Thu 25 June 2020: West needs greater understanding of pluralism, says Muslim scholar, illustrating Islamophobia across world JAKARTA (AA) – Indonesian Muslim intellectuals have voiced their concerns following a recent report on mounting Islamophobia in western countries. A report published Sunday by the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA), a think tank based int eh Turkish […]
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Thu 25 June 2020: Forced to bury multiple bodies in single grave due to lack of space, Rohingya refugees ‘urgently’ request land for cemetery DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A Rohingya rights group has asked the Bangladeshi refugee commissioner’s office to allocate a plot of land for members of the minority group to bury the bodies of […]
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Wed 24 June 2020: LOMBOK, INDONESIA – JUNE 24: Workers at the GORA Bumi Hepatika Laboratory in Mataram city, Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara strived to produce COVID-19 affordable rapid test equipment. The research, named RI-GHA Covid-19, was led by Professor Mulyanto, the head of the lab. The name stands for the Republic of […]
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FILE PHOTO Wed 24 June 2020: Chinese Defense Ministry blames New Delhi for border clash last week that killed 20 Indian troops ANKARA (AA) – China on Wednesday said its military was “accelerating its training” for war-preparedness amid tensions at the border with India, local media reported. “All troops of China’s military are now accelerating […]
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Wed 24 June 2020: Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari urges Muslim world to adopt united stance on critical issues KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Tuesday urged the Muslim world to adopt a united stance on the long-standing issues of Palestine and Kashmir. Addressing an international webinar in the capital Islamabad, Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari […]
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Wed 24 June 2020: The community members of an area in Lahore are so smitten by the Turkish television series, based on the character of Ertugrul, that they have paid a tribute to him by erecting a statue in their neighbourhood. The TV series, Ertugrul Ghazi, originally Dirilis: Ertugrul in Turkish is being aired on the Pakistan Television […]
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Wed 24 June 2020: North Korea also removes propaganda loudspeakers along border with South which were recently reinstalled ANKARA (AA) – North Korea said it decided to suspend “military action” against South Korea during a virtual meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). The state-run Korea Central News Agency […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: India said on Tuesday it intended to expel half the staff in Pakistan’s embassy in New Delhi over what it said was spying by officials there. According to the Hindustan Times newspaper, each of the two countries has an agreed strength of 110 staff at their respective high commissions, although the […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: A court in India has granted bail to Safoora Zargar, a 27-year-old student activist who was jailed in April in a case related to the religious violence in capital New Delhi earlier this year. A New Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to Zargar on the condition that she does not […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: New Delhi: In February this year, a 23-year-old Muslim man, Faizan, was brutally assaulted along with four others by policemen in uniform. The assaulting officers were captured on camera, and were seen assaulting and forcing Faizan to sing the national anthem. Faizan succumbed to his injuries a few days later. But despite […]
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