Afghanistan’s prime minister Mullah Akhund in a rare meeting attended by representatives of 20 foreign countries this week, called on the international community to recognize its government. He said Islamic countries should not wait and let the US be the first to recognize Afghanistan, after which, he told them “you would also recognize ...
A London-based law firm has filed an application with British police seeking the arrest of India’s army chief and a senior Indian government official over their alleged roles in war crimes in Kashmir. Law firm Stoke White says it has submitted evidence including 2,000 testimonies taken between 2020 and 2021 to law enforcement in the [&he...
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Muslims supported his words about the Prophet Muhammad, the Kremlin press service said Monday. Putin’s statements were made during an annual press conference on Dec. 23. He spoke about the “inadmissibility of any action under the cover of freedom of expression that...
Hundreds of thousands of Hindu worshippers flocked to the banks of the Ganges river in India’s West Bengal state Friday despite a surge in COVID-19 infections. The Gangasagar Mela is a nine-day festival that runs Jan. 8 through 16. The age-old ritual of bathing in the waters of the holy river traditionally draws millions of […]
A demolition drive in a tribal Muslim area by the Jammu Development Authority or JDA has sparked protests in Jammu and Kashmir. The drive left more than a dozen tribals homeless. Local tribal Muslims accused the JDA of selectively targeting them. Muskan Choudhary told TwoCricles.net that a JDA team along with police demolished their houses [...
An Indonesian court sentenced a Muslim cleric to five months in prison for blasphemy against Christians. Muhammad Yahya Waloni is a Muslim convert from Christianity. On Jan. 11, a South Jakarta District Court convicted Waloni of posting hate speech online that could cause interreligious divisions. Waloni called the Holy Bible a work of fictio...
A German court on Thursday sentenced a former Syrian colonel to life in prison for crimes against humanity.The “historic” verdict marked the end of the first global trial over state-sponsored torture in Syria. Anwar Raslan was found guilty of overseeing the murder of 27 people at the Al-Khatib detention center in Damascus in 2011 and […...
In international news, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Dr. Fernand de Varennes took to Twitter over the social medial harassment of Indian Muslim women. Varennes asked that the culprits be prosecuted. His remarks came amid recent shock and furor over the “Bulli Bai” App. It targets prominent Muslim women by putting up their images ...
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev issued a rare criticism of his long-ruling predecessor Tuesday. Tokayev said he expected Russian-led forces to leave the Central Asian country in the next 10 days. The oil-rich country’s descent into chaos has laid bare infighting at the top. Tokayev’s mentor, 81-year-old Nursultan Nazar...
The administration of US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said it will contribute roughly $308 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. But the newly announced aid falls far short of the war-torn country’s immediate needs. Millions of Afghans are on the brink of starvation and at risk of freezing to death in the aftermath of […]
