The U.S. has asked to meet with energy companies operating in Algeria to see if more gas can be sourced from there, Reuters reports. Washington is intensifying efforts to find alternative gas supplies for Europe in case there is a disruption from the standoff between Russia and Ukraine. The European Union depends on Russia for […]
A video showing a hijab-wearing Muslim student being heckled by a Hindu far-right mob in the state of Karnataka has caused outrage in India. Muskan Khan was surrounded by men wearing saffron scarves as she arrived at her college in the city of Mandya. Khan said that as she confronted the protestors, she found that […]
A video of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan making Dua at singer Lata Mangeshkar’s funeral on Sunday went viral stirring controversy. He is being accused by Islamophobes of ‘spitting Jihad’. Khan was seen at the funeral raising his hands to offer a prayer before blowing in the wind. Two Hindutva politicians claimed Khan “spat” on […...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday stressed the need for a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis that has brought the nuclear superpowers perilously close to war. Sanders warned of the potentially catastrophic consequences of what could become the deadliest European conflict since World War II. The Chair of the Senate Budget Commi...
Families of the victims of last month’s fire in the Bronx have filed lawsuits against the building’s owners accusing them of “reckless disregard” for U.S. safety laws. Calls for accountability continue to grow over the January 9 blaze that killed 17 people. Eight of the victims were children, including a 2-year-old boy, two 5-year-old girls [&...
Islamophobia has led a Muslim mother in San Juan Island, Washington to make a life changing decision. The Washington Post revealed that the woman’s babysitter called the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, claiming that the Muslim woman’s baby had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). The babysitter also invited a friend to examine the ...
Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson described one of the leaders of the extremist Oath Keepers organization implicated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as “a devout Christian.” It’s highly unlikely Carlson would have offered a similar defense for a Muslim American. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim Americans have experienced growing discrimination and...
An American college student and a group of Uyghur researchers have created an Uyghur version of the braille alphabet. The development comes at a time when the Chinese government is working to eradicate the Uyghur language in China’s western Xinjiang region. Harris Mowbray, an undergraduate international relations student at the American Univer...
First Nations land defenders in Canada filed a submission to the United Nations on Monday, detailing how their territory and human rights are being violated. The group said the defenders are intimidated and surveilled by armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They have also been called terrorists and dragged through colonial courts. Their submi...
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met with China’s President Xi Jinping SHI JINPING while attending the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games 2022 in Beijing. The duo discussed a range of issues, including Afghanistan. In a joint statement released Sunday by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the leaders agreed a peaceful, stable A...
