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to send Hajj pilgrims directly from Israel to Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera.net reported on Wednesday. Muslim pilgrims, they insisted, will never accept being used as a tool for normalisation of relations with Arab states. The comments were made in response to remarks made by the head of the Likud bloc in the Knesset, Miki […]
Michael Bloomberg has deservedly been on the receiving end of a deluge of tough questions about his racist “stop and frisk” policy that he vocally defended as mayor of New York City. This program was ultimately deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge, but not before over 5 million black and Latino New Yorkers were stopped by the NYPD during the 12-year period the program was in […]
Islamic faith marriages are not valid under English law, the country’s Court of Appeal has ruled, in a move that could see many Muslim women denied rights when it comes to divorce. The judgment delivered at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Friday overturned an earlier High Court ruling that Islamic marriage – known as a ‘nikah’ – adhered to the core tenets of […]