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MWL Lauds Great Islamic Interaction with the Makkah Document

The Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL), Sheikh Mohammed al-Issa, appreciated the Makkah document's endorsement by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries. The Document is set to benefit the OIC's religious, educational, and cultural institutions. Issa praised its adoption in training imams, especially in countries with Islamic…

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Muslim Public Affairs Council Statement of Support for Hamline Professor Who Showed Muhammad Paintings

From the statement: It is with great concern that the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) views the firing of an art professor, Erika López Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad. We issue this statement of support for the professor and…

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Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad are an important piece of history – here's why art historians teach them

Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, recently dismissed Erika López Prater, an adjunct faculty member, for showing two historical Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad in her global survey of art history. Following complaints from some Muslim students, university administrators described such images as disrespectful and Islamophobic.

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Bosnian Serbs celebrate holiday banned by court

Bosnian Serbs celebrated their autonomous republic's statehood day on Monday with a parade of armed police, special forces and armoured vehicles in a town adjoining Sarajevo, despite the holiday being banned and legal complaints by Muslim Bosniaks.

Reuters

Outrage as art history professor fired for showing medieval paintings of prophet Muhammad in class

Erika López Prater says she took many precautions before showing paintings of the prophet

The Independent UK

Part of Merseyside to feature in BBC documentary

"I was surprised such a small organisation would get national attention"

Liverpool Echo

How riots formed Kolkata's ghettos

Communal violence has led to clear territorial demarcation of space, access, and resources, marking the everyday experience of minority citizenship in Kolkata.

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Over 150 Rohingya refugees reach ashore in Indonesia

More than 100 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslim refugees are among the latest group to reach ashore in Indonesia after a long and dangerous journey aboard a wooden boat

The Independent UK

Prince Harry claims he was taunted about Diana's death by comrades in Army training

The Duke of Sussex says captors told him Princess Diana was pregnant with a 'Muslim baby' when she died during an Army training exercise on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall

Daily Mirror

'As a British Muslim, Harry's revelation makes me recoil and him look like a cold killer'

Writer and commentator Anila Baig says Prince Harry's claim in his book Spare that he killed 25 Taliban Afghan Muslims is dehumanising and makes him look like a cold-hearted killer

Daily Mirror

‘Give us the stage and trust us’: how a British-Somali play became a sell-out smash hit

The lack of roles for Somali and Muslim women led writer and actor Sabrina Ali to create her own. Her latest play Dugsi Dayz, set in an Islamic study group, has struck a chord with audiences

The Guardian - UK

‘Why teach Urdu to children studying Sanskrit?’: On the ground in Bareilly over Iqbal poem row

Two weeks after he filed a police complaint against a school for trying to “convert” students because they recited a poem by a Muslim poet, Sompal Rathore is pleased with how events unfolded.

Newslaundry

Why Assam delimitation has sparked fears amid politics of the ‘indigenous’

The Election Commission’s delimitation exercise, and the Assam government’s decision to merge four districts and redraw administrative boundaries in 14 areas, have sparked fresh concerns among Bengali-origin Muslims. The fear is that these decisions will have an adverse impact on the electoral influence of the community in around 35 assembly…

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UN Security Council Members Stress Al Aqsa Mosque Status Quo

UN Security Council members voiced concern on Thursday and stressed the need to maintain a status quo at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, days after Israel's new far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefly visited the site. The decades-old status quo allows only Muslim worship at the compound. An…

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Myanmar’s military honours anti-Muslim monk, frees prisoners

Wirathu has long been known for his ultranationalist, anti-Muslim rhetoric, particularly against Myanmar’s Rohingya.

Zenger

First Muslim Woman Promoted To Major In The Israeli Military

Known as “Captain Ella,” Ella Waweya from Qalansawe had to conceal her service from her family when she joined the military.

Reuters

Israel's Ben-Gvir visits Al Aqsa mosque compound, Palestinians incensed

Israel's new far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefly visited Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Tuesday, a site also revered by Jews, angering the Palestinians and drawing a slew of condemnations.

The Times of India

Vivek Agnihotri claims 'death threats' amidst 'Pathaan' controversy; netizens ask 'why are you targetting only Muslims'

Vivek Agnihotri has been on the receiving end after his tweet against the Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone song 'Besharam Rang' didn't go down too well among netizens.

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Bangkok Post

Off to the Halal market

The government should promote Halal-certified products to help Thai food entrepreneurs expand their businesses into a broader market, according to the Central Islamic Council of Thailand (CICOT).

The Independent UK

The desperate road to Greece is a graveyard for migrants

Since 2015, over a million people have crossed over from Turkey to Athens on illegal routes

Newslaundry

PCI body recommends no govt ads for Star of Mysore over editorial targeting Muslims

Calling it “journalism of the worst kind”, the Press Council of India is set to censure the Mysuru daily Star of Mysore for an editorial referring to Muslims as “bad apples” in April 2020.

Reason

Prof. Amna Khalid (Carleton) on the Hamline Muhammad Painting Controversy

"On Hamline University's shocking imposition of narrow religious orthodoxy in the classroom."

Reuters

Analysis-Iraq's mercurial Moqtada Sadr risks isolation with political retreat

Moqtada al-Sadr, the Muslim Shi'ite cleric who dominated Iraqi politics for two decades, seems isolated for now after his move to step back from formal politics emboldened his Iranian-backed rivals and raised the prospect of fresh factional flare-ups.

Reuters

Risking death at sea, Rohingya Muslims seek safety in Indonesia

Crying with relief after a traumatic 40-day voyage to Indonesia in a leaky boat, Rohingya Muslim Fatimah bin Ismail held a mobile phone with shaky hands as she made a video call to relatives.

Newslaundry

Ladakh’s Buddhists and Muslims unite to challenge BJP’s politics

The Indian government’s abrogation of article 370 of the constitution – ending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and dividing the state into two separate union territories – in 2019 has set an unexpected chain of events in motion in the Himalayan region of Ladakh.

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