Wed 28 September 2022: There is no justification in Islam for the ban on girls attending schools past the sixth year, according to a senior member of Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government. During a Taliban gathering in Kabul on Tuesday, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, made the appeal. Since regaining control, […]
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Wed 28 September 2022: In offshore trading, the Chinese yuan hit a record low against the US dollar, joining a long list of other currencies that have seen significant drops against the dollar. According to the Bloomberg news agency, the offshore yuan, which is traded outside of mainland China, dropped to $7.2386 against the dollar […]
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PFI, SDPI workers protest in Hubballi. Credit: PTI Photo Wed 28 September 2022: After authorities detained more than 100 PFI members this month, India declared the Muslim organization Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates illegal, accusing them of supporting “terrorism,” and banned them for five years. “The Popular Front of India and its […]
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Tue 27 September 2022: China on Tuesday launched three environment-monitoring satellites into space. Identified as Shiyan, meaning “experiment”, the satellites were blasted into their orbit at around 7.50 a.m. (2350GMT Monday) from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi. Home-built Long March-6 rocket carried the three satellites named Shiyan-16A, Shiyan-16B and Shiyan-17 into the preset orbit. “The Shiyan satellite trio […]
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Tue 27 September 2022: An ancient gold funeral mask that dates to around 3,000 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists. It was found in a tomb in Zhengzhou, a former aristocratic city in central China. The object is believed to be the oldest gold object ever found in central China, as treasures today are […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: Countries including the United States and the United Kingdom have requested a debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council to address concerns about China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the far western region of Xinjiang, according to a document and diplomats on Monday, Reuters reported. Following the release […]
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Sun 25 September 2022: The internet is abuzz with speculation about China President Xi Jinping being under house arrest. According to several posts on social media, Xi Jinping has been removed as the head of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and has been placed under house arrest. Neither the country’s ruling Chinese Communist Party nor […]
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Sat 24 September 2022: The National Investigation Agency (Indian Intelligence) and the Enforcement Directorate (specialising in financial crimes) on Thursday arrested at least 100 Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders and prominent Islamic figures. The arrests were part of a campaign of raids by Indian intelligence and other state agencies on the offices and homes of Muslim […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: Social media played a huge part in adding fuel to the communal fire in Leicester city (UK) that witnessed riots between Hindus and Muslim last week. A BBC journalist from the UK, investigating the incident, in a random sample, found that 50% of tweets with hashtags in fact originated from Twitter […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: A group of hundreds of civil society groups has written an open letter to United Nations chief Antonio Guterres telling him to stop UN agencies, funds and others connected with the organisation from engaging with the generals who seized control of the country from its elected government in a coup last […]
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