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If bindi, kada OK, why not hijab: Student to Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: Aishat Shifa, the first person to challenge hijab ban in government educational institutions in Karnataka, on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court how a secular administration, allowing others to wear ‘bindi’, ‘kada’, ‘cross’ or ‘janeu’, could restrict Muslim students’ fundamental right to make a choice to wear hijab in…

The Times of India

There are barely any Muslims on popular TV series, a new study says

When Muslims do appear, they tend to be violent Middle Eastern men, a new study has found after surveying 200 popular series from the U.S, U.K. and elsewhere.

WEKU

Positive secularism is allowed, student tells Supreme Court in Hijab case

State should show ‘reasonable accommodation’ of Muslim students’ right to wear hijab to school, counsel for Aishat Shifa tells court

The Hindu

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Egypt demands Netflix, others adhere to 'societal values'

Egypt’s media regulator has demanded that Netflix and other steaming services adhere to this majority Muslim county’s “societal values” — a veiled reference to programs featuring members of the LGBTQ community

The Independent UK

Wounded souls: 75 years after India's Partition, survivors' trauma has still not been recognized

In his poignant, much-acclaimed short story “Toba Tek Singh,” Pakistani playwright Saadat Hasan Manto describes the plight of Bishan Singh, an inmate of the asylum in Lahore. In the story, set in a post-Partition era, the governments of India and Pakistan decide to exchange inmates: the Muslims among them are…

The Conversation

Hindu nationalism in India ratchets up tensions among immigrants in the US

ANAHEIM, Calif. — In a park in Anaheim last month, hundreds gathered to celebrate Indian Independence Day.

Los Angeles Times

Muslims in Hassan offer prayers during Ganesha procession

At Pension Mohalla, a group of Muslim men and women offered a garland, lighted incense sticks, did aarati and offered a coconut to the Ganesha idol

The Hindu

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Suresh Chavhanke tweaks his hateful pledge after Supreme Court rap. It’s still hateful

Sudarshan News editor Suresh Chavhanke has tweaked his “fight, die, kill for Hindu Rashtra” pledge to “we will sacrifice ourselves to preserve Hindustan and, if required, others”. This comes a few months after the Supreme Court pulled up the Delhi police for its affidavit clearing Chavhanke of hate speech –…

Newslaundry

‘Our people are still trapped’: Uyghur exiles demand action on abuses

Campaigners criticise failure of UN report to label China’s crackdown on Muslim minorities genocide

The Guardian - UK

Pasmanda Muslims seek SC status for Dalit Muslims

In a letter to Opposition parties, community leaders seek them to state their stand on the issue clearly

The Hindu

Breaking the silence on Muslim men suffering with mental health issues

As we celebrate Father's Day across the country, the lesser-talked-about issue of men's mental health is slowly being confronted in the Muslim community.

ABC News

BJP government taking 'unconstitutional' action on madrassas in Uttar Pradesh: AIMPLB

Muslim body asks why same rules did not apply for Hindu religious institutions

The Hindu

India's top court grants bail to activist in 2002 riots case

India’s Supreme Court has granted bail to a prominent human rights activist who has spearheaded a campaign to hold officials responsible for deadly 2002 anti-Muslim riots in western Gujarat state

The Independent UK

Afghan Mosque Blast Kills 18, Including Senior Cleric

An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people, including a prominent cleric, Taliban officials and a local medic said. At least 21 people were hurt. The blast went off in the Guzargah Mosque in the western city of Herat during Friday…

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The Conversation

UN report on Xinjiang abuses leaves no room for plausible deniability

The Chinese regime’s treatment of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in the province of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, says a long-awaited report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The Hindu

Amit Shah to visit Seemanchal in Bihar late September, his first after JD(U) exit

He will address two rallies in Purnea and Kishanganj, both in Muslim-dominated Seemanchal area

Newsroom.co.nz

Mixed messages on Xinjiang report from NZ politicians

The Government has called on Beijing to remedy human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims, while National says we shouldn't wave a "banner of purity".

Radio France Internationale

Beijing furious over damning UN rights report on Uyghurs in Xinjiang

China on Thursday accused the United Nations of becoming a "thug and accomplice of the US and the West" after the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a highly anticipated report warning that crimes against humanity may have taken place in the Xinjiang region.

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The Independent UK

For exiled Uyghurs, UN report is long-awaited vindication

The U.N.’s long-delayed report on mass detentions and other rights abuses against Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in China's far-western Xinjiang region has been welcomed by survivors as an acknowledgement of abuses they say they faced at the hands of the Chinese state

The Guardian - AU

Five key points from the UN report on Xinjiang human rights abuses

Damning report cites human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims in north-west Chinese province

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why is China so angry over UN report on Xinjiang?

China is responding furiously to a United Nations report on alleged human rights abuses in its northwestern Xinjiang region targeting Uyghurs and other mainly Muslim ethnic minorities

Evening Standard

Sarfraz Manzoor on growing up a Muslim in Luton and how he’s Turning ‘They’ Into ‘We’

Growing up Muslim in Luton in the 1970s and 1980s, Sarfraz Manzoor understood the concept of ‘otherness’ keenly. As he compares his own childhood to that of his children, he finds the key to breaking down barriers is understanding both sides of the story

Reuters

Clashes in Iraq's Basra kill four as crisis flares in oil-rich south

Clashes among rival Shi'ite Muslim militants in the Iraqi city of Basra have killed at least four people, security officials said on Thursday, as violence from a worsening political crisis hit the south of the country.

The Independent UK

China rejects UN report on Xinjiang and insists its treatment of Uyghurs is ‘best human rights practice’

The UN found China may have committed ‘crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang

Evening Standard

China may have committed ‘crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang, says UN

The 48-page report says ‘serious human rights violations’ have been committed against Uighurs

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