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SC takes exception to public statements made about pending issue of scrapping of 4% Muslim quota in Karnataka

The Supreme Court on May 9 said sub judice cases should not be “politicised” after a petitioner alleged on Tuesday that Home Minister Amit Shah has made public statements about the scrapping of the 4% quota for Muslims in Karnataka ahead of the Assembly elections.

The Hindu

Canada expels Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei amid spying allegations and political interference

Canada expels Toronto-based Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei after an intelligence report accuses him of trying to target Canadian Shadow Foreign Minister Michael Chong, who has been critical of China's treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority, and who says Canada should consider joining AUKUS.

ABC News

China expels Canadian diplomat as bilateral ties sour

China on Tuesday expelled a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai in a tit-for-tat move after Ottawa told a Toronto-based Chinese diplomat to leave, escalating tense relations amid concerns about Chinese influence in Canada.

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In Ballari’s battle of billionaires, all eyes on mining baron’s new party

In the mining town of Karnataka’s Ballari, Congress leader Nara Bharat Reddy had tried to take first-mover advantage by launching his campaign months ahead of the state assembly elections, going door to door, promising a politics “without corruption” in the Bellary City segment.

Newslaundry

Scots female Muslim boxer hopes to 'smash the glass ceiling' after prestigious title wins

Farah, from Pollokshields, started training around a decade ago and found she had a knack for it.

Daily Record

French government reports rise in secular breaches in schools during Ramadan

France's education minister Pap Ndiaye said that there were "about 500 cases" of breaches of secularism in French schools this March – figures that were up on previous months – due to the observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Radio France Internationale

Bilkis Bano Case | Ahead of SC hearing, short film voices miseries of Muslim women in Gujarat

The 19-minute film titled, ‘Bilkis Bano: Justice overruled’’ has images of women protesting the release of the convicts and the Muslim women of the State expressed their distress over setting convicts free

The Hindu

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The Kerala Story pulled out of multiplexes in Tamil Nadu

The controversial film was pulled out after protests in a few cities by Muslim political groups and other political parties, including the Naam Tamilar Katchi, since the film came out on May 5.

The Hindu

Pakistani man lynched over alleged blasphemy remarks during rally

A Muslim cleric killed after his speech at an opposition party’s rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was deemed blasphemous.

Al Jazeera

BJP made up historical facts on Tipu Sultan to win elections. Will it work?

Many Delhi ‘news’ anchors would like us to believe that an 18th century Muslim ruler is the single most important issue for 21st century Indians.

Newslaundry

Samastha vexed by Sadikali Thangal’s leadership of community

The ongoing tug-of-war between the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama and the Coordination of Islamic Colleges (CIC) has exposed the former’s intolerance towards the Muslim community’s leadership being wielded by Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal of Panakkad and his party, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)

The Hindu

'Anything is possible' boxing champ knocking down cultural barriers

Scotland’s first champion Muslim amateur female boxer is knocking down cultural barriers as well as opponents.

The National (Scotland)

Lord Mayor of Westminster says coronation is all about people coming together

Councillor Hamza Taouzzale, the first Muslim to be Lord Mayor, said the King’s coronation will ‘share a new Britain’.

The Independent UK

An election under the shadow of hatred in India’s Karnataka

Run-up to May 10 assembly polls sees polarising campaign by BJP in election rallies, on the streets and on social media.

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Author Fatimah Asghar is the first winner of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

Fatimah Asghar's debut novel When We Were Sisters is a coming-of-age novel that follows three orphaned Muslim-American siblings left to raise one another in the aftermath of their parents' death.

Reuters

Six Shi'ite, one Sunni Muslims killed in northwest Pakistan shootings

Six Shi'ite Muslims, including four teachers and two lower staff were killed in a shooting at a school in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday in what appeared to be retaliation for an attack shortly before in which a Sunni Muslim teacher was shot dead, officials said.

Al Jazeera

Kerala Story: Film on alleged Indian ISIL recruits gets pushback

Rewards offered for proof of film’s claim that thousands of Hindu women forcibly converted and made to work for ISIL.

Reuters

Nigerian niqab-wearing chef seeks to break stereotypes about Muslim women

(This May 4 story has been corrected to change the name of Muslim face veil in the headline and paragraph 1, reword paragraph 1 to clarify that not all Muslim women wear niqabs, and add explanation of hijab in paragraph 5)

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Rohingya, Bangladesh officials to visit Myanmar in repatriation effort

A team of 20 Rohingya Muslims and some Bangladeshi officials will visit Myanmar's Rakhine state on Friday for a day as part of a planned repatriation effort, a Bangladesh repatriation official told Reuters.

The Hindu

JD(S) tries to woo back Muslims, appeals for smart voting by community

In 2018, the JD(S) won 37 seats in Karnataka. The party lost 36 seats where it fancied its chances with margins ranging from 200 votes to 8,000 votes. In 10 seats, the margin of loss was between 200 votes and 3,000 votes. The party assessed these close defeats as a…

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China flags Uighurs as ‘extremist’ for having Quran, report says

Human Rights Watch says Muslims in Xinjiang are flagged as ‘violent extremists’ for simply practising their religion.

The Hindu

YSRCP Muslim leaders meet at party office in Tadepalli

Party general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy along with Deputy Chief Minister Amzad Bhasha, MLC Lella Appireddy and other leaders addressed a meeting with the party Muslim minority leaders at Tadepalli in Guntur district

The Hindu

Hindu goddess’ name replaces Muslim saint for a Jammu dormitory; PDP condemns

The Jammu administration’s move to rename a dormitory meant for students after a Hindu goddess and drop a local Muslim saint’s name was criticised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on May 3.

Newslaundry

In Dharwad prestige fight, BJP turncoat looks to hold fort against all odds

“Who is going to win the seat? BJP or Mr Shettar?”

The Guardian - UK

Veiled girls on a pink rollercoaster: Sabiha Çimen’s best photograph

‘I wanted to shoot them outside of their studies – at a moment of joy. They patiently waited so that I could capture the moment with the low-flying plane’

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