Australia
‘Muslim Families in Gippsland Struggle to Access Halal Products During Coronavirus Lockdown
ABC NewsSourcing culturally appropriate foods in regional areas is difficult at the best of times, and for Muslim residents throughout Gippsland in Victoria’s east, strict lockdown travel rules have complicated shopping for groceries even more.
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh: World Must Step Up to Solve Rohingya Issue
Anadolu AgencySpeaking at the UN General Assembly Saturday, Bangladesh’s prime minister reiterated her call for the global community to actively step up to solve the Rohingya issue and the crisis it has caused in Bangladesh.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Freedom in the Muslim World: The Most Peaceful Majority in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo TimesThe Cato Institute, a Washington-based Non-Governmental Organization, has compiled a list of freedoms of the world’s Muslim-majority countries, ranking Bosnia and Herzegovina first.
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Canada
Canadian Muslims Urge Gov't to Act against Hate Groups
Anadolu AgencyFollowing the murder of a caretaker at a Toronto mosque earlier this week, the head of a Muslim organization called Thursday for the government to do more to “eradicate this scourge” of white supremacism in Canada.
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China
Night Images Reveal Many New Detention Sites in China’s Xinjiang Region
New York TimesChina said it was winding down its “re-education” camps for Uighurs and other minorities, but researchers found evidence that incarceration is on the rise.
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How China’s Project to De-Islamicise its Uyghur Muslims Began and Continues
The PrintThe Chinese government has destroyed tens of thousands of mosques and graveyards in the Xinjiang province, according to a new report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).
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France
Why Muslims in France Fear a Bill on Islamic 'Separatism'
TRT WorldFrench politics has been whipped into a frenzy on both sides of the aisles, raising public concern that crime and radicalism will spiral out of control.
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As a politician and journalist, in separate incidents, lash out at Muslim women, France’s favourite debate is renewed.
France’s Decades-Long Feud over the Hijab Takes Centre Stage
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International
China Rebuked by West at U.N. Rights Forum on Hong Kong, Xinjiang
ReutersWestern powers called on China on Friday to restore basic legal rights in Hong Kong and open up to scrutiny its remote Xinjiang region where more than one million ethnic Uighurs are held.
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UNGA 2020: 'I Began My Activist Journey by Telling the Story of Muslim Women I Knew'
The NationalThese were some of the typical questions Jana Amin faced when she moved as a young Muslim girl from Egypt to the US.
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Normalization Deals ‘Tool’ to Undermine Islam: Scholar
Anadolu AgencyAli Qaradaghi links normalization deals to campaign aimed to monopolize Islamic countries.
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Top Islamic Group Discusses Rights Situation in Kashmir
Anadolu AgencyOIC Contact Group asks UNSC to ‘call on India to halt human rights violation in Jammu-Kashmir’.
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India
Myanmar Muslims Cleared of Spreading Covid-19 in India
UCA NewsChristian leader says court judgment will give hope to all those who believe in a secular India.
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Delhi Police Presence in Muslim Areas As Well As Targeting of Activists and Politicians Surge
The Muslim NewsAlmost seven months on from the savage anti-Muslim riots that gripped northeast Delhi police house raids and arrests of activists and politicians remains unabated.
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Serbia
Serbia’s Muslims Fear New Ethnic Violence after Montenegro Post-Election Attacks
EuronewsThere is a proverb in the Balkans that says that whatever village a traveller should visit, they will find its residents intimately know the language, customs and history of its neighbours.
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Germany
Muslims Win Call to Prayer Court Battle in German Town
Al-JazeeraA German court on Wednesday rejected an application to silence the muezzin’s call from a mosque in a small town after a legal dispute lasting five years.
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Kenya
Migori Muslims Protest Over Marginalization
Kenya News AgencyMore than a hundred Migori town Muslims on Thursday protested peacefully against what they termed as ‘frustrations they undergo’ while seeking National Identity Cards at the registrar of persons’ offices.
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Malaysia
Why Muslim Entrepreneurs Should Obtain Halal Certification
The Straits TimesAccording to the statistics in Malaysia, 60 per cent of halal certificate applicants are non-Muslim entrepreneurs.
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Netherlands
'‘Burka Ban’ Has Led to Upsurge in Attacks on Muslim Women – Report
DutcNews.nlThe so-called ‘burka ban’ has led to a wave of physical and verbal abuse against Muslims, according to an organisation petitioning for its abolition.
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Singapor
'If Sikhs Can Wear Turban, Why Can't Muslims Wear Hijab'; Singapore Debates Ban on Islamic Veil at Workplace
The TribuneAlthough minority Muslim women can freely wear the hijab in most settings in Singapore, some professions bar the headscarf – and a recent case has triggered fresh debate on diversity and discrimination in the workplace.
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Turkey
Turkish Charity Sends Aid to 5,000 Rohingya Families
Anadolu AgencyThese are gifts for refugees by Turkish people before start of winter, says official.
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UK
The New Bristol Project Getting Muslim Women into Cycling
ITVA new project has launched in Bristol encouraging women of Muslim faith to start cycling.
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Muslim Hotel Worker Wins Compensation over Alcohol-Chocolate Swap
Arab News A man has successfully sued his employer for religious harassment after he was given a box of chocolates as a raffle prize instead of an expensive bottle of Cognac.
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USA
Normally a Refuge on Campus, College Muslim Groups Fight Students’ Isolation in a Pandemic
Religion News ServiceIn normal times, a college campus can be an overwhelming place for Muslim students. On top of the usual pressures of assignments, they face the social pressure of being different: stereotyping, misunderstandings and micro-aggressions can come from faculty, peers and even non-Muslim friends.
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Muslim Ban Dissent Is A Part Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy
Huff PostGinsburg and Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent in the travel ban decision has been crucial in the fight to end it, Muslim rights advocates say.
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Muslim Teenager Disqualified From Volleyball Match for Wearing a Hijab'
Today“I was angry. It didn’t make any sense,” Najah, 14, told TODAY. “I didn’t understand why I needed permission to wear something for religious reasons.”
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Trump 'Emboldened' India's Anti-Muslim Agenda, Human Rights Chief Says
NewsweekThe West’s refusal to call out human rights abuses by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has only emboldened him in his anti-Muslim agenda, according to the head of a global human rights organization.
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Muslims, Atheists More Likely to Face Religious Discrimination in US
University of WashingtonMuslims and atheists in the United States are more likely than those of Christian faiths to experience religious discrimination, according to new research led by the University of Washington.
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Netflix Distances from Author's Comments about Muslim Uyghurs but Defends Project
The HillFive Republican senators had sent a letter to Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos on Wednesday asking the company to “seriously reconsider” its plans to develop a series based on “The Three-Body Problem” by author Liu Cixin, citing Liu’s previous remarks supporting the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang province.
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