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HRW: Indian government policies, actions discriminatory against Muslims
Feb 19, 2021 19:09Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Indian government has adopted laws and policies that are discriminatory against the country's Muslim minority population.
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Myanmar's military says has 'detained' Aung San Suu Kyi
Feb 01, 2021 06:09Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint as well as other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained while the country's military says it is taking control of the country for one year.
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Bangladesh sends another group of Rohingya Muslims to a remote island
Jan 29, 2021 12:58Bangladesh has sent a third group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a controversial facility at a remote island that was surfaced only 20 years ago, in the Bay of Bengal.
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Hundreds of Rohingya go missing from Indonesian refugee camp
Jan 28, 2021 12:00Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees have gone missing from a makeshift camp in Indonesia’s Aceh Province, raising fears that they may have been smuggled to neighboring Malaysia.
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Biden to cancel 'Muslim ban' on first day in office
Jan 20, 2021 16:31US President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign a flurry of executive orders on his first day in the White House, reversing some of President Donald Trump’s immigration actions, including ‘Muslim ban.’
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Huge fire guts Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, destroys belongings
Jan 15, 2021 06:05Thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been left without shelter after a huge fire swept through an overcrowded camp in southeast Bangladesh.
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Muslim scholars urge economic boycott of Israel
Jan 04, 2021 09:03The International Union of Muslim Scholars has called for a mass boycott of Israel over its occupation of Arab territories, and attacks on Muslims in Palestine and Syria’s Golan Heights.
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Indian forces kill three Kashmiri men in Srinagar
Dec 31, 2020 09:18Indian security forces have killed three Kashmiri men during an exchange of gunfire in Srinagar, the main city of the Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Indonesia bans politically influential Islamic Defenders Front
Dec 30, 2020 09:14Indonesia has officially outlawed the politically influential Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), headed by popular Cleric Habib Rizieq Shihab, amid fears of rising tensions between the government and the group’s supporters.
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Kashmir local political parties win over Hindu nationalist BJP
Dec 23, 2020 08:32An alliance of local parties has emerged victorious in Indian-controlled Kashmir elections. The elections come after India stripped Kashmir's semi-autonomous status last year.