At least 13 militants and seven soldiers were killed in overnight clashes in southwestern Pakistan, the army said Thursday. The Pakistani military said militants tried to storm security camps in the Panjgur and Naushki areas of Balochistan province Wednesday night. However, the troops foiled their attempt. The militants were later killed in ...
Weary of the civil war at home, a Yemeni family attempted to cross into Europe through Greece to a tragic end. But one family member was lost at sea after Greek coast guard units threw him into the Mediterranean Sea. The family — husband and wife, Mahgdi Kalla and Fatima Mahmud, along with their cousin, […]
Britain’s largest Muslim group on Thursday called on everyone involved in the Beijing Winter Olympics to raise awareness about the plight of the Uyghur people. About three million Uyghurs have been forcibly detained at internment camps and subjected to torture, rape, mass sterilization, and forced labour, the Muslim Council of Britain said. Th...
Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014 with 16 shots, was released from prison Thursday. Van Dyke served little more than three years of a nearly seven-year prison sentence for killing the Black teenager. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office confirmed the release to CNN Thursday. Van Dyke’...
U.S. officials and international human rights groups are concerned for the safety of Olympic athletes in China. A Chinese government official warned about “punishment” for competitors if they speak out on political issues at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Yang Shu, deputy director of international relations for the Beijing organizing commit...
Israel’s highest-ranking Arab Muslim police officer has resigned, according to a statement Monday. The resignation comes a week after a video emerged showing the officer tripping over the body of a stabbing victim when leaving the scene of a crime in 2020. Maj. Gen. Gamal Hakroosh, 64, was appointed deputy commissioner in 2016 to lead [&hellip...
Like most teen novels, Muslim young adult fiction is bursting with hormones, love interests, family drama, friendships and fallouts typical of high school life. The only difference is the main characters are all Muslim, as are the authors of their stories. Muslim young adult fiction was once relegated to relatively unknown indie printing pre...
Republican Oklahoma City mayoral candidate Carol Hefner said during a debate she thinks Islam should be “eradicated” from the globe. Hefner defended her past Islamophobic social media posts during the debate. Debate moderator Storme Jones pointed out Hefner has previously called Islam “an evil culture and not a religion.” Hefner’s response was...
The United Arab Emirates’ Defense Ministry announced Wednesday it intercepted and destroyed “three hostile drones” after they entered the nation’s airspace. The Emirati Defense Ministry said on Twitter it destroyed the drones “away from populated areas.” The ministry confirmed its readiness “to deal with any threats and is taking all necessary...
The U.S. Army said Wednesday it will begin separating soldiers who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine from service. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth asked commanders to initiate involuntary administrative separation proceedings against any soldier refusing the vaccine. The same rule applies to soldiers who do not have an approved or pendi...
