NEWS FROM THE UK
Govt to provide £117m security funding to mosques
Ahead of a major announcement on "extremism," the government has announced that it will provide British Muslim institutions with more than £117 million of protective security funding over the next four years.
The funding will...
Teenage Muslim boy seriously assaulted in Glasgow
Police Scotland are appealing for witnesses following a serious assault on a Muslim boy in the Queen’s Drive area of Glasgow.
Around 8.30pm on Friday, March 8, a 13-year-old boy was found with stab wounds...
Anti-Islamist campaigner Fiyaz Mughal set to become govt ‘Anti-Muslim Hatred’ tsar
Fiyaz Mughal, the controversial anti-Islamist campaigner, is set to be unveiled as the government's new "anti-Muslim hatred tsar" next week as part of a crackdown on "extremism" to be launched by right-wing Communities Secretary Michael Gove.
According...
British media bias towards Israel revealed
The British media has demonstrated "significant biases" over its Palestine/Israel coverage since October 7, with emotive language describing Israelis as "victims of attacks" 11 times more than Palestinians, according to a new report.
Media Bias Gaza...
NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Pakistani military kills eight in airstrikes on Afghanistan
Pakistani military aircraft struck homes in two provinces of Afghanistan in pre-dawn attacks on Monday, Afghan spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.
Kabul said its forces retaliated against the airstrikes by hitting Pakistani military installations.
Condemning the attacks, Mujahid...
Shehbaz Sharif sworn in as new Pakistani PM despite losing elections
Shehbaz Sharif has been appointed and sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly, three weeks after his party lost the general elections.
Sharif, the younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz...
Ghana to jail those who commit or promote LGBTQ acts
Ghana’s parliament has voted to pass a bill which will punish those who take part in LGBTQ sexual acts, as well as those who promote the rights of gay, lesbian or other non-conventional sexual or...
India’s Assam state abolishes Muslim marriage law
The Indian state of Assam has abolished a Muslim marriage and divorce law in what's being seen as the latest move targeting Muslims ahead of national elections.
The law in the northeastern state, which has a large...