A Bollywood film about the exodus of thousands of Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir is fanning anti-Muslim sentiments in India. “The Kashmir Files” has been praised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP. The 170-minute Hindi-language movie released last week tells the fictio...
For 25 years, Shaikh Abdul Quddoos Azhari has been dreaming about opening an Islamic school in Australia’s Northern Territory. He finally succeeded this year after finding the land, getting necessary approvals, and drawing around 35 students. Named the Australian International Islamic College, the school in the city of Darwin is open to studen...
U.S. prosecutors accused China Wednesday of spying on pro-democracy activists and seeking to harass and intimidate a former Tiananmen Square dissident who is running for United States Congress. Attorney Breon Peace announced charges against five men involving “campaigns to silence, harass, discredit and spy on U.S. residents” for exercising th...
Among religious minorities, Muslim Americans were estimated to be 27% of the population, but they actually only make up 1%. The same is true for Jewish, and other racial and ethnic minorities, such as Native Americans, Asian and Black populations. Two recent YouGov polls asked respondents to guess the percentage of American adults who belong ...
Muslims in Orange County, California who are suing the FBI for sending an informant to spy on mosques will keep fighting the case in lower courts after a narrow US Supreme Court ruling favoring the FBI. The ruling could mean the FBI can invoke a secrecy privilege claiming a threat to national security, by publicly […]
A growing number of Asian-American women across the Unites States are speaking out about their experiences with racism and anti-Asian violence. The number of reported hate crimes and racist incidents has increased nationwide, according to statistics from advocacy groups. Protests are expected across the country against the rising racism and di...
The administration of President Joe Biden on Tuesday commemorated Equal Pay Day, symbolizing how much longer women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. President Biden announced a series of actions to enhance pay equity and transparency among federal workers. A proposed regulation would prevent federal agencies from using a...
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators reportedly are moving toward a 15-point peace deal that would involve Kyiv formally renouncing its ambition to join NATO. The deal also calls for Ukraine accepting “limits on its armed forces” in exchange for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian troops, and security guarantees from the West. The Financial Ti...
Israeli prison services used COVID-19 restrictions as a tool against Palestinian inmates, according to a report from the Palestinians Prisoners’ Society. By November 2020, more than 100 COVID-19 cases were reported among prisoners. Amani Sarahneh, spokeswoman for the Palestinian society, said each jail cell held more than six prisoners leading...
Thousands of protesters in war-torn Syria’s rebel enclave of Idlib marked 11 years since the start of Arab spring. Protestors were buoyed by the global outcry over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. More than 5,000 people gathered in Idlib’s main square for one of the largest rallies in the region in months. Many Syrians hope the […]
