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UN court hearings resume in Rohingya genocide case
Feb 22, 2022 02:33The United Nations’ highest court is set to hear Myanmar’s preliminary objections to a genocide case brought against it over a brutal 2017 crackdown by the military on the Rohingya Muslim minority.
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Senior schools reopen in India’s Karnataka amid hijab row
Feb 16, 2022 11:38Senior schools in India’s state of Karnataka have reopened a week after authorities shut them down in the face of growing protests against the imposition of a ban on the wearing of hijab, a headdress commonly worn by female Muslim students.
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Trojan Horse hoax: Muslim victims demand justice
Feb 16, 2022 09:02Victims of a government-backed anti-Islamist crackdown on Muslim-majority schools in Birmingham have renewed their demands for justice after a new investigation revealed that the British government may have acted against them based on “bogus” extremism threat claims.
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India's hijab row spreads to its most populous state
Feb 15, 2022 14:37A row in India over the wearing of Islamic headscarves at schools and colleges has now reached the country’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Indian Muslim girls invoke Constitution as hijab row intensifies
Feb 15, 2022 07:55Sadiqa, a 12th grade student in New Delhi is outraged. She says it could perhaps be the first time in Indian history that a particular community is being targeted for what they wear.
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Protests over hijab ban in schools spread across India
Feb 13, 2022 09:31Demonstrators have rallied in Jaipur city over the hijab ban in the southern state of Karnataka, as the backlash over restrictions on the Muslim head covering in schools intensifies across India.
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Saudi regime forces arrest official Rohingya representative to OIC
Feb 02, 2022 10:00Saudi regime forces have reportedly arrested the official representative of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the holy city of Mecca.
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San Francisco reports 567% rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Jan 27, 2022 05:03Hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in San Francisco had an “alarming rise” last year, data shows.
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UK lawmaker: I was sacked as a minister ‘because I was a Muslim’
Jan 23, 2022 05:07A British lawmaker has said she was fired from a ministerial job because her Muslim faith was making her Conservative colleagues “uncomfortable,” according to a report.
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Fire tears through Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, leaves thousands homeless
Jan 09, 2022 16:36Thousands of people have been left homeless after a fire swept through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh.