BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity said Sunday that there has been a power outage for more than 24 hours in Baghdad and southern cities. It said the electricity supply was disrupted because of a bomb attack on a power line. Meanwhile, a fire that occurred at a major power plant caused an […]
NEW DELHI, India – Clashes have broken out on the outskirts of the Indian capital, New Delhi, killing five people and leaving 70 injured. The clashes took place on Monday evening in Nuh district in Haryana state, 40 kilometers from the capital. The violence later spread to Gurugram, a satellite town on the outskirts of […]
NEW DELHI, India – A security guard in India shot and killed his senior colleague and three passengers on a train. The deceased passengers were Muslims. The constable, Chetan Singh, then jumped onto the tracks with his gun and began running. Eyewitnesses reported that the officer shouted slogans praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ...
ANKARA (AA) – Denmark is considering measures against culturally and religiously motivated attacks following recent Quran burnings. In a statement, the Danish government said the Quran burnings had taken on dimensions aimed at provoking and harming Denmark and other nations. The statement described acts of burning Quran as extremely aggr...
WASHINGTON – Elon Musk, the CEO of X, formerly Twitter, is threatening legal action against an organization that monitors hate speech on the Internet. The Center for Countering Digital Hate recently published research indicating that racists thrive on Musk’s platform. It claimed that the platform does not take action against the ma...
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned an attack on a Jewish house of worship. This is the fourth anti-Semitic incident reported to Pensacola police in a few weeks. The latest incident occurred at Florida’s first Jewish temple, Temple Beth El. The state’s largest Muslim civil rig...
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law that would criminalize librarians and booksellers who provide access to material harmful to minors. The law, signed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in March, was to have taken effect Tuesday. The law required libraries to establish procedures for reviewing mat...
WASHINGTON (AA) – North Carolina police are searching for the driver of an SUV that rammed into a group of migrant workers outside a Walmart store in Lincolnton. According to Lincolnton police, the attack appears to be premeditated. The driver, whose motives are still unknown, was described as “an older white male.” “All six were [...
WASHINGTON – A group of 11 U.S. senators and 23 human rights groups have called on the Biden administration to withhold military aid to Egypt. They said the $320 million in military aid must be suspended because of Egypt’s poor human rights record. The senators and human rights groups argue that Egypt has failed to […]
ANKARA – The incident of burning Muslim holy book Quran outside a mosque in Sweden threatens to escalate into a trade war. Many influential Muslim groups in the Middle East and North Africa have called for a boycott of Swedish products. Last week, the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, the oldest Sunni institution in the Muslim […]
