An elderly Rohingya refugee woman has died in an Indian detention center, highlighting the dire conditions faced by the community. Seventy-five-year-old Lalu Bibi passed away on Wednesday at Indian-administered Kashmir’s Hira Nagar sub-jail, where she had been held since March 2021. Activists report that she was the seventh Rohingya to die in ...
The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) alongside student and social justice groups is calling for an investigation into the University of Georgia for alleged discriminatory practices against Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students. A Title VI federal civil rights complaint has been filed with the US Department o...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Bangladesh ordered schools and universities around the country to close indefinitely on Tuesday after six students were killed in protests that prompted the mobilisation of paramilitaries to keep order. Every high school, university and Islamic seminary around the country was told to remain shut until further noti...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The University of Melbourne is being investigated for violating privacy laws by using surveillance to identify students participating in a sit-in protest against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, according to the local media. Twenty-one student protesters at the university were previously served with “general mi...
Kabul, Afghanistan — AFP Taliban authorities have said that women’s rights were “Afghanistan’s issues” to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the ...
United Nations, United States – AFP Restrictions on women’s rights continue to prevent Afghanistan’s “reintegration” into the international community, a senior UN official said Friday, noting the Taliban’s participation in upcoming talks in Doha is not legitimization of the isolated government. Since their 2...
Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies that support the war in Gaza have spread across the country Muslim Network TV Desk LOS ANGELES, Southern California – Chaos erupted at the University of California, Los Angeles, when around 200 pro-Israel demonstrators forcefully enter...
One of her distinguishing features is her intense involvement in complex cases related to access to healthcare, economic equality, and state accountability Muslim Network TV editorial team In the hallowed halls of the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Thursday, Adila Hassim resolutely opened the hearing on behalf of South Africa, ...
NEW YORK (AA) – Professor Norman Finkelstein has described the attack on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza as “a horror of the highest magnitude” and said, “Israel always denies responsibility.” The political scientist spoke to the media about the attack on the hospital and developments in the region since Octo...
Biden praised auto workers for their sacrifices during 2008 industry crisis and emphasized important role of middle class and unions in nation building WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden made history Tuesday by becoming the first sitting U.S. president to stand with striking workers. He joined the United Auto Workers (UAW) outside a Genera...
