BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s Justice Minister Marco Buschmann on Friday acknowledged the country’s failures to address problems of racism and discrimination. “We have not been able to protect our fellow citizens from the murderous hate and madness that has grown in our society,” he said in a statement, marking the second anniversary of the ra...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A Tunisian politician has called for forming a “national salvation front” to pull the North African country out of its political crisis. The call was made by Ahmed Najib Chebbi, a leading member of Al-Amal Party during a gathering of political and parliamentary figures, organized on Thursday in the capital Tunis […...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Niger on Friday confirmed that it has agreed to allow French and European special forces withdrawing from Mali to be deployed on its territory. The announcement came from President Mohamed Bazoum a day after European leaders said forces stationed in Mali for counterterrorism missions will be pulled out due to “multiple [&...
Two years after a far-right terror attack in the German town of Hanau, migrant communities are still living in fear and anxiety, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency. On the night of Feb. 19, 2020, Ozkan Rutbil saw extremist Tobias Rathjen shooting at people he targeted as foreign-looking. The 43-year-old assailant attacked two cafes in Hanau, kil...
Turkey has become an attractive destination for Muslims fleeing France due to Islamophobia. That’s according to a report by French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche on Wednesday. Many young French Muslims are also settling in Gulf countries or applying for Canadian citizenship. French authorities have long been accused of discriminating against...
A special court in Gujarat, India, sentenced 38 Muslims to death today for a series of bombings that shook the city of Ahmedabad in 2008. It was the first time that so many accused have received death sentences in a single case in India. The Indian Mujahideen, an unknown organization, had claimed that the bombings […]
A group of 22 Kuwaiti parliamentarians on Thursday demanded the government ban the entry of any member related to India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kuwait. Mejbel Alshrika, head of the Center for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law shared the official signed request on his Twitter handle. He said, “We can’t sit back and [&he...
A U.K.-based initiative to raise awareness about the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem has gone global. For the second year in a row, more than 50 countries are set to take part in Aqsa Week 2022, organizers said. The event, which runs from Feb. 24 to March 2, is being organized by the British-based Friends of […]
U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Israel of putting Palestinian children in cage-like prisons. The New York Democrat was speaking at the Democratic Socialists of America event during a campaign rally for Greg Casar, who is running for Congress in Texas. Ocasio-Cortez compared migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border to ...
A video showing police officers breaking up a fight between two teenagers, one Black, one white, at a New Jersey mall has sparked outrage over police response. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday the appearance of the officers’ “racially disparate treatment” is deeply disturbing. One video of the incident reviewed by CNN shows the [&hel...
