The three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020 had sent a litany of racist social media posts and texts. That’s according to the second day of testimony Tuesday in the federal hate-crimes trial for Arbery’s murder in Georgia’s Brunswick U.S. District Court. Father and son, Greg and Travis McMichael, and their neighbor [&hell...
Civil rights leader El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, also known as Malcolm X, called many Michigan communities home — Lansing, Mason and Flint. The home he lived in just outside of Detroit in Inkster recently received historical recognition. The house at 4336 Williams St. where he lived from 1952 to 1953 is now on the […]
Canadian police seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an oil tanker as part of a crackdown on protests against the government’s COVID-19 health measures. A judge granted residents in the capital Ottawa an interim injunction Monday against the noise from honking. A “Freedom Convoy” has disrupted life in the city’s downtown area ...
Weary of the civil war at home, a Yemeni family attempted to cross into Europe through Greece to a tragic end. But one family member was lost at sea after Greek coast guard units threw him into the Mediterranean Sea. The family — husband and wife, Mahgdi Kalla and Fatima Mahmud, along with their cousin, […]
U.S. officials and international human rights groups are concerned for the safety of Olympic athletes in China. A Chinese government official warned about “punishment” for competitors if they speak out on political issues at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Yang Shu, deputy director of international relations for the Beijing organizing commit...
Anglican clergymen in Tanzania’s Indian Ocean Zanzibar archipelago have condemned the slave trade as “the worst crime” ever committed by humans against other humans. The Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, perched at the heart of Stone Town, is a symbol of remembrance to the men, women and children sold into slavery. The massive cathedral built ...
Rohingya Muslims living in refugee settlements in Bangladesh say the Feb. 1, 2021 military coup in Myanmar is a barrier to sustainable repatriation. Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung Suu-Kyi was ousted and jailed in the coup, along with many of her party’s leaders. Refugee Mayyu Khan said escalating tensions have made re...
Somalia’s public education system has been hampered by 30 years of conflict, poverty, weak governance, and climate change, affecting nearly 3 million people. That includes 1.4 million girls, who require assistance to attend school. Somalia was once considered one of the leading countries in the Horn of Africa for quality education, owing to a ...
Nigeria’s Kwara state on Tuesday reaffirmed its stance of allowing Muslim girls to wear hijab in public schools. The state government released a policy statement declaring it will not tolerate any form of religious bigotry at educational institutions. Authorities met with Muslim and Christian leaders over the headscarf issue. State Commi...
Adeel Rana became the first Pakistani-American deputy inspector of the New York Police Department Wednesday. Rana was promoted from the post of precinct commanding officer. Last July, Rana made history becoming the first Muslim police officer to be appointed as a local precinct commander in the NYPD. That appointment was confirmed by NYPD Chi...
