NEW DELHI – Right-wing Hindus in India are trying to give communal spin to the train accident that killed at least 275 people in the eastern state of Odisha on Friday. Social media run by Hindutva elements sought to falsely blame Muslims. They falsely claimed that the fatal accident occurred near a mosque. They shared […]
OKLAHOMA CITY – Authorities in Oklahoma have approved an application to open the first publicly funded Catholic school. The approval has sparked a debate over the separation of church and state. Also, the issue is whether public money can be used to provide religious education. The online school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual S...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government has set a timetable for the various executive branches to investigate antisemitic and Islamophobic behavior in their workplaces. A November deadline has been set for the Pentagon to investigate and assess the prevalence of antisemitic and Islamophobic behavior in the ranks of the military. The strategy, o...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has criticized Israel for its actions and opposed the expansion of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories. In a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) summit on Monday, Blinken said the U.S. is committed to a two-state solution. He also said that Wash...
BERLIN, Germany – A mosque in a central German city has received a racist threatening letter. Quoting a religious representative, Turkish Anadolu news agency reported that a mosque in Duisburg received a letter that included a swastika with Nazi symbols and the word NSU 2.0, referring to a neo-Nazi group. The group is responsible for [&h...
BEIJING, China – Three Chinese astronauts returned safely to Earth on Sunday after a six-month stay in a space station. Quoting China’s Human Spaceflight Agency, official Xinhua news agency reported that the Shenzhou-15 return capsule landed at the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Missi...
NEW YORK – The leader of India’s largest opposition party, the Congress, has expressed confidence in defeating the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming elections. Speaking at an event in the U.S., Rahul Gandhi, leader of the centrist Congress party, said his party would decimate the BJP in upcoming...
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has received the award for best Muslim-friendly travel destination of the year. The East Asian nation won this award at the recently held Halal in Travel Global Summit 2023 in Singapore. This award for non-Islamic countries recognizes destinations that cater to the special needs and preferences of Muslim t...
WASHINGTON – A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to impose penalties on companies that profit from the slave labor of ethnic Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region. The proposed law closes loopholes in the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act of 2021. In a joint press release, Senators Marco Rubio and Jeff [&h...
DAKAR, Senegal – Violent riots in the West African country of Senegal have left 15 people dead in the past week after a court convicted opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. The country, normally a bastion of stability in West Africa witnessed rare violence past week. Sonko, a 48-year-old former tax inspector, was initially charged with rape...
