NEW DELHI, India – The Indian capital, New Delhi, was placed on high alert following communal clashes in its vicinity. Six fatalities have been confirmed in Nuh district in Haryana state, which borders New Delhi. A mob attacked a mosque in the satellite town of Gurugram. In the incident, 19-year-old deputy imam Hafiz Saad was […]
OSLO, Norway – A Uyghur woman has been arrested by Chinese security forces for complaining about her son’s long prison sentence. The woman, named Rahile Jalalidin, was arrested in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China’s far northwest. Her son, Zulyar Yasin, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for traveling ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The former deputy prime minister of Turkey said the closure of Turkish minority schools in Western Thrace by Greece is a violation of historical agreements that guarantee minorities’ rights to education in their own language. “It clearly shows that Greece does not respect human rights and minority rights,” Hak...
SIDON, Lebanon (AA) – Despite a cease-fire agreement, violent clashes resumed in Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Tuesday. The largest of 12 Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, the Ain al-Helweh camp located near Sidon city, has been witnessing clashes since Saturday. The clashes between Islamic groups and Palest...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The U.N. Tuesday called for an immediate end to the expulsions of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers from Tunisia to the borders with Libya and Algeria. In July, hundreds of people from sub-Saharan African countries were forced from the coastal city of Sfax by Tunisian security forces, and left stranded in [&hel...
SACRAMENTO, California – Investigators in California have discovered an illegal medical laboratory containing nearly 1,000 bioengineered mice and infectious agents. The infectious agents include microbes linked to diseases such as HIV, hepatitis, E. coli, malaria, herpes and coronavirus. The lab was located in a warehouse in Reedley, Cal...
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma- Nine Oklahoma residents, along with a non-governmental organization, have filed suit to prevent the state from funding St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. This school is said to be the first religious charter school in the United States. The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School board approved the onlin...
WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the investigation led by Special Counsel Jack Smith. The indictment relates to Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump, who is now a leading Republican [&he...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A Dubai-based Moroccan entrepreneur last month launched Muslim Blocks, a Lego-style toys modeled after important Islamic holy places. His company also released two sets of blocks of the Kaaba and Masjid Al Nabawi. Moroccan national Abdellah Zejli said he has found that toy stores do not offer options that ar...
KABUL, Afghanistan – Conservation work is restoring the 9th-century mosque in Afghanistan’s Balkh province to its former glory. The mosque’s unique architecture has captivated architects and archeologists for years. The Noh Gonbad Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in Afghanistan, is known for its characteristic stucco decorations a...
