NEWS FROM THE UK
British-Palestinian activist receives damages after being placed on financial blacklist
A British-Palestinian activist has had his name removed from a blacklist which may have played a role in his bank account being closed by NatWest.
Zaher Birawi, the chairman of the Palestine advocacy group Europal Forum,...
Protestors demand answers after death of Cardiff man following police arrest
Up to 200 people have gathered for a second day outside a police station in Cardiff, following the death of a local man, Mohamud Mohammed Hassan, hours after being released.
The 24 year old's family claim...
School threatens parents with legal action after daughter refuses to wear short skirt
The parents of a London Muslim schoolgirl have been threatened with legal action because their daughter refuses to wear a knee-length skirt to school.
The Independent reports that Siham Hamud, 12, has been wearing an ankle-length...
NORTH AMERICA NEWS
The beginning of the end of the American Empire?
Donald Trump exits as president with America more divided than at any time since the Civil War and with the U.S. regime closer to collapse than most Muslim nations, argues Abdel Bari Atwan.
Donald Trump’s...
President Biden scraps the Muslim travel ban
In one of his first moves in office President Joe Biden has reversed the "Muslim travel ban" - the immigration restrictions put in place by the Trump administration covering the Muslim nations of Iran,...
American Muslims warned to prepare for attacks on Inauguration Day
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has warned American Muslims to avoid state capitol buildings and surrounding areas ahead of Presidential Inauguration Day.
CAIR also urged mosques and community centres to protect themselves "due to...
NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Israeli house demolitions rendered nearly 1,000 Palestinians homeless last year
Almost 1,000 Palestinians lost their homes due to illegal Israeli house demolitions in 2020, according to the United Nations.
Israel demolished 849 buildings belonging to Palestinians last year resulting in 996 people losing their homes...
Australian professor and son released from secret jail in Qatar
An Australian professor and his son have been freed from a Qatari jail where they were held without charge for five months and allegedly tortured.
Professor Lukman Thalib, 58, was acting head of Qatar University's public...
French Muslim leaders sign charter pledging to combat political Islam
State-approved French Muslim leaders have signed a charter denouncing accusations of racism against France, and pledging to recognise "equality between men and women" and to combat "political Islam."
After several weeks of negotiations, the French Council for Muslim...