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Human Rights Watch urges Morocco not to extradite Saudi Shi'ite

A human rights watchdog called on Morocco on Friday not to extradite a Shi'ite Muslim to his homeland of Saudi Arabia, citing fears he could face torture and an unfair trial there.

Reuters

Amira Elghawaby appointed as Canada’s first anti-Islamophobia advisor

Her appointment is being hailed as ‘historic moment for Muslims in Canada’

The Independent UK

Why Indian students are defying a ban on a BBC program examining Narendra Modi's past

The Indian government is trying to stop people watching a BBC programme which looks at the troubled relationship between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India's Muslims.

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Canada appoints first representative to fight Islamophobia

Advocacy group welcomes appointment of Amira Elghawaby to advisory role as ‘historic moment for Muslims in Canada’.

Al Jazeera

Robin Abcarian: Two universities that tried to squelch academic freedom have backtracked. Here's hoping that's a trend

I thought my mind was playing tricks on me when I first read that Kenneth Roth, who led Human Rights Watch for three decades, had been disinvited to a fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights.

Los Angeles Times

Top UN woman urges Muslims: Move Taliban into 21st century

The highest-ranking woman at the United Nations says she used everything in her “toolbox” during meetings with Taliban ministers to try to reverse their crackdown on Afghan women and girls

The Independent UK

Faculty calls on embattled Minnesota college head to resign

The faculty at a Minnesota college is calling for its president to resign for her handling of a Muslim student's objection to a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad being shown in an ancient art course

The Independent UK

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India's government scrambles to block a film about Modi's role in anti-Muslim riots

The BBC documentary interviews journalists, activists and victims of the 2002 unrest, which left more than 1,000 people dead. They say the prime minister, then a regional leader, looked the other way.

WEKU

‘I buckled when I saw her remains’ – the biopic about ‘Europe’s first female suicide bomber’

After repeating ‘fake news’ about Hasna Aït Boulahcen’s role in the Paris attacks, Dina Amer switched from journalism to directing – to uncover deeper truths about this tragic misfit

The Guardian - UK

BBC film on India's PM Modi, 2002 riots draws government ire

Days after India banned a BBC documentary that examines Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots, authorities are scrambling to halt screenings of the film in colleges and universities and restricting its clips on social media

The Independent UK

Why Modi doesn’t want India to watch BBC film on Gujarat carnage

India has used emergency powers to block airing of the documentary that questions the India PM’s role in the 2002 riots.

Al Jazeera

Hamline Faculty Vote 71-12 to Ask University President to Step Down Over Muhammad Painting Firing Controversy

[UPDATE: Full faculty statement added.]

Reason

Why India Banned the BBC’s Modi Documentary

The program revisits a dark episode for the prime minister. New Delhi’s move has only brought more attention to it.

Foreign Policy

‘Mum, she’s calling us killers’

“Terrorist” slur made against victim of the Christchurch terror attack and her children.

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Al Jazeera

UN body condemns Quran burning in Sweden

Alliance of Civilizations and several Muslim-majority countries denounce stunt by Danish far-right party leader.

Irish Mirror

Irish Muslim leader defends Tommy Tiernan in racism row and says it's unfair 'he's being cancelled'

Dr Umar Al-Qadri, who took a potentially "controversial" joke from Tommy with a light heart, has defended him

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Condemns Sweden for Allowing Extremist to Burn Quran

The Saudi Foreign Ministry strongly condemned on Saturday Swedish authorities for allowing an extremist to burn a copy of the holy Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. It underscored the Kingdom’s firm position that calls for the importance of spreading the values of dialogue, coexistence and shunning…

The Times of India

Muslims will turn cities into 'Karbala', if anyone tries to put hands on 'izzat' of Prophet Muhammad: JD(U) leader Gulam Rasool Balyawi

PATNA: JD(U) national general secretary and former Rajya Sabha member Gulam Rasool Balyawi has sparked a major political controversy with his remark that Muslims will turn cities into "Karbala" if anyone tries to put hands on the "izzat" of Prophet Muhammad.

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Newslaundry

‘How dare you chat with a Hindu girl?’: In MP, vigilantes work overtime to get Muslim men arrested

On January 18, hours after a video went viral, showing a college student being thrashed by a group of people in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, the police arrested six people and filed a case in the matter.

The Times of India

NCPCR notice to UP govt over madrassa board’s ‘no’ to moving non-Muslim students to other institutes

LUCKNOW: Two days after UP Madrassa Education Board unanimously rejected the recommendations of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to inspect recognized madrassas in order to trace non-Muslim students and shift them to other educational institutes, the commission on Friday served a notice on the state government seeking…

Chicago Sun-Times

An academic drama over false Islamophobia

While there have been many Hamline University faculty and students who have resisted substituting identity politics and theocracy for academic inquiry, the college appears to have an utterly spineless administration.

Bangkok Post

Student killed, another injured in gun attack in South

NARATHIWAT: A Muslim university student was killed and another injured in a gun attack in Si Sakhon district on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Reason

She Lost Her Job For Showing a Painting of Muhammad in Class. Now, She's Suing.

"Hamline subjected López Prater to the foregoing adverse actions because . . . she did not conform her conduct to the specific beliefs of a Muslim sect," the lawsuit states.

The Independent UK

Mufti's talk of women's duties angers some Turkish Cypriots

A Muslim religious leader’s instruction to women to dutifully accept a husband’s “invitation to bed” to procreate has sparked outrage among many Turkish Cypriots

The Independent UK

Art professor sues after firing over Prophet Muhammad images

An adjunct art professor is suing the Minnesota university that dismissed her for including depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course

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