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Al Jazeera: Hindu Mob Set Fire to Historic Library at Muslim School

Al Jazeera: Hindu Mob Set Fire to Historic Library at Muslim School

On Monday, Al Jazeera reported that Madrassa Azizia, a prominent Muslim school in Bihar Sharif town of Nalanda district in eastern India’s Bihar state, was set on fire by a mob on the occasion of the Hindu festival Ram Navami....

Terrorism

Al Jazeera: Rise in Hindu Festival Violence Since BJP Retook India's Maharashtra

Al Jazeera: Rise in Hindu Festival Violence Since BJP Retook India's Maharashtra

On Friday, Al Jazeera published a report claiming that India's western state of Maharashtra — home to almost 13M Muslims, or 11.5% of its population — has seen a rise in Hindu rallies that allegedly spread anti-Muslim sentiment and often lead to violent clashes since PM Narendra Modi's Bharat...

Politics

Israeli Police Again Clash with Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli Police Again Clash with Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli police again raided Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque late Wednesday night — the second such raid in 24 hours — after the first led to Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip firing at least nine rockets into Israel. Israel responded with air strikes that hit what it said were weapon product...

Israel

UN Observes First International Anti-Islamophobia Day

UN Observes First International Anti-Islamophobia Day

The UN on Friday hosted a special event to commemorate the first-ever International Day to Combat Islamophobia. In 2022, March 15 was designated as the day for observation with a unanimous vote by the UN General Assembly....

World

India: Court Orders Bipartisan Panel to Select Election Officers

India: Court Orders Bipartisan Panel to Select Election Officers

India's Supreme Court has ordered the creation of an independent panel to appoint members of the Election Commission. It will include the prime minister, chief justice, and either the leader of the opposition in the lower house of parliament or the opposition party with the highest number of hous...

Politics

Turkey's Erdoğan Threatens to Block Sweden's NATO Bid After Quran Burning

Turkey's Erdoğan Threatens to Block Sweden's NATO Bid After Quran Burning

Speaking in televised remarks after a cabinet meeting on Monday, Turkey's Pres

Politics

Iran Agrees to Pardon 'Tens of Thousands' of Prisoners

Iran Agrees to Pardon 'Tens of Thousands' of Prisoners

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has agreed to 'pardon or commute' the sentences of tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to celebrate the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, state media reported on Sunday....

Iran

Amnesty: India Police Flogging Muslims ‘Serious Rights Violation’

Amnesty: India Police Flogging Muslims ‘Serious Rights Violation’

Human rights group Amnesty International has condemned the public flogging of Muslims by police in the BJP-ruled Indian state of Gujarat. A video of Tuesday's incident in the village of Udhela constitutes, 'a serious human rights violation,' according to the organization, and shows, 'utter disres...

Politics