Police in the Indian capital New Delhi have arrested 14 Muslims, according to The Wire. Muslims were resisting a RSS militia attack on their mosque on Saturday. A procession led by the Hindu militia Bajrang Dal attacked the mosque in the Delhi suburb of Jahangirpuri. According to area resident Salman Khan, they “tried to wave […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – European Council chief Charles Michel held discussions on Monday with Jordan’s King Abdullah II about the deteriorating security situation in the occupied West Bank. The two spoke about “the importance of preserving (the) status quo of holy sites in Jerusalem,” Michel said on Twitter. The leaders agreed that the “deterio...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran on Monday said it is seriously pushing for an end to sanctions in the Vienna talks, urging the Biden administration to abandon the previous government’s “maximum pressure” policy toward Tehran. At a weekly press conference in Tehran on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Biden’s team must do away with [...
On Wednesday, ABN Amro, the third-largest Dutch bank, issued an apology for its predecessors’ role in the Atlantic slave trade during the 18th and 19th centuries. The bank worked with the International Institute of Social History to investigate its two predecessors, Hope & Co. and Mees & Zoonen. Researchers found Hope & Co.’s prof...
Decades earlier recall what the US-Britain and NATO did in Iraq even on the Xmas Eve. Layla Anwar (“Come and see our overflowing morgues……come and see the rubble of your surgical strikes”: An Arab Women Blues wrote in her website blog: “Everyday, under the pretext of either al-Qaida, insurgents, militants or whatever imaginary name...
Known for her compassion and selfless work, Bilquis Bano Edhi died Friday evening at Karachi, Pakistan’s Aga Khan Hospital. The 74-year-old was a mother to thousands of orphans across Pakistan, and a recipient of the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice. She was also awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s recognition for the highest...
Footage showing French police assaulting two Muslim women wearing Hijab has triggered anger on social media. In the April 14 video, French police use disproportionate force against two Muslim in headscarves in the city of Asnieres-sur-Seine. Police can be seen beating one of the women and trying to push the other to the ground. As […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – An international economic summit to encourage cooperation between Russia and the Islamic world will be held in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, from May 19-21. The 13th International Economic Summit: Russia-Islamic World: KazanSummit 2022, aims to foster cooperation in trade, economy, science and t...
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned Sweden’s charge d’affaires over an incident involving the burning of a copy of the Quran by far-right extremists last week. On Thursday, Rasmus Paludan, the Danish leader of the Stram Kurs Party, burned a copy of the holy book in the city of Linkoping, according to media reports. Swedish Prime Minis...
Footage of police’s harsh treatment of a 13-year-old Turkish boy in the German city of Duisburg DOOS BURG has sparked social media outrage. The boy was allegedly tearing up an election poster. In the April 12 footage, two police officers can be seen handcuffing Emirhan Altintas while one of the officers was pressing the boy’s […]
