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Animation 'Lightyear' banned in 14 markets after same-sex kiss controversy

LOS ANGELES: Disney's latest animation "Lightyear," which features a same-sex kiss, has been denied release in more than a dozen mainly Muslim countries, a source close to the company told AFP on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Protests by Indian Muslims continue, as lawyers condemn state response

Thousands of Muslims marched in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Tuesday in a second week of protests, while six prominent former judges said a state government had acted illegally by demolishing the house of a Muslim activist.

Reuters

Regulator tells Zee News to take down show on Muslim population

The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has directed Zee News to take down a show – telecast in June last year – over Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq’s remarks against the proposed two-child policy. The NBDSA found the show to have an “agenda”, “lacking any facts or data”,…

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MWL Secretary-General Calls for Bridging ‘Wide’ Gap Between Rich, Poor

Secretary-General of the Muslim World League Dr. Mohammad al-Issa has participated as a guest of honor in the world’s high-level forum, which brought together the heads of major regional and international organizations active in the field of humanitarian work. Activities of the forum, hosted by Geneva, were launched under the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

ECB announce partnership to help improve Muslim inclusion in cricket

Nujum Sports has been advising the ECB during the past year

The Independent UK

How will the Prophet remarks row affect India-GCC ties?

Insulting remarks against the Prophet by India’s ruling party officials cause a diplomatic backlash in the Muslim world.

Al Jazeera

Academic calls out 'white peers' for response to critique of Scotland's colonial past

A MUSLIM academic at Glasgow University has said that she received a backlash from her “white peers” after criticising Scotland’s colonial…

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Violent BJP rhetoric and bulldozing of homes show Indian Muslim dilemma

Anger over the ruling party’s belligerence simmers, but community leaders know the far right itches for confrontation

The Guardian - UK

Patriotism, optimism and striding ahead: the often overlooked story of Muslim Britain

A new poll shows the challenges from Islamophobia and discrimination still remain, but also a growing confidence, says Miqdaad Versi, public affairs spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain

The Guardian - UK

India activist Afreen Fatima says her house bulldozed ‘illegally’

Activist’s house demolished as police arrest her father for being alleged ‘mastermind’ of protests over Prophet remarks.

Al Jazeera

Bachelet will not stand for 2nd term as human rights chief

The U.N. human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet says she will not seek a new four-year term after the current one that has been overshadowed by criticism of her response to China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in western Xinjiang

The Independent UK

Indian Muslim groups urge followers to shun protests over anti-Islam comments

Leaders of prominent Islamic groups and mosques in India appealed to fellow Muslims on Monday to suspend plans for protests against derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad made by two members of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party.

Reuters

Prophet remarks | Muslim cleric’s body urges West Bengal CM to not allow more protest rallies

Md. Yahia had last week called for protests inside mosques across West Bengal

The Hindu

Why Muslim countries are quick at condemning defamation – but often ignore rights violations against Muslim minorities

The Indian government finds itself in a diplomatic crisis following offensive remarks by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson, Nupur Sharma, on national television about the Prophet Muhammad and his wife, Aisha. The BJP has suspended Sharma from the position, but that has not been enough to quell the…

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Iraqi Shiite cleric Sadr asks his party's lawmakers to resign from parliament -statement

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has asked lawmakers from his parliamentary bloc to submit their resignations to the parliament speaker, he said in a statement on Sunday.

Radio France Internationale

Targeted killing of minorities puts Indian Kashmir back on edge

A spate of targeted killings of mainly non-Muslim minorities in the Kashmir Valley has sent alarm bells ringing for hundreds of fear-stricken Kashmiri Pandits and Hindus who are fleeing to safer places.

The Guardian - UK

Film bans are less about offence, more ‘community leaders’ showing who’s boss

Pulling The Lady of Heaven from cinemas is a win for self-appointed gatekeepers of Islam

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Hindu youth donates blood to save mom of Muslim jawan posted in Jammu & Kashmir

KANPUR: Amid the somewhat surcharged atmosphere in the city post June 3 violent protest against alleged objectionable remarks against Prophet Mohammed, a 35-year-old Hindu man Abhimanyu Gupta set an example of communal harmony by donating blood to a Muslim woman undergoing dialysis at a hospital in the city.

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Daily Mirror

'My religious family kicked me out for being gay - I'm now having the last laugh'

Lady Bushra - also known as Amir - who comes from an orthodox Muslim family in Bradford, was shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award last year having only taken up drag and comedy in 2020

The Hindu

MYL activists hold demonstration

A sardonic attempt made by Muslim Youth League (MYL) activists to paste ‘look-out notices’ again

Daily Mirror

Iman Vellani was 'freaking out' when Marvel gave her job as first Muslim superhero

Iman Vellani, 19, has taken on the role of Ms Marvel in the latest Marvel series on Disney+. She says she will never forget the day she was told she had got the job

The Hindu

Taunts and trolls go on in WhatsApp groups in Kanpur

Two communities blame each other for riots in Kanpur

The Hindu

Protests against Prophet remarks | In U.P., BJP members seek ‘revenge by bulldozer’

Government razes down building in Kanpur

Al Jazeera

India police crack down on protests against Prophet remarks

Two teenagers killed in Ranchi, Jharkhand state, as police fire shots to quell protests against insulting comments.

The Times of India

Karnataka: Congress legislature party leader Siddaramaiah’s ‘secular’ missile finally backfires

BENGALURU: Congress legislature party leader Siddaramaiah’s gambit of fielding a Muslim candidate to expose a seemingly tacit agreement between JD(S) and BJP and expose the regional party’s no-so-secular credentials didn’t quite go to plan.

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