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Muslim Students Protest as University Closes Prayer Room on Fridays

AboutIslam & News Agencies 24 October, 2024 Students at Swinburne University in Melbourne are pushing back against the closure of the Multi Faith Centre on Fridays, the main day for…

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Muslim Leader Appointed to Maryland’s Hate Crimes Commission

AboutIslam & Newspapers 17 September, 2024 Attorney General Anthony Brown has appointed Adileh Sharieff to the Maryland Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention. The commission is responsible for developing…

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Muslim Mothers Fear for Children’s Safety after Racist Unrest

AboutIslam & News Agencies 29 August, 2024 A few days ahead of the new school year, a group of 400 Muslim women from across Northern Ireland have written a letter…

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‘I’m So Scared, I Sleep in a Mosque’: Belfast Muslim After Riots

AboutIslam & News Agencies 18 August, 2024 A Sudanese Muslim man living in south Belfast has said he is so fearful after multiple attacks on his home that he now…

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UK gov’t, police must to do more to tackle ‘xenophobic ideology’ driving riots, IHRC says

Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has urged the government and the criminal justice system to do more to tackle the xenophobic ideology driving far right violence on our streets. In a…

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Paris 2024: With AR, Lara Active Advocates for Hijab Rights

AboutIslam & News Agencies 30 July, 2024 Lara Active, a UAE-based modest activewear brand, is taking a stand against the hijab ban at the Paris 2024 Olympics with an innovative…

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War on Gaza: Why are UK universities inviting police to curb student protests?

Last May, student groups all over the UK created encampment to pressure their institutions to end ties with and divest from arms manufacturers and companies complicit in Israel’s apartheid regime and genocide. Following more…

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New pro-Palestine encampments erected at University of North Carolina, Arizona State University

Students gather in solidarity and to protest for Gaza on the University of North Carolina in Charlotte campus in Charlotte NC, United States on April 24, 2024 [Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency]…

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United against Israel: Time to end the world’s longest occupation

Hundreds of people, including Jews, gather in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC. United States to collectively mourn the US airman Aaron Bushnell, 25, an active-duty member of…

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A global, grassroots campaign is an urgent necessity if UN resolutions are to have any meaning

Israel is killing tens of thousands of Palestinians across their stolen homeland relentlessly and brutally, especially in the city of Rafah and its surrounding areas. Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed publicly that…