Fri 04 March 2022: A suicide bomber blew himself up during weekly Friday prayers at a Shia mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 56 people and injuring 194 others, authorities said. The suicide bomber was stopped by police at a mosque in Peshawar’s bustling Qissa Khwani bazaar, but he forced his way into the […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: Two years after deadly riots shook the Indian capital, Muslim victims of the upheaval and their families say they still await justice. The worst communal riots in decades erupted when then-US President Donald Trump arrived in New Delhi on Feb. 23. The riots lasted until Feb. 27, resulting in the deaths […]
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Mon 28 January 2022: The League of Palestine Scholars yesterday condemned India’s ban on Muslim women wearing the hijab in colleges, Anadolu reported. In a statement, the league said: “We condemn the Indian ban on wearing the scarf and call for respecting the Islamic faith.” “We stress that the hijab is part of the inalienable principles for […]
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Sun 27 January 2022: Fawad Shah, the editor of the Kashmir Walla news website, was arrested for the first time on February 4th in Kashmir. At least 50 news organizations and human rights organizations have condemned his detention. Fahad Shah, a Kashmiri journalist, was re-arrested on Saturday in a different case just hours after receiving […]
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Sat 26 January 2022: For the first time since the Taliban took power six months ago, universities across Afghanistan reopened on Saturday, but with new rules for women. Taliban stood watch at Kabul University’s three entrances while female students waited to enter. All donned the headscarf, which was one of the Taliban’s demands, along with […]
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Sat 26 January 2022: The President’s Office, Mabrook Azeez, has said that the King Salman Mosque constructed in the Maldives’ capital, Male’ City, will be opened for holy Ramadan this year. A large percentage of the mosque’s development was completed during former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom’s administration. The current administration has given several tentative […]
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Thu 24 February 2022: PM Imran Khan arrived in Moscow yesterday on a two-day trip when tensions between Kyiv and Moscow were rising but Putin had not ordered a military attack on Ukraine. Khan was given a guard of honour on his arrival in Moscow. On his arrival to Moscow, Khan said: The opposition and […]
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Thu 24 February 2022: The Taliban is creating a “grand army” for Afghanistan that will include officers and troops who served the old regime, says the official tasked with overseeing the military’s transformation. Latifullah Hakimi, head of the Taliban’s Ranks Clearance Commission, also told a news conference on Monday that they had repaired half the […]
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Wed 23 February 2022: The temporary ban on religious attires such as the hijab and saffron scarves in schools and colleges of Karnataka applies only to students and not teachers, the High Court clarified on Wednesday. The Karnataka High Court had temporarily banned religious clothes earlier this month as the controversy over Muslim students wearing […]
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Wed 23 February 2022: Finance chief admits businesses facing ‘intense pressure’ amid restrictions that have shut down much of the economy. Hong Kong, China – Hong Kong announced a HK$170 billion ($21.79bn) budget to boost its flailing economy on Wednesday, as the territory battles a fifth wave of coronavirus infections with its harshest pandemic restrictions yet. […]
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