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Modi’s visit focuses attention on caste discrimination in US

Hindu nationalist PM is a divisive figure at home and prejudice based on India’s hereditary classes has extended to Indian American communities

The Guardian - US

Cormac McCarthy obituary: a novelist of the ‘apocalyptic sublime’

The American writer Cormac McCarthy, who died on 13 June aged 89, was a novelist “utterly wedded to the apocalyptic sublime”, said Rob Doyle in The Guardian. Over a career that produced 12 novels and two plays – and spawned some excellent film adaptations, notably the Coen brothers’ “No Country…

The Week

Cooking gas explosion kills 31 people at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China

The blast tore through the restaurant Wednesday night on a busy street in Yinchuan, the capital of the traditionally Muslim Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

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Man jailed for 55 years in US after ‘road rage’ killing of Muslim

Dustin Passarelli shot dead Afghan-American Mustafa Ayoubi by the side of the road after hurling racist abuse at him.

Al Jazeera

Army veteran sentenced to 55 years for road rage shooting death of Muslim man

A suburban Indianapolis Army veteran has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the road rage shooting death of a Muslim man after witnesses said he hurled ethnic and religious insults at the victim

The Independent UK

‘Reeks of profiling’: US ‘no-fly’ list appears to target Muslims

The advocacy group CAIR estimates that more than 98 percent of entries on leaked travel watch lists ‘regard Muslims’.

Al Jazeera

Islam's call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities -- affirming a long and growing presence of Muslims in America

Minneapolis recently became the first major U.S. city to allow the “adhan,” or Muslim call to prayer, to be broadcast from mosques five times a day.

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What is Hajj? A step-by-step guide to the Muslim pilgrimage

Here’s how Muslims perform the rituals of Hajj every year, following an ancient example.

Al Jazeera

Don’t turn a blind eye to Indian Prime Minister Modi’s dark history

Modi’s hateful ideology has even spread to Chicagoland. In August 2022, Hindu right-wing groups organized a Hoffman Estates event featuring the leader of a Hindu militant group known for his anti-Muslim speeches.

Chicago Sun-Times

US welcome of India’s Modi is darkened by rights record

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will this week receive Washington’s top honors for a foreign dignitary: a state dinner at the White House and an address — his second — to a joint meeting of Congress.

Tribune News Service

US welcome of India’s Modi is darkened by rights record - Roll Call

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be feted in Washington next week, but his visit will be darkened by India's human rights record.

Roll Call

India’s Modi on way to US for first state visit since becoming PM

Visit comes as rights groups and opposition accuse Modi of stifling dissent and pursuing anti-Muslim policies back home.

Al Jazeera

Muslim bodies say the Law Commission’s move inviting suggestions for Uniform Civil Code is ‘against the spirit of the Constitution’

Leading Muslim bodies have come out in opposition to the proposed Uniform Civil Code. Calling the Law Commission’s move to seek suggestions from all stakeholders for a common code “against the spirit of the Constitution” and “contrary to religious freedom enjoyed by all citizens”, the All India Muslim Personal Law…

The Hindu

Tory mayor resigns after apologising for attending LGBTQ+ event

Mohammed Nazam said the Pride event contradicted his ‘personal religious beliefs’ in Facebook group

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Commentary: Why Biden should rethink aligning with India’s prime minister

Twenty one years ago, massive anti-Muslim violence broke out in India’s Gujarat state.

Al Jazeera

When are Hajj and Eid al-Adha 2023?

Al Jazeera takes a look at the world’s largest religious gathering Mecca sees every year.

Newslaundry

The truth behind ‘gaming jihad’: How media skipped facts to manufacture a story

“Today, we will show one of the most modern and dangerous games – played with schoolboys in India. Four cases have come to light, where boys playing online games were brainwashed using video games and instigated to adopt Islam.”

Salon

Muslims and the anti-LGBTQ right

Conservatives exult in a new culture-war coalition — but how long can right-wing Christians and Muslims coexist?

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Uttarkashi: How a ‘journalist’ and Hindutva groups manufactured the ‘love jihad’ angle

The ongoing communal tensions in Purola town in Uttarkashi stems from allegations that two men allegedly tried to kidnap a 14-year-old Hindu girl last month. Jitendra Saini and Ubed Khan were arrested on May 26 and booked under the POCSO Act.

The Hindu

Muslim groups gearing up to respond to Law Commission’s Uniform Civil Code notice

Different Muslim groups are trying to build a consensus before sending a response to the notice of the 22 Law Commission

The Guardian - US

‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags

Many liberals celebrated when Hamtramck, Michigan, elected a Muslim-majority council in 2015 but a vote to exclude LGBTQ+ flags from city property has soured relations

The Guardian - UK

When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar review – a poetic tale of familial grief

The emotional journey of three orphaned Muslim American siblings is evoked with heart-rending precision

Newslaundry

‘I was worried about my children’: 41 Muslim families leave Uttarkashi’s Purola after ‘love jihad’ claims

About 35 Muslim families have permanently moved out of Purola town in Uttarkashi while six families have left temporarily after communal tension began in the area.

Bangkok Post

Southern discomfort

A mock referendum campaign by a group of Muslim students in the deep South on separatism has triggered panic across the kingdom. The move is highly sensitive and risks breaching Section 1 of the charter which says that Thailand is an indivisible kingdom.

The Independent UK

Nusrat Chowdhury confirmed as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history

Nusrat Chowdhury has been confirmed by the Senate as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history

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