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  • Muslim Outcry Missing in Uyghur Struggle

    Muslim Outcry Missing in Uyghur Struggle

    With outrage often voiced against human rights violations, rampant Islamophobia and genocide against Muslims, where are the voices of such sentiments raised for the Muslim Uyghur struggle in China? What could be the cause of low media coverage from Muslim…

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  • Spyware has long been out of control. Credit Kowalski7cc

    Remember Pegasus?

    Pegasus spy software gained attention a few years ago after its use by governments around the world looking to tap into the mobile phones of whistleblowers and outspoken personalities. 

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  • Rafah Crossing. UNSC Resolution 2720 demands that the use of available routes and border crossings be facilitated.Credit: Al Jazeera English

    UN Appoints Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza as Part of Security Resolution

    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…

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  • Canada’s Minister of Immigration Marc Miller. Credit: Jeangagnon

    Canada Offers Temporary Immigration Benefits to Gazans

    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…

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  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a BJP rally in 2017. His party has been called extremist. Prime Minister's Office, Government of India

    BJP Stunt with Opposition MPs Sees Anti-Terror Laws Passed without Votes

    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…

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  • It isn’t clear how Elon Musk’s stance on free speech will be impacted by the European Commission. Credit: Ministério Das Comunicações

    European Commission Says X Must Remove Anti-Semitic, Terrorist Content

    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…

    Read More European Commission Says X Must Remove Anti-Semitic, Terrorist ContentContinue

  • Munther Isaac, a pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem speaking to AJ+. Credit: AJ+ video.

    IDF Kills Gazan Churchgoers Amid Subdued Christmas Prayers

    “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.”

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  • A map depicting the Red Sea, Suez Canal, Gulf of Aqaba and a plan for the Ben Gurion Canal, which would bypass the Egypt-controlled Suez Canal. Credit: Wikideas1

    The Red Sea Peril

    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…

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  • Javier Milei was sworn in as Argentina’s president on December 10 and immediately began working.

    New Argentina President Starts Social Experiment

    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…

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  • Robert A. Wood, representative of the United States to the UN, vetoed the ceasefire. UN Photo/Evan Schneider

    OIC, UN Beg for Ceasefire, U.S. Sends More Weapons

    Israel’s pursuit of Hamas includes civilians.

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  • Geert Wilders is interviewed by RTL News. Credit: @RTLnieuws

    Geert Wilders’ Aims Haven’t Changed

    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…

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  • EU Commissioner Thierry Breton held a joint press conference after the artificial intelligence act negotiations.

    EU Banning AI That Infringes Civil Liberties. US, Not So Much

    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…

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  • Denmark’s Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard, via World Economic Forum.

    Denmark Prohibits Quran Burning for ‘Security’

    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.

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  • Nicolas Maduro at his inauguration as president of Venezuela in 2019. Annexing Essequibo might aid him in 2024. Via Flickr Presidencia El Salvador

    Venezuela Annexes Essequibo for BRICS at Expense of Guyana

    While this rhetoric might have worked in the past for President Nicolas Maduro, things are a bit more complicated this time around. 

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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un reportedly cried while addressing the birth rate of the country. True?

    North Korea Reports Low-Birthrate as COP28 Addresses Population Growth

    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…

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  • The world's first cultured hamburger meat, 2013. It was developed by a team of scientists from Germany at a cost of €250,000.

    COP28 and Lab-Grown Meat. Halal?

    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…

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  • ICC Prosecutor Karim Asad Ahmad Khan QC was sworn in on 16 June 2021. He wants to “ensure that the protection of the law is felt by all.” ICC photo.

    ICC Prosecutor Visits Israel/Palestine: ‘Don’t Complain When I Act’

    “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…

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  • Worldwide status of censorship over LGBT. Equaldex (2023) via ourworldindata.org

    UN Decries Russia Stance, Reneges on Palestine

    The UN must abandon the “subjugation of international law to the dictates of presumed political expediency.” 

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  • The Uttar Pradesh government is accusing the use of halal certification as, “forcing one community’s religious preferences on the entire populace.”

    India State Says Halal Products Infringe on Freedom

    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…

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  • This isn’t the first time the European Court has denied hijabi women their religious freedoms.

    EU Calls Hijab ‘Belligerent’

    This isn’t the first time the Court has denied hijabi women their religious freedoms.

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  • Former Ecuador President Rafael Correa at the European Parliament in June.

    How History Remembers Ecuador

    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…

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  • 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. Photo by Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne.

    US Competes with China Belt and Road Initiative in Sri Lanka

    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.

    Read More US Competes with China Belt and Road Initiative in Sri LankaContinue

  • Women pray to the sun in the Yamuna river in northern India in 2019. This year, the ceremony took place in dangerous sludge and more toxic foam.

    False Beliefs Lead to Destruction of Self, Society

    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…

    Read More False Beliefs Lead to Destruction of Self, SocietyContinue

  • 28 of the premature babies forced out of incubators at Al Shifa Hospital by Israel’s denial of generator fuel, have been safely evacuated to Egypt, via Palestine Red Crescent on Twitter.

    Al-Shifa Hospital Military Operation Returns Scant ‘Evidence’

    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. 

    Read More Al-Shifa Hospital Military Operation Returns Scant ‘Evidence’Continue

  • Islah Abdur Rahman sits in Saudi detention with a keffiyeh in his lap, via Instagram.

    Pilgrims Detained in Saudi Arabia for Public Support of Palestine

    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…

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  • Group of people rescued from the Gaza Strip arrives in Brasilia - Rafa Neddermeyer/Agência Brasil

    Latin American Countries Make Up Half of Those Protesting Israel Using Diplomacy

    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…

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  • Kamal Ataturk

    After 100 Years, Examining Ataturk’s Legacy As He Sought To ‘Erase’ Islam

    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,…

    Read More After 100 Years, Examining Ataturk’s Legacy As He Sought To ‘Erase’ IslamContinue

  • OIC and Arab League conference in Saudi Arabia, November 11, 2023, via OIC.

    OIC Conference Statement ‘Weeks Late,’ Brings No Resolution on Gaza

    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.

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  • Palestinian prisoners in an Israeli military prison.

    Israel Exports ‘Human Animal’ Treatment of Muslims

    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.

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  • A view of a participant during the Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. UN Photo/Manuel Elías

    Human Rights Experts Warn of Gaza Turning Point 

    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…

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