A Jewish-owned bakery in southwest Houston is offering support to the city’s Muslim community during the month of Ramadan. Sara Brook, founder of Dessert Gallery Bakery & Café, is offering hand-decorated Ramadan butter cookies to Muslims breaking their fast. The inspiration came from her involvement with a group called The Sisterhood of S...
The US churches are supporting the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy City of Jerusalem, which is condemning the seizure of the Little Petra Hotel by Israeli extremists. The hotel is located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Churches for Middle East Peace says it is standing in solidarity with the […]
Bangladeshi police are holding more than 300 Rohingyas in transit camps, after they were caught working outside refugee camps or leaving their shelters for other purposes. Human Rights Watch has renewed its call for the Bangladeshi government to ease movement restrictions on the Rohingya. The agency says barring refugees from leaving camps for...
On Wednesday, U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar pressed one of President Biden’s most senior diplomats about America’s silence on India’s mistreatment of Muslims. Omar asked Wendy Sherman, deputy secretary of state, how U.S. support for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is “promoting a free and open region,” Omar lambas...
Greece rejected a U.S. proposal to supply Ukraine with more Russian-made weapon systems, media reports said Wednesday. Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos gave an indirect but negative response to the proposal brought by visiting U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland. Panagiotopoulos said Greece cannot compromise its defense capabil...
Common Dreams reports that scholar Noam Chomsky has said the planet is being pushed toward “the most dangerous point in human history,” In an interview published by The New Statesman on Wednesday, Chomsky spoke about Russia’s war in Ukraine and the planetary emergency. He condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “criminal aggression” in U...
Ukraine says over 18,000 Russian soldiers have been killed so far in the war now entering its 40th day. On March 21, Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda reported more than 9,000 Russian troops were killed and over 16,000 wounded. But that news was quickly removed. Ukrainian losses are being reported as around 2,000 killed. But the […...
A new report released Tuesday by three watchdog groups highlights how Big Oil has cashed in on crises in the past year, while enriching shareholders. The industry has used the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s war on Ukraine, and the global climate emergency to benefit investors. The report from BailoutWatch, Friends of the Earth, and Public Citizen...
On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden warned that Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine, repeating earlier allegations from the White House. The caution comes ahead of a series of summits in Europe on Russia’s war in Ukraine. The last time chemical weapons were used during a conflict was in Syria, when rebels sought to […]
Indian Muslims are facing a more difficult time now than ever before over religious traditions, said a leader of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board. He compared the current persecution of Indian Muslims to that of 1857 when the British violently suppressed the freedom movement. Board General Secretary Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani urg...
