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Human Rights Watch says Kuwait’s deportation of the Muslim Brotherhood members Egypt has  branded as “terrorists” was a violation of “Kuwait’s obligations under international law”: Egypt: Imprisonments for 14 Muslim Brotherhood Leaders (Middle East Monitor) According to media reports, “police officials present at the site did not intervene to” stop the assault: Carts Overturned, Muslim…

In Israel, journalism is a crime: Israel Charges Palestinian Journalists with Incitement — for Doing Their Jobs (The Intercept) As Iran increases its cooperation with IAEA,  the U.S. and Israel must decide whether they more concerned about preventing an Iranian nuke or punishing Iranians: Iran Moves Machines for Making Centrifuge Parts to Natanz -UN Nuclear…

“[T]he media in Jammu and Kashmir was being ‘slowly choked’, primarily because of ‘extensive curbs’ imposed by the local administration … [but] Bhat may be the only journalist to have taken up arms so far”: What Drove a Young Journalist to Take Up Arms in Kashmir? (Scroll) Extrajudicial executions take place almost daily: Israel Killed…

Russia has killed thousands of Muslims in the Ukraine, and now the oligarchs hit by sanctions are seeking refuge in Israel: Putin’s Oligarchs’ Rush for Israeli Luxury Rentals, Preferably in Cash (Haartez) “[A]t a time when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominates headlines, three of the six participants in the summit – Israel, the UAE, and…

When Russia does this the U.S. rightly calls it a war; when Israel does this, the U.S. sends them yet more aid and weapons: Israeli Airstrike Survivor at HRC: Hold Perpetrators Accountable for ‘Wiping Out My Family’ (Wafa) “Two other major parties, Heart of Tunisia and Karama, as well as a number of independent parliament…

“[T]he plaintiffs claim … they were asked ‘inappropriate religious questions’ including ‘whether they are Muslim, whether they attend a mosque, which mosque they attend, whether they are Sunni or Shi’a, and how often they pray’”: Border Officers Question Muslim Americans About Their Faith, ACLU Alleges in Lawsuit (Yahoo) The federally controlled Delhi police are trying…

In a 22-page joint report titled ‘Apartheid in the Occupied West Bank: A Legal Analysis of Israel’s Actions’, the law school “found that the Israel regime’s practices in the occupied West Bank amounted to criminal activities in breach of the prohibition of apartheid”: Harvard Law School Recognizes Israel as Apartheid Regime (Palestine Chronicle) The Kashmir…

An anti-Zionist Israeli Jew’s bid for asylum could become a precedent for Muslim and Christian victims of Israeli apartheid: Israeli Student to Appeal UK Asylum Case on Apartheid Grounds (Middle East Eye) A Muslim doctor in NAZI Germany already risked death to secretly treat Jews, but when the granddaughter of a patient faced deportation to…

With the rise in book bans across the country, … books for and about Muslims, already rare in school libraries and curriculums, are increasingly being put out of reach for young readers”: Amid Book Bans, Muslim Authors, Parents Advocate for Children’s Books Representing Islam (RNS) That the real issue in the Ukraine crisis is not…