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Muslim group urges feds to investigate after teacher disrupts students who were praying

MIAMI — A Broward County charter school dismissed a teacher last week after a video in which she appeared to admonish a group of Muslim students for praying went viral on social media and now a prominent Muslim group is asking federal law enforcement officials to investigate.

Miami Herald

Teacher who interrupted Muslim pupils praying saying 'I believe in Jesus' fired

In the footage, filmed at Franklin Academy in Pembroke Pines, Florida, US, the interrupting teacher can be heard describing the Muslim students' prayers as 'magic' and saying: 'I believe in Jesus so I’m interrupting the floor'

Daily Mirror

Charity aiming to empower Muslim and BME women opens Glasgow head office

Amina - The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre (MWRC) - has been offering support to women from Muslim and Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds for more than two decades.

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MWL Conference of African Ulemas Kicks off in Gambia to Promote Moderation

Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL) Dr.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thai pilgrim dies on flight from Saudi Arabia

SAMUT PRAKAN: A Thai Muslim man from Pattani died on board a Thai Airways International flight from Jeddah to Suvarnabhum on his return from pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Florida teacher dismissed after TikTok video appears to show her disrupting student prayers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An anonymous user posted a viral video of a teacher interrupting Muslim students’ prayer at Franklin Academy Charter School in Pembroke Pines on Wednesday night.

Tribune News Service

For World Cup visitors, a peek into Islamic art, heritage

For many of the visitors descending on Qatar for The World Cup, Doha's Museum of Islamic Art provides a peek into diverse aspects of Muslim heritage, art and craftmanship

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Vietnam vessel saves 154 Rohingya from sinking boat, transfers to Myanmar navy

A Vietnamese oil service vessel rescued 154 people from a sinking boat in the Andaman Sea and has transferred them to Myanmar's navy, state media reported, a group that was confirmed by activists as minority Rohingya Muslims.

Reuters

UN urges Southeast Asia governments to rescue stranded Rohingya

About 200 mostly Muslim Rohingya have been drifting for more than a week in the Andaman Sea after their boat broke down.

Al Jazeera

Indian PM Modi’s BJP scores landslide win in Gujarat state

The BJP retained its 27-year control of Gujarat with a commanding election victory but lost power in Himachal Pradesh.

Al Jazeera

Islamophobia from the likes of Boris Johnson must be punished – and this is how to do it

A new index would help the courts assess and punish offences more appropriately. The present system is failing us, says lecturer Suriyah Bi

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re finally seeing people like us’: Meet the Muslim women changing representation in sport

Conversations about diversity are circling the World Cup. Furvah Shah speaks to the women heading up football teams and running clubs that are providing safe spaces for Muslim women to play sport

The Independent UK

Across the Muslim world, LGBTQ people remain marginalized

Many Muslim nations criminalize gay sex — including World Cup host Qatar. Appeals for change from LGBTQ-friendly nations are routinely dismissed as unwarranted interference.

Chicago Sun-Times

Explosion outside Indonesian police station injures several

A man blew himself up Wednesday outside a police station on Indonesia’s main island of Java in what appeared to be the latest in a string of suicide attacks in the world’s most populous Muslim nation

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Women with disability already battle stereotypes. I can't afford to be an angry, brown woman, too

As a brown, Muslim disabled woman, I don't have the luxury of cutting off friends who offend me. If I were to cancel every person who made an ableist, sexist, Islamophobic, or racist comment, I would truly be isolated.

The Independent UK

Across vast Muslim world, LGBTQ people remain marginalized

Here and there, across the far-flung Muslim and Arab worlds, LGBTQ people see glimmers of progress — but those are rare exceptions

The Conversation

How celebrity footballers can help reduce prejudice against minorities – podcast

In the latest episode of Discovery, an ongoing series via The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear about recent research that showed how a Muslim celebrity footballer helped reduce Islamophobia.

The Times of India

Mother's womb cannot be viewed as 'farm land': Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Badruddin Ajmal's comments

GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hit out at AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal on Monday, three days after his controversial comments on women and the Hindu community and said a mother's womb cannot be viewed as a "farm land". He urged Muslim women not to be"swayed" by statements of…

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Daily Mirror

Adult star told she 'risks execution' by cruel trolls for World Cup Qatar outfit

Astrid Wett was warned by some on social meida to "cover up" after posing for revealing photos of herself in Qatar, a Muslim country that possesses strong conservative views

Radio France Internationale

'Colonial' China accused of depriving Tibetans of their own language, education

Much of Western criticism of China focuses on the vast collection of "re-education" centers in Xinjiang. Predominantly focused on Muslim minorities, these centres have resulted in the incarceration of thousands of Uyghurs who are forced to study Chinese language and culture. The system, however, was first tested in Tibet.

The National (Scotland)

Harry Souttar on somehow sizing up Messi after Aussies’ fairy-tale run

Things move a little slower here on a Friday. With the working week running from Sunday to Thursday, Friday is the Muslim holy day, a time for…

The News Lens

Anwar’s Victory Not the Only Malaysian Shockwave

A dramatic rise in the Islamist vote in the Muslim-majority country is the biggest outcome of the election.

Asharq Al-Awsat

MWL to Launch International Interfaith Lab

Muslim World League (MWL) partnered with Columbia University to launch the International Interfaith Lab. MWL Sec-Gen Mohammed al-Issa witnessed the signing of the agreement along with Cardinal of the Great Cathedral in New York Timothy Dolan, Chief Rabbi Arthur Schneier, university leaders, and members of the US Congress. The International…

The Independent UK

Census shows 39 per cent of Muslims live in most deprived areas in England and Wales

‘Communities cannot continue to be left in cycles of poor social mobility,’ Muslim Council of Britain says

Radio France Internationale

French restaurant owner fined for refusing entry to veiled Muslim woman

A restaurant owner in France’s south-west Basque region has been fined 600 euros for refusing entry to woman wearing an Islamic headscarf, and her son.

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