UPDATE 1-Chinese Tech Patents Tools that Can Detect, Track Uighurs

Chinese technology giants have registered patents for tools that can detect, track and monitor Uighurs in a move human rights groups fear could entrench oppression of the Muslim minority.
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Uighur Campaigners to Target 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Sponsors

Campaigners fighting against the persecution of Uighur Muslims in China are to target private companies sponsoring the Beijing Winter Olympics in an attempt to persuade them to use their influence with the Chinese government ahead of the 2022 event.
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A Chinese official on Monday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures on Muslim minority women following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington claiming that government polices had freed women of the Uighur ethnic group from being “baby-making machines.”
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Ethiopia Conflict: Outrage over Damage to Tigray Mosque

The conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region – pitting the Ethiopian and Eritrean armies against rebel Tigray forces since 4 November – has caused concern over its humanitarian toll, with tens of thousands of Ethiopians fleeing to neighbouring Sudan and allegations surfacing of violent crimes against civilians.
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How the UN's Refugee Agency is Aiming to Tap into Islamic Social Finance

With coronavirus worsening an already dire situation for the 80 million displaced people across the world, and with winter already in play, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is counting on donors’ support to aid the most vulnerable.
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Global Sukuk Supply Expected to Accelerate in 2021: Fitch Ratings

Large influxes of asylum seekers and other migrants to Europe from Muslim-majority countries have inevitably led to a significant rise in the number of Muslims in Germany, who in 2016 made up nearly 6 percent of Germany’s population.
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Muslim Scholars Call for Al-Aqsa Mosque to Be Protected from Israeli Judaisation

The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) expressed on Thursday its condemnation and rejection of the “aggressive” Israeli Judaisation of the occupied city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, Anadolu has reported. The scholars called for the city and mosque to be protected in the face of such a “heinous crime”.
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Muslims and Hindus Rejecting Vaccine Due to Fake News that Jab Contains Meat or Alcohol, Doctors Warn

Doctors have reported some South Asian patients have refused the vaccine when offered due to it conflicting with their religious beliefs
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Sri Lanka: Covid-19 Forced Cremation of Muslims Discriminatory

Sri Lanka’s requirement to cremate anyone who dies from Covid-19 goes against public health guidance and discriminates against the Muslim community, Human Rights Watch said today. The government’s spurious argument that burial in accordance with Islamic tradition poses a public health risk stigmatizes, oppresses, and causes immense distress to a vulnerable minority.
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Gulf banks could reach out to offer more services into Britain in the coming years, according to one of the UK’s top Islamic financiers.
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UK Must Not Do Trade Deals with Rights Abusers, Foreign Minister Says

Britain should not engage in free trade with countries that abuse human rights, but proposals that the country’s courts should decide whether genocide has been committed by trade partners is flawed, foreign minister Dominic Raab said.
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UK ‘to Ban’ China Imports Linked to Uighur Camps: Reports

Foreign secretary expected to reveal plans cracking down on China, which could include tougher laws on exporting goods or technology that could be used for repression.
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British Muslim takes action over food crisis

A leading figure in the UK’s Muslim community has been appointed to chair one of the country’s largest independent food banks, vowing to confront the poverty that has spiked in his community since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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U.S. Commission Says China Possibly Committed 'Genocide' Against Xinjiang Muslims

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said new evidence had emerged in the past year that “crimes against humanity – and possibly genocide – are occurring” in Xinjiang. It also accused China of harassing Uighurs in the United States.
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Another Muslim Prayer App Found to be Tracking Users' Locations: Report

Another popular Muslim prayer app has been accused of selling users’ location data to tech firms that have ties with the US military, Vice’s Motherboard reported.
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The US is Intensifying its Crackdown on Forced Labor in China’s Xinjiang Region

The US government today issued a sweeping ban on imports containing any cotton or tomato products originating in China’s Xinjiang region, where at least 1 million members of the country’s Uyghur ethnic minority are estimated to be held in camps and widely pressed into forced labor.
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