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Restore Azam Khan’s Assembly membership, punish corrupt officials, says Akhilesh Yadav

This is the first public statement by the SP chief after Mr. Khan, the party’s leading Muslim face and a 10-time MLA, was acquitted

The Hindu · May 26, 2023

Narendra Modi: India’s authoritarian leader with his own app

India’s 14th prime minister, Narendra Modi, is emerging as one of the country’s pivotal post-independence leaders – along with its founding PM Jawaharlal Nehru, who set the template for a secular, democratic nation in 1947, and his daughter Indira Gandhi, who ruled for 15 turbulent years.

The Week · May 26, 2023

Abdellah Taïa is Morocco's first openly gay writer – his work reimagines being Muslim, queer and African

Abdellah Taïa was born in 1973 in Rabat, Morocco. He currently lives in Paris. He is the first writer from north Africa – and in fact the Arab world – to openly declare that he is gay. In 2006, he came out in a highly publicised article in the Moroccan…

The Conversation · May 25, 2023

Muslims in South Korea want to build a mosque. Neighbors protest and send pig heads

The tensions are a test of the nation's tolerance of increasing diversity, when South Korea is looking to immigration to bolster its aging and shrinking workforce.

WEKU · May 24, 2023

Malaysia seizes Swatch watches over ‘LGBT connotations’

Swiss watchmaker says authorities in Muslim majority country seized 164 LGBTQ pride-themed watches.

Al Jazeera · May 24, 2023

ICC prosecutors say Malian rebel was 'enthusiastic' war crimes perpetrator

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday said a Malian Islamist rebel was a key figure in "blatant persecution" of the residents of Timbuktu and was an enthusiastic participant in war crimes.

Reuters · May 23, 2023

Report finds Hamline University violated professor’s academic freedom in Islamic art controversy

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Hamline University’s response to a Muslim student’s art class complaint last fall violated the professor’s academic freedom, according to a new report by the American Association of University Professors.

Pioneer Press · May 22, 2023

Outcry after French police question schools about pupils absent on Muslim holiday

Anti-racist groups and teaching unions in France have demanded an inquiry into why French police requested schools provide information on the number of pupils absent on the Muslim festival of Eid.

Radio France Internationale · May 22, 2023

Turkey’s Camlica Mosque: Ottoman heritage or modern nationalism?

While Turkish nationalism has traditionally been tied to secular symbols of the republic, the mosque reflects change.

Al Jazeera · May 22, 2023

Under duress, BJP leader in Uttarakhand calls off daughter’s wedding with Muslim man

“Due to people’s outrage, both in person and on social media, I have to cancel the wedding of my daughter.”

The Hindu · May 21, 2023