At Border Mosque, a Muslim Prayer is Shared across the US-Mexico Divide
Religion NewsImam Omar Suleiman led a binational prayer Sunday (Oct. 27) at Friendship Park, a historic meeting place on the U.S.-Mexico border that overlooks the Pacific Ocean between San Diego and Tijuana. Participants believe it was the first time a formal Muslim prayer was shared across the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
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Worried about an Islamic State Comeback? Here’s why that’s Unlikely.
Washington PostYes, Trump pulled U.S. troops out of northern Syria, but many other factors will probably keep ISIS down.
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Americans Must Search their Conscience and ‘Google Uyghurs’
Washington PostSpirits were high Wednesday night at Washington’s Capital One Arena, where a group of young Uighur activists — most of them U.S. citizens — came together at the Wizards’ home opener against the Houston Rockets to raise awareness of their peoples’ plight. But their calls for justice remain unanswered.
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Electoral Gains by Far-Right Alternative for Germany Party Worry Jews and Muslims
Jewish Telegraphic AgencyWinning 23.4 percent of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary election, the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany, or AfD party — propelled by male voters and those under the age of 60 — is now the second strongest party in the former east German state of Thuringia.
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No Refugees will be Resettled in the US in October, Leaving Hundreds in Limbo around the World
CNNThe United States is on track to not admit any refugees in October, after already canceling around 500 flights this month, CNN has learned. A pause on admissions that was expected to lift on Tuesday will now extend into November, leaving those who expected to resettle in the US in limbo. It also means additional travel will need to be canceled and re-booked at the expense of federal taxpayers.
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A Teen Refugee's Brain May Be Disrupted More By Poverty Than Past Trauma
NPRThe researchers’ results are published in a new paper in Child Development. While the study documents high exposures to violence, symptoms of PTSD and anxiety about the future among the teens, it finds that the constant stress of being poor seems to most interrupt the way their minds work.
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Baghdadi Killed: How Key Players are Reacting to Islamic State Leader's Death
Middle East EyeThe demise of the militant leader in a US raid has been celebrated by Washington and its allies, but Iran and Russia remain cautious and sceptical.
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House of Horror: Virtual Reality Film Depicts Islamic State Devastation in Fallujah
Middle East Eye‘Home After War’ explores return of Iraqi man to his home in Fallujah after IS was forced out.
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Outrage Over Right-Wing Euro-MPs' Kashmir Visit
BBCA group of largely right-wing European parliamentarians (MEPs) have visited Indian-administered Kashmir, prompting outrage from local politicians who have not been allowed to go.
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No Country Needs a Burqa Ban
The WireConversations on banning the ‘burqa’, a term that remains ambiguous like the term ‘veil’ in France, are gaining popularity in India.
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Statistics Show that Trump’s “Travel Ban” was always a Muslim Ban
QuartzThe US Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs data shows that there was a significant decrease in the number of immigrant visas issued to Muslim countries affected by the travel ban. Meanwhile, the number of immigrant visas issued per month to the non-Muslim countries in the ban virtually remained unchanged.
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To Face the Rise of Extremism we Need Words as Much as Actions
Open DemocracyReligious and political responses to the Christchurch attack can tell us a great deal.
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Rights Groups Sue US Government to Reveal Muslim Surveillance
TRT WorldThe organisations, which included the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), Muslim Advocates (MA) and the American Civil Liberties Union of California (ACLU) filed the lawsuit in a court in northern California, citing the “virulent anti-refugee rhetoric” of the administration of US President Donald Trump, which claims asylum seekers are “national security threats”, the suit, filed on October 21, alleges.
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FBI's killing of Detroit Muslim Leader 10 Years ago Haunts Communities
Detroit Free PressThe U.S. Department of Justice, Michigan Attorney General, and Dearborn Police all concluded that the FBI acted appropriately on Oct. 28, 2009, when they killed Abdullah and arrested several of his followers in an undercover sting operation recorded on video by the FBI.
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Bosnian Serb ex-Soldier Jailed for 20 Years for Burning 57 Muslim Civilians
ReutersA Bosnian court jailed a former Bosnian Serb soldier for 20 years on Wednesday for setting ablaze 57 Muslim Bosniaks, of whom 26 including a two-day-old baby died, near the eastern town of Visegrad early in Bosnia’s 1992-95 war.
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Philippines Plans to Allow Banks to Set up Islamic Banking Units
BloombergBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is leaning toward allowing local lenders to set up Islamic banking subsidiaries, as it steps up efforts to promote Shariah-compliant finance in the country.
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Coining it in: 1,300‑Year‑Old Islamic Dinar is Auctioned for £3.7m
The Times UKThe coin, which is about the size of a modern £1, is thought to have been owned by several Caliphs and is also said to have been given to a former owner by Prophet Muhammad himself. It is one of the first to name a location in Saudi Arabia and is the earliest from the Gulf region as a whole.
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Police Arrest 84-year-old man over gun and Arson Attack at French Mosque
The GuardianSuspect in incident in Bayonne, south-west France, once stood as candidate for far-right Front National in local election.
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Teens hit with Hate Crime for Allegedly Assaulting Muslim School-Safety Agent
NY PostTwo boys were arrested on hate-crime charges after attacking an off-duty school safety agent and mocking him for being Muslim, police said Wednesday.
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Why Words Matter: Mainstreaming Anti-Muslim Discourse
Open DemocracyIt is no surprise that right wing extremists use similar language, it is however alarming that this language is found in the mainstream media.
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Lebanon Uprising Unites People Across Faiths, Defying Deep Sectarian Divides
The Register CitizenReligion has shaped Lebanon since it gained independence from France in 1943. In this multicultural country of Muslims, Christians and Druze – a medieval faith derived from Islam – religion defines membership and belonging. It is woven into Lebanon’s economic, political and social fabric.
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SAALT September Hate Report Documents hate Violence, Racism and Islamophobia
The American BazaarAmerica’s image as a melting pot of many cultures has taken a beating in recent years, with the growth of anti-immigrant sentiments and hate violence. Late last month, Trailblazing Texan Sandeep Dhaliwal, the first Sikh deputy in Harris County, was shot dead while on duty, leaving the community shaken. The deputy had been instrumental in getting the recognition his faith deserved by being the first officer to sport a beard and turban.
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Why Isn’t the International Community Doing More About China’s Internment of Muslims?
The McGill International ReviewWhile there is no clear answer, there are three facets of international response: individual states’ responses, the UN’s collective response, and the international community’s response beyond the UN, which can all be analyzed to better understand how nations grapple with this dilemma.
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An Advocate For Kazakhs Persecuted In China Is Banned From Activism In Kazakhstan
NPRThe punishment against Bilash has bolstered suspicions among Kazakh rights advocates that Kazakhstan’s government is working to silence a prominent critic of China in order to please its powerful neighbor and investment partner. That has sent chills through Kazakhstan’s Chinese-born community.
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We Must Stand up to China's Abuse of its Muslim Minorities
The GuardianBeijing’s horrifying repression of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang is just part of its campaign to force conformity on ethnic and religious minorities.
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American-led ‘Pro-family’ Summit in Ghana Condemned for ‘Shocking’ White Supremacist, Islamophobic Links
Open DemocracyThe World Congress of Families, hosting an Accra ‘family and development’ event, has European allies who have called African migrants “slaves” and “poison.”
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How Right-Wing Thinker Eric Zemmour is Fuelling France’s Identity Wars
The New StatesmanThe polemicist has attracted large TV audiences for his anti-Islam diatribes but critics accuse of him stoking racism.
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Of Muslims and Men: Monsterising the Racial Other
Al JazeeraEvery October 31 in the United States, an army of glucose ghouls begins to assemble around dusk. This harlequin parade of costumed children goes door-to-door seeking candy on what is arguably the coolest American holiday. Not all children, however, are welcome to participate. This Halloween, the US will lock some children in cages, ban some from entering the country altogether and identify others as dangerous thugs.
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