Universities such as Harvard, University of Southern California and Cornell are advising international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. They fear potential travel bans as during the previous Trump administration. Trump restricted entry from seven majority-Muslim countries, later expan...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called for an internal review and policy changes at the University of Maryland. The civil rights group’s demand came after several Muslim students were assaulted during a football tournament on campus in October. Despite proper planning and notification for the event hosted by the Helping H...
TEXAS, United States (AA) – The Texas Board of Education has approved a new curriculum that allows public schools in the state to give Bible-based lessons, according to media reports. The curriculum gives schools the green light to teach about the Bible to students from Kindergarten through Grade 5. The syllabus includes Biblical and Chr...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Roughly half of Muslim college students in California have experienced harassment or discrimination, according to a recent survey. The report from the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Center for the Prevention of Hate and Bullying (CPHB) includes responses from 720 students ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Linda McMahon, former World Wrestling Entertainment executive and a member of his first administration, is his choice to lead the Education Department. “Linda will fight tirelessly to expand ‘Choice’ to every State in America, and empower parents to make th...
A federal judge has blocked a Louisiana law mandating the display of the Protestant 10 Commandments in all public school classrooms. U.S. District Judge John deGravelles ruled that the requirement is “unconstitutional on its face,” noting that it would violate the separation of church and state. The ruling responds to a lawsuit fil...
Three leading human rights groups are calling for administrators at colleges and universities in the U.S. to respect and protect the right to protest on campuses. The statement comes amid ongoing crackdowns on Palestine-supporting campus demonstrations since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza in October last year. In the open letter, t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to offer scholarships for Afghan students to study in Indonesia. The agreement was signed virtually by Qatar’s Minister of State for International Cooperation Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi via video conference,...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s incarcerated ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is out of the race for the office of the chancellor of the Oxford University, according to a list of candidates. The university released the names of 38 candidates in the run, but Khan is not among them. The list includes several high-profile figures, inc...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan has welcomed a group of Palestinian medical students to complete their studies in the country, underscoring its support for Palestinian access to education and healthcare amid ongoing violence in Gaza. Twenty-seven students arrived in Lahore from Cairo, marking the first wave of Palestinian students accepted u...
