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Bahrain: Sheikh Isa Qassim calls for immediate release of political prisoners
Jul 16, 2021 06:58Bahrain’s leading religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has called on the tiny Persian Gulf island state’s authorities to immediately release political prisoners because such an issue “cannot be postponed” until the Bahraini parliament is ready.
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Europe court rules employers can ban hijab in workplace
Jul 16, 2021 03:58Employers can in principle ban staff from wearing hijabs in the workplace, a European Union (EU) court ruled Thursday in two cases brought by Muslim women working in Germany.
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Canada Day muted as country reckons with treatment of indigenous, other minorities
Jul 02, 2021 03:21Multiple cities scrapped Canada Day celebrations on Thursday after the discovery of hundreds of remains of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools sparked a reckoning with the country's colonial past.
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Biden admin. 'literally aids, abets and justifies’ Israeli bombings in Gaza: CAIR
May 16, 2021 08:54The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has denounced the Biden administration’s support of Israeli regime bombing of “innocent men, women and children in Gaza,” saying it will boycott the White House’s annual Eid celebration.
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Rouhani slams muted response from Muslim states to Israeli crimes
May 12, 2021 09:02President Hassan Rouhani deplored major Muslim neighbors of Palestine for remaining silent on the Zionist regime’s atrocities, saying the Islamic Republic stands alone in supporting the Palestinian people.
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Haniyeh urges Muslim world’s firm support for al-Quds, actions against Israeli occupiers
May 09, 2021 10:41A high-ranking member of the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, has called on the Muslim world to take up a firm stance in support of the residents of al-Quds, and adopt proper measures to stop the acts of aggression being perpetrated by the illegal Zionist entity in the holy city.
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Houthi: Confronting Israeli threat Muslim Ummah's religious duty
May 07, 2021 01:04The leader of Yemen’s popular Ansarullah movement calls confronting the threat posed by the Israeli regime is the entire Muslim Ummah's religious duty.
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US strikes program exacted an appalling toll on Muslim, Brown, and Black civilians: ACLU
May 02, 2021 02:54The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has blasted the US government for its “unlawful lethal strikes program” that has taken a heavy toll on Muslim, Brown and Black civilians in different parts of the world.
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Iran calls for Muslim unity against West’s Islamophobia campaign
Mar 19, 2021 01:53Iran’s foreign minister has called for unity among Muslims in the face of a growing Islamophobia campaign in the West, saying the trend in prejudice against Islam poses "a daunting challenge" for the Islamic Ummah.
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Indian government policies systematically discriminatory against Muslims: HRW
Feb 23, 2021 13:52"Everyone together," "development for all," and "everyone’s trust," these were the slogans of Indian Prime Minister Modi in almost all election campaigns since 2014, when his party fought a historic and a fierce campaign with a landslide victory.