Nusrat Ghani, the UK’s leading Conservative Party MP and former minister said Saturday she was sacked from her ministerial position because of her faith. Ghani’s accusation came in a special interview with The Sunday Times. She is Britain’s first female Muslim minister The 49-year-old MP was sacked as transport minister in February of 2020 in ...
France is a step closer to barring Muslim women from playing sports. In a major setback for human rights, the French Senate voted to ban conspicuous religious symbols in sports, a move primarily aimed at Muslim women. Some Muslim women play sports with a headscarf on. Right-wing politicians who voted for the ban said the […]
Adeel Rana became the first Pakistani-American deputy inspector of the New York Police Department Wednesday. Rana was promoted from the post of precinct commanding officer. Last July, Rana made history becoming the first Muslim police officer to be appointed as a local precinct commander in the NYPD. That appointment was confirmed by NYPD Chi...
During the 2016 presidential election campaign, some U.S. politicians made Muslims the “bogeyman,” says a former Hillary Clinton staffer. Huma Abedin, Clinton’s chief of staff, said she endured calls for her investigation by a Republican Congressman in 2012, because she and her family were practicing Muslims. The prejudice intensified througho...
The Parliament of the World’s Religions, the world’s largest international interfaith group headquartered in Chicago, has denounced another namesake group’s hate speech. A meeting of the Dharma Sansad — called the “assembly of religions” in English — held in Haridwar, India last month, reportedly included calls for lethal violence agains...
U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden packed food boxes while volunteering Sunday ahead of the national Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. They joined hunger relief organization Philabundance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The National Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is a nationwide effort to transform the federal holida...
Malik Faisal Akram, the man who caused a dramatic 10-hour standoff Saturday at a Texas synagogue last weekend, had mental health issues, according to his brother. The 44-year-old British national held four people captive at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. Akram wanted Pakistani neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui to be brought to...
A demolition drive in a tribal Muslim area by the Jammu Development Authority or JDA has sparked protests in Jammu and Kashmir. The drive left more than a dozen tribals homeless. Local tribal Muslims accused the JDA of selectively targeting them. Muskan Choudhary told TwoCricles.net that a JDA team along with police demolished their houses [...
In international news, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Dr. Fernand de Varennes took to Twitter over the social medial harassment of Indian Muslim women. Varennes asked that the culprits be prosecuted. His remarks came amid recent shock and furor over the “Bulli Bai” App. It targets prominent Muslim women by putting up their images ...
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he is not certain his voting rights agenda will pass the Senate after he failed to secure sufficient backing from his own Democratic party. Immediately after a last-ditch meeting to persuade party members, Biden said he hoped “we can get this done but I’m not sure.” “It’s about election [&...
