UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has tapped the Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and senior diplomat, Sigrid Kaag, to perform the role of Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza. The position was created by the Security Council Resolution…
Canada’s Minister of Immigration Marc Miller announced temporary immigration measures on December 21 to support family members of Canadians and permanent residents who live in Gaza and the West Bank. “We are introducing special measures to support temporary residence for…
After protesting over a security breach and causing adjournments, 140 odd MPs were suspended from the Indian parliament between December 14 and 18th, towards the close of the winter session, which ended on December 21. The suspension allowed the government…
The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, announced on December 18 that they are formally investigating X, or Twitter, for not adhering to the Digital Services Act while operating in the European Union. “On the basis of…
“We said in church that if Jesus was born today, he would be born in Gaza under the rubble…God is with the suffering and the oppressed.”
Yemeni Houthis have all but stopped maritime trade moving through the Red Sea. For Israel, that means another front to the war, with Gaza and southern Lebanon being the first two. Why is this important? The Red Sea contains three…
Argentina’s new president, Javier Malei, is fulfilling his campaign promise of immediately making drastic cuts to government spending in order to lower inflation and stabilize the economy. Argentina owes the International Monetary Fund 31 trillion dollars, the most of any…
Israel’s pursuit of Hamas includes civilians.
As Geert Wilders celebrates the victory of his political party, the anti-migrant Freedom Party, known as the PVV, obtaining a majority win of 37 seats in the lower house of parliament, many questions arise about the popularity of his controversial…
The European Parliament, the lawmaking wing of the European Union, proposed an Artificial Intelligence Act on December 8 to make sure AI “respects fundamental rights and democracy.” While US President Joe Biden issued an executive order about the development and…
While the law has also been lauded by Muslims all over the world, and with good reason, it should be noted that the ministry of foreign affairs considers this a political move, not a moral one.
While this rhetoric might have worked in the past for President Nicolas Maduro, things are a bit more complicated this time around.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been reported by various news outlets to have shed tears when mentioning the need for more children to be raised in the society during the Fifth National Conference of Mothers. Korea Times reported that…
The COP28, a global symposium on climate change, is being held in Qatar this month. Friday, December 8, starts the seminar about livestock production and its effect on the environment. The Islamic Post spoke with Eleanor Luther, a consultant with…
“As I have repeatedly emphasised, civilians must have access to basic food, water and desperately needed medical supplies, without further delay, and at pace and at scale. And when such aid arrives, it must not be diverted or misused by…
The UN must abandon the “subjugation of international law to the dictates of presumed political expediency.”
On November 27 the New Delhi news outlet Organiser announced the Uttar Pradesh government banning of halal-certified products for use inside the state. Halal is an Arabic word for lawful or permissible as described in the Holy Qur’an. The Uttar…
This isn’t the first time the Court has denied hijabi women their religious freedoms.
Ecuador entered the world stage gallantly when it offered Julian Assange asylum for seven years at its embassy in London. But as right-centrist Daniel Noboa, 35, sat at the presidency on November 23, the country is all but forgotten. In…
Sri Lanka seems to be caught in between different strategies by multiple world leaders attempting to benefit from their strategic position in the Indian Ocean which facilitates access to lucrative global trade routes.
Polytheism is a false belief system that harms people psychologically and physically. It’s most clearly seen in the practice of sati, whereby a widow willingly burns herself alive on the funeral bier of her husband, or when, like during the…
The IDF invited the CNN, BBC and Guardian to view the scant evidence that surfaced of Hamas control centers and bunkers as asserted previously, though what surfaced was unsubstantiated.
Saudi Arabia recently arrested two pilgrims for making public displays of their support of the Muslims in Gaza. One, Mustafa Evi of Turkey, was detained in Masjid An Nabawi in Madinah for six hours on November 10 for praying audibly…
Latin America remains divided over Israel’s actions in Gaza. Yet, it is of note that Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Bolivia and most recently Belize joined a list of only 10 countries worldwide who have suspended diplomatic relations with or withdrawn ambassadors…
On October 29, Turkiye celebrated one hundred years since the establishment of the Republic of Turkiye, officially declared in 1923 by its founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, credited with having transformed Turkiye from a struggling, formerly colonized country into a modern,…
It’s of note that 22 states sent representatives to the Saudi conference to tell the world what it already knows and to call for what anyone of conscience already demanded weeks ago, a ceasefire.
These are all places where Muslims are imprisoned and killed for their religion and ethnicity and receive the ‘human animal’ treatment that Israel has become famous for since the conflict.
According to Human Rights experts at the United Nations, Gaza is running out of time. Countries around the world must began taking steps towards ending the genocide that is occuring. Analyzing all the information related to the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the…
Craig Mokhiber, director of the NY office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) resigned on October 28. He did so because, in his words, “the mantra of the ‘two-state solution’ has become an open joke in…
Only 55 trucks were allowed through, and these from the Egypt Red Crescent, carrying aid from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey. Fuel for hospitals is banned by the Israeli government from entering Gaza and the food, water and medical supplies that did enter were only a small fraction of what is needed.