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Nigerian army uses Trump remarks to justify killing protesters
Nov 02, 2018 16:06In response to criticism of the killing of nearly 50 protesters near the capital city of Abuja, the Nigerian army has posted a video of US President Donald Trump authorizing troops to shoot migrants who throw stones over the US border.
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UK police wrestle Muslim couple to ground after row over water
Sep 28, 2018 16:40In what appears to be a grossly racist act, a Muslim couple have been dragged to the floor and arrested by police officers at a shopping mall in the northwestern British city of Greater Manchester following a row over how much water they are allowed to purchase.
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Irked by genocide report, Myanmar army chief says UN has no right to ‘interfere’
Sep 24, 2018 10:45Striking a defiant tone, Myanmar’s army chief says the United Nations has no right to meddle in his country’s “internal" issues, a week after the world body’s investigators called for him and fellow top generals to stand trial for “genocide” against minority Rohingya Muslims.
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HRW skeptical of Myanmar inquiry into Rohingya abuses
Aug 18, 2018 09:01Human Rights Watch has warned that a panel set up by Myanmar to probe atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state does not seem to be performing its task in a “serious and impartial” manner.
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India strips four million Muslims of citizenship in Assam State
Jul 30, 2018 06:47The Indian government has effectively taken away the citizenship of some four million Muslims in Assam, raising serious concerns over mass deportations of Muslim minorities from the northeastern state.
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India heightening discrimination against Muslims
Jul 29, 2018 08:12The Indian government reportedly plans to drop from a citizenship registration list hundreds of thousands of Bengali-speaking Muslims in the country’s northeastern border state of Assam.
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Muslim man beaten to death by extremist Hindus in India
Jul 21, 2018 11:42A Muslim man has been beaten to death by extremist Hindu mobs in western India over allegations of smuggling cows.
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Two men stabbed to death in mosque in South Africa
Jun 14, 2018 08:33A man has attacked worshipers at a mosque in South Africa with a knife, killing at least two people.
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Bangladesh lawyers working to refer Myanmar to ICC on behalf of Rohingya
May 30, 2018 07:06A group of lawyers working on behalf of hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh is pushing for Myanmar’s military to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for widespread violence against the Muslims.
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Muslims should be barred from working in Ramadan: German AfD lawmaker
May 26, 2018 06:33A German legislator from the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has called for Muslim workers to take time off work during the fasting month of Ramadan.