ANKARA (AA) – Over a decade has passed since the Oslo terror attack in which a far-right Norwegian extremist, inspired by anti-Muslim hate in a quest to “save” European culture, killed eight people with a bomb and shot dead another 69 at a youth camp. Anders Breivik began the carnage of July 22, 2011 with […]
SARAJEVO (AA) – It has been 14 years since Karadzic, one of those responsible for the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was captured in Serbia’s capital Belgrade, but not before executing the most well-documented and widely known genocide and crimes against humanity in Europe after World War II. Karadzic was held responsible...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina bade farewell to 16 more victims identified to have been killed in the Prijedor massacre. The 16 newly identified Bosniak Muslim civilians who were killed in the Bosnian war by Serbian forces between 1992 and 1995 were buried in a collective funeral at the Kamicani Memorial Center. At [&hell...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Muslim women in Uganda have complained in the parliament that they are being forced to remove their veils before getting any services. The women said that apart from being forced to remove veils before being photographed at passport offices, some schools force female students to remove their veils. Female MP for [&...
LONDON (AA) – The new British prime minister must treat “systemic” Islamophobia in the ruling Conservative Party seriously, according to the head of the UK’s leading Muslim organization. As the party searches for outgoing Premier Boris Johnson’s successor, whoever wins “must represent everybody and they have to make sure that they do tha...
BELGRADE, Serbia / ANKARA (AA) – Masterminds of the Bosnian genocide of 1995- Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic- driven by blind hate and ethnic prejudice, carried out the most well-documented and widely known genocide and crime against humanity in Europe after World War II. Both faced charges for their role in the 1992-1995 Bosnian War ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US voiced solidarity with the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 11 as the Balkan nation marked the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. The mass killings of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim boys and men in 1995 by Serb forces marks biggest genocide in Europe since the World Wars. […]
ANKARA (AA) – A woman wearing a headscarf was assaulted in Berlin, with her head covering torn off, local media reported on Saturday. A 37-year-old attacker is said to have torn off the headscarf of the victim, 39, and hit her head and upper body, said the daily Der Tagesspiegel. According to the daily, another […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The Dutch government on Monday apologized to Bosniak families who lost their relatives in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren offered the apology at the 27th commemoration of the genocide at the cemetery in Potocari in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “The Netherlands ...
Allahabad, India – (AFP) After two nights in police custody, Indian teenager Somaiya Fatima was released in time to watch live footage of an excavator claw smashing into the walls of her childhood home. The residence is among scores of dwellings and businesses flattened by wrecking crews this year, in a campaign authorities have promoted...
