Tag: Muslims
Coronavirus update for August 7, 2020
Morning brief: Coronavirus update for August 7, 2020
As of 8 am, August 7, 2020:
World count: 18,923,922 cases, 11,436,080 recoveries, 710,916 deaths
There are now a...
Dr Mahathir calls on Muslim nations to unite in wake of Soleimani assassination
Kuala Lumpur— Speaking to members of the press on Tuesday (Jan 7), Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Tun Mahathir Mohamad called for Muslim nations to...
Citizenship fears fuel anger among India’s Muslims
by Jalees Andrabi with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai and Aishwarya Kumar in New Delhi
Habib-ur-Rehman was locked up for four years after failing to prove...
India protests rage over ‘anti-Muslim’ law
by Aishwarya Kumar with Jalees Andrabi in Guwahati and Sailendra Sil in Kolkata
Fresh protests rocked India Monday as anger grew over new citizenship legislation...
Six dead in protests against Indian citizenship law
by Jalees ANDRABI / Anup SHARMA / with Sailendra Sil in Kolkata
The death toll from violent protests in northeast India against a contentious citizenship...
China defends Xinjiang crackdown after criticism from European leaders
China on Thursday defended its security crackdown in Xinjiang after French and German leaders condemned its mass detention of religious minorities in the region.
The...
Malaysian company faces backlash over alleged memo banning Muslim staff from praying
Amid backlash, a company in Klang, Malaysia retracted a memo barring its Muslim staff from performing prayers during office hours.
The memo, which did not...
Prison in Malaysia certified ‘Halal’
The Marang Prison in the state of Terengganu, is the first jail in Peninsular Malaysia to obtain Malaysia’s Halal Verification Certificate (MHVC), Bernama reported.
The...
Did the Star picture Muslims in prayer as terrorists?
The biggest selling newspaper in Malaysia, The Star is in trouble with the law for portraying Muslims in prayer as terrorists.
At least this is...
Malaysia’s Islamic battle takes a ‘heavenly’ path
In the Islamists version of hell, that is the one in Malaysia, voting against the PAS is a vote to hell.
This is part of...
