A year or so ago, an elderly Bahá’í woman in the Islamic Republic of Iran remained behind when her children, in desperation, escaped from their ancestral home for other lands because of the official genocide policy of the Islamic government. . The lone old woman had a Muslim tenant..…
Most non- Muslim adults Western Europe favor at least some restrictions on the religious clothing of Muslim women. ... Topics Muslims and Islam, Religion and Society, Religious Affiliation, Religion and Government, Religious Beliefs and Practices, Restrictions on Religion,..…
Burma’s score was affected by ongoing government actions taken against the Rohingya Muslim minority, described by the United Nations as “crimes against humanity.”27 In response to deadly attacks in October and November, Burmese military and police forces conducted “security..…
This means delivering on the promises made including at United Nations Human Rights Council to address enforced disappearances, expedite land returns, and bring justice and redress to victims on all sides, including Muslim minority.. The government should also order investigation into..…
For example, in Kenya, a high court ruled that banning “Muslim attire” in government schools was constitutional. . ..…
The origins of the in Central African Republic began late 2012 with the establishment of Seleka rebel group in the region area that is home to many of Muslim population. By years of impoverishment and the near absence of state security and social services from the government of then,..…
It is equally unsurprising to see radical Islamists in Europe calling for Sharia law and demonizing the secular pluralist societies in which they live freely, while being supported by many liberals who confuse criticism of Islam with anti-Muslim bigotry or hate toward Muslims. . . Indeed, it is..…
both hard-line Muslims and government officials should be arrested, jailed, or executed for it This wo not stop Muslim leaders in those countries speak out defense of the critics. ..…
Bluffing its way through citing Islamic Sharia, al-Qaeda Takfiri group has for while been acting under the auspices of Israeli in attempt to bring down Syrian government even at the cost of uniting with Muslim sworn enemy, Zionist regime.. ..…
Zayani has praised Saudi Arabia's handling of Hajj rituals, and threw GCC's weight behind Riyadh government.. In this September 24, 2015 file photo, Muslim pilgrims gather around bodies of the people killed in Mina, Saudi Arabia, during Hajj pilgrimage. ..…
Signatories to the letter are leaders from Britain's faiths Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, and Zoroastrian. .. This comes as the government announced last week it had secured enough authority places to meet its pledge to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees in UK..…
Census Bureau does not ask questions about religion, meaning that there is no official government count of the U.S. Muslim population. . Since our first estimate of the size of the Muslim American population in 2007, we have seen a steady growth in both the number of Muslims in the U.S. and..…
The in Central African Republic began March 2013, when Muslim Seleka rebels ousted the government of then-President Francois Bozizé. ..…
Similarly, the move to make available rooms in the County Office Building for prayer meetings — as proposed by Commissioner Robin Frazier — opens county government to unnecessary controversy. . ... But what if a radical Muslim cleric seeks to borrow a room for Friday prayers? ..…
Military officials confirmed this month several incidents in which guards at the camp had desecrated the Quran, the Muslim holy book. Recently released government documents have shown widespread detainee allegations of abuse and mistreatment. . ..…
Al-Maliki's political foes, including Sunni Muslim legislators and Shiite Muslims loyal to anti- American Muqtada al-Sadr, derided the assessments as soft on Iraqi government and designed to quench President Bush's thirst for good news.. ..…
And in places such as Somalia or Afghanistan where the central government has collapsed or lost legitimacy, Muslim societies have often reverted to laws based more explicitly on scripture, including extreme punishments such as cutting off the hand of a thief. ..…
I ask whether it's possible that the army and FSA might one unite against Sunni Muslim extremists of Nusra Front and ISIS.. the government batters the rebel-held, mostly Sunni Muslim suburbs of Damascus and the city of Homs. ..…
Jefferson first read about Muslim “civil rights” in the work of one of his intellectual heroes: the seventeenth-century English philosopher John Locke. ... Resistance to the idea of Muslim citizenship was predictable in the eighteenth century. ..…
In your Introduction to Human Rights Watch's World Report 2012, Time to Abandon the Autocrats and Embrace Rights, you urge support for the newly elected governments that have brought Muslim Brotherhood to Tunisia and Egypt. In UK, unfettered by persecution, the exigencies of government, or..…
During the period ending in mid-2009, the government maintained longstanding ban on Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic organization.7 members of Brotherhood were subject to arbitrary detention and other pressure. ..…
Role of Government . Most Muslim Americans continue to say they would rather have a bigger government with more services than a smaller one with fewer services. ... In both Muslim American surveys, 21% favored a smaller government that provides fewer services. . ..…
The percentage reporting they are bothered by their sense that Muslim Americans are being singled out for increased government surveillance also is no greater now than four years ago (38% bothered a lot or some today vs. 39% in 2007). . ... A substantial majority (68%) says they would..…
Comparing Pew Forum's first set of scores with the second set of scores, the study finds that 14 countries had substantial increase government restrictions and eight had substantial decline.. In China, for example, August 2008 terrorist attack attributed by Chinese authorities to Muslim..…
A majority of Muslim Americans (53%) say it has become more difficult to be a Muslim in the U.S. since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Most also believe that the government “singles out” Muslims for increased surveillance and monitoring. . ..…
Mosques were shut down and converted into workshops, Muslim worship and ceremonies were banned, women were forbidden to wear the veil. ... Human Rights Watch reported “a government policy of intolerance” toward Muslim believers: arbitrary detentions and arrests, beatings and..…
They described how Burma's government and others often interfered with Ramadan and Eid festivals; locked and burned down madrassas and mosques; desecrated and burned Qur'ans; prevented burials according to Muslim tradition; and targeted imams for detention, torture, and killings. Last November, a..…
Is Rudy Giuliani Selling Out America To A Marxist Muslim Religious Cult? ... California Croakers: Gov. Jerry Brown (D) Signs Bill to Make Suicide Voluntary and Involuntary . ..…
Large numbers of Hui Chinese Muslims gathered outside Weizhou Mosque Ningxia, Northwestern China, to protest Government plans to demolish it... ... Australian Muslim ban proposal receives backlash. Queensland Senator, Fraser Anning, was criticised for delivering Islamophobic and..…
More than two years after the predominantly Muslim Séléka rebel group overthrew the government of President François Bozizé, igniting waves of intercommunal violence between the country’s Muslim minority and Christian populations, the Central African Republic (CAR) is still..…
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