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Although US denied on Tuesday any prisoner swap with Iran, the release of White, a US Navy veteran, came “a day after an Iranian scientist held by the American authorities was returned to Iran”: Iran Frees Navy Veteran Held for Two Years (NY Times) After a Muslim group endorsed Biden, a Muslim grad student in…

Boston Muslims know what it is like to fight for equality, calling all minorities to rally around all sorts of racism: George Floyd Is Our Fight, Too: A Muslim Perspective (Morocco World News) When they retrieved their watermelons that fell into a dry open drain, the government charged them with “malignant act likely to spread…

European and US policymakers find Trump’s Iran policies counterproductive; keeping inside the Non-Proliferation Treaty would provide better safeguards on Iran’s nuclear program: France, UK, Germany ‘Regret’ US End to Three Iran Nuclear Waivers (Al-Jazeera) Who Are The Secret Puppet-Masters Behind Trump’s War on Iran? (Pressenza International) A vessel was displayed “at a ceremony to introduce…

“The appointment is just the latest in a series of Trump administration moves that are raising concerns it is undermining USAID’s ability to fulfill its mission”: New USAID Religious-freedom Adviser Has History of Anti-Islam Comments (Washington Post) Raffia Arashad, who was appointed a Deputy District Judge on the Midlands Circuit last week cites the “Imposter…

“The Covid-19 pandemic has beautifully dispelled the taboo, the myth, the common practice ⁠— that women do not and cannot pray with men”: When Lockdown Eid Broke a Long-held Taboo in Muslim Homes (Indian Express) “State enforced disruptions to internet access are problematic at all times and in the midst of a global pandemic, such…

Pakistan’s president draws a parallel between Kashmir and the Palestinian struggle, saying: “the Israeli state is doing to the Palestinians what Nazis did in the 1930s and India has taken a leaf from the Israeli playbook”: ‘Kashmiris, Palestinians Need Unity of Purpose’ (Anadolu Agency) The Vatican warns of consequences of annexation … Holy See Reaffirms…

The virtual meeting joint statement of the four countries: they support the initiative of the UN Secretary-General of the ceasefire and call for a ceasefire throughout Afghanistan: Pakistan, China, Russia and Iran Join Hands for Afghan Truce (Express-Tribune) A week after he protested the “growing tide of Islamophobia in India, … his house was raided…

“The Nakba doesn’t represent a historical event but a continuing process that began in the 1880s …” depicting the theft of Palestinian land as an ongoing but reversible process: Nakba Day: For Palestinians, Not Just an Historical Event (Al-Jazeera) “If the United States, just like pirates, intends to create insecurity on international waterways, it would…

Muslims in Europe struggle to hold traditional burials: Muslim Burials in Europe Strained by Virus Lockdowns Abroad (Minneapolis Star Tribune) One of “the 12 million people who had been displaced and forced to leave their homes overnight,” Mammo’s story demonstrates the malicious use of political borders to deny people their right to return home: ‘Why…

Thinking like a state: Fined if you do (cover for religious reasons) and fined if you don’t (cover because the government orders it): France Mandates Masks to Control the Coronavirus. Burqas Remain Banned (Washington Post) On the importance of highlighting “stories of Muslim contribution [to the fight against fascism] to break the far-right myth that…