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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…

An Iraqi regional officer observes that US and Saudi officials “think they’ve got their man. They’re celebrating. When will they ever understand Iraq?” Can Iraq’s New PM, and the Region, Escape Suleimani’s Long Shadow? (The Guardian) The clock may be running out on tolerance of anti-Muslim bigotry … Scottsdale Community College Apologizes After ‘Inappropriate’ Questions…

Rejecting the Constitution’s limitation of war making power to Congress, Trump denies his “constitutional authority to use military force [is] limited to defending the United States and its forces against imminent attack”: Trump Vetoes Measure to Restrain His Actions Against Iran, Calls It ‘Insulting’ to the Presidency (NBC News) Iran starts exporting home-produced COVID-19 diagnostic…

Iran could have avoided this problem had it converted to a currency denoted in gold dinars payable in its oil; it should do so now (better late than never) … Iran Approves Plan to Cut Four Zeros from Falling Currency -Report (Reuters) … which would sidestep public unhappiness with high gas prices: Social Media Criticism…

Fasting “can be difficult under normal circumstances for incarcerated people…. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is no longer allowing religious volunteers to conduct in-person services in the jail”: COVID-19 Brings Challenges for Muslim Inmates During Ramadan (Injustice Watch / Herald & Review) “Government officials piled some 9 tons of gold — an amount equal to…

Zainab Ramahi explains why the Court has, once again, as with its decision, failed in its Constitutional duty to protect minorities from majoritarianism : The Muslim Ban Cases: A Lost Opportunity for the Court and a Lesson for the Future (California Law Review) In a statement Monday, Kuwait appealed to the Organisation of International Cooperation…

India’s recent discrimination against Muslims and accusing them of deliberately spreading the virus, complicates the country’s fight against the pandemic: A New Wave of Anti-Muslim Anger Threatens India’s Virus Fight (Bloomberg / Quint) “[P]olice allow[ed] Hindu mobs to roam the streets freely to target the Muslim community” and since have focused their investigation on Muslim and…