How has Joe Biden’s first year in office impacted American Muslims?
From the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to failing to stop law enforcement from targeting Muslims, Robert McCaw and Ismail Allison, from the Council on...
Turkey raises taxes on alcohol leading to a drop in consumption
Turkey has significantly increased taxes on alcohol as part of a response to a 19-year high level of inflation of 36.1 percent recorded last...
Muslim woman sues gun range after they told her to remove hijab
A lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. state of Missouri against a firearms store that allegedly denied a Muslim woman service.
The Council on...
Palestinian prisoner to be released after 141 day hunger strike in Israeli jail
A Palestinian prisoner has ended his 141 day hunger strike after an arrangement was made for his release from Israeli custody.
Hisham Abu Hawash, a...
‘Allah has blessed us’: Rain hits major Afghan cities after Salatul Istisqa
Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar was reeling under draught a week ago, but the situation changed after thousands of Afghans gathered to make a...
Canadian court awards $83m to families of airliner victims downed by Iran
A court in Ontario, Canada, has awarded $83.94 million, plus interest, to the families of six people who died when Iran shot down a Ukraine...
Qatari authorities confiscate ‘LGBTQ coloured’ toys
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Qatar has seized children’s toys from stores deeming their rainbow colours “contrary to Islamic values.”
The ministry did...
Prominent Muslim women put ‘on sale’ in India
The Hindu right-wing ecosystem in India has once again created a platform to “auction” vocal Muslim women including journalists, activists, academics, artists, lawyers, students,...
Mahmoud Abbas secretly meets Israeli defence minister
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas met secretly with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz at the latter’s residence in Tel Aviv earlier this week.
The...
The first Emirati astronaut took the Israeli flag into space
On his inaugural trip into space in 2019, the first United Arab Emirates’ astronaut, Hazzaa Al-Mansoori, took an Israeli flag with him, the director-general...
