GENEVA – The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Wednesday adopted a resolution on religious hatred and bigotry. The motion was opposed by the U.S. and the European Union. They said the resolution contradicted their positions on human rights and freedom of expression. The resolution was triggered by an incident in Sweden in which...
ANKARA, Türkiye – Prominent Afghan citizens have launched a campaign to force the Taliban to allow the reintroduction of girls’ education in Afghanistan. One of the members of this campaign, Fazl Hadi Wazeen, told Muslim Network TV that this campaign has been launched both inside and outside Afghanistan. Wazeen, an academic and politicia...
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria has withdrawn the accreditation of two local journalists working for the BBC. The Ministry of Information accused the BBC of engaging in false and politicized reporting. The ministry said the accreditations were withdrawn after it noticed subjective and false information being spread about Syria. The BBC said its ...
TEHRAN, Iran – An Iranian court has sentenced rapper Toomaj Salehi to 6 years in prison for participating in protests and criticizing the government. Salehi had been arrested last October after taking part in protests that erupted in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini. The 22-year-old Amini woman had died in police custody. The [&he...
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Jews and Muslims gathered in Bosnia on Monday on the eve of the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. More than 8,000 Bosniak – mainly Muslim – men and boys were killed in Srebrenica in July 1995 after Bosnian Serb forces took control of the eastern town. The slaughter was classified as [&hel...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Kuwaiti Islamic author and orator Tareq Al-Suwaidan has called on the African people to support justice and freedom for the Palestinians. He said Africa is the origin of humanity and has an abundance of natural resources. “I would like to send this message to our brothers and sisters in Africa, and […]
PARIS (AA) – A court in France has rejected a request to lift the controversial burkini ban on the beaches of Mandelieu-la-Napoule. The burkini is a swimsuit that covers the entire body except for the face, hands, and feet. The request of the Human Rights League France was rejected by the Administrative Court of Nice. […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) — The number of displaced people in war-torn Yemen has dropped by half in the first six months of 2023. A statement from the International Organization for Migration said 20,892 people were displaced between Jan. 1 and July 1, 2023. That is down from 42,000 in the same period last year. The […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has criticized U.S. President Joe Biden for his criticism of Jewish settlement construction in the occupied West Bank. Biden said in an interview with CNN on Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government has some of the m...
WASHINGTON – From filing lawsuits to threatening disinformation researchers, Republicans are bracing up for the 2024 elections. Republicans have put pressure on researchers through a House subcommittee investigation as well. They have long alleged that major technology platforms unfairly target conservative votes. But research has produced li...
