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U.S. officials and international human rights groups are concerned for the safety of Olympic athletes in China. A Chinese government official warned about “punishment” for competitors if they speak out on political issues at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Yang Shu, deputy director of international relations for the Beijing organizing commit...
Israel’s highest-ranking Arab Muslim police officer has resigned, according to a statement Monday. The resignation comes a week after a video emerged showing the officer tripping over the body of a stabbing victim when leaving the scene of a crime in 2020. Maj. Gen. Gamal Hakroosh, 64, was appointed deputy commissioner in 2016 to lead [&hellip...
Like most teen novels, Muslim young adult fiction is bursting with hormones, love interests, family drama, friendships and fallouts typical of high school life. The only difference is the main characters are all Muslim, as are the authors of their stories. Muslim young adult fiction was once relegated to relatively unknown indie printing pre...
Republican Oklahoma City mayoral candidate Carol Hefner said during a debate she thinks Islam should be “eradicated” from the globe. Hefner defended her past Islamophobic social media posts during the debate. Debate moderator Storme Jones pointed out Hefner has previously called Islam “an evil culture and not a religion.” Hefner’s response was...
The United Arab Emirates’ Defense Ministry announced Wednesday it intercepted and destroyed “three hostile drones” after they entered the nation’s airspace. The Emirati Defense Ministry said on Twitter it destroyed the drones “away from populated areas.” The ministry confirmed its readiness “to deal with any threats and is taking all necessary...
The U.S. Army said Wednesday it will begin separating soldiers who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine from service. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth asked commanders to initiate involuntary administrative separation proceedings against any soldier refusing the vaccine. The same rule applies to soldiers who do not have an approved or pendi...
Over 10,000 tons of medical waste from the COVID-19 pandemic response have put global health waste management systems under tremendous pressure. They threaten human and environmental health, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Gloves are a bigger volume than masks, and vaccine waste is taking over from masks, said Maggie Montgomery, a ...
Austria’s Greens party continued to receive public criticism Wednesday over an alleged coalition agreement to ban headscarves for teachers in schools. Leaked documents show the Greens had engaged in an undisclosed deal with the Austrian People’s Party as part of the negotiations for the January 2020 coalition agreement. The Greens allegedly pr...
More than 80 Muslim organizations, including civil and human rights groups, mosques and charities, have sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice. They are calling for an investigation into whether an anti-Muslim group violated federal laws by spying on several Muslim organizations in the U.S. Those organizations include the Council on A...
Nineteen irregular migrants were found frozen to death in northwestern Turkey after being pushed back from neighboring Greece, following a rare winter storm in the region. Turkey has been a key transit point for asylum seekers aiming to cross into Europe to start new lives, especially those fleeing war and persecution. The country, along with...
