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Wall Street Journal Journalist, Sabrina Siddiqui, Asked Modi A Question – Attacked Online For Her Muslim Identity

New Age Islam News Bureau

25 June 2023

• Wall Street Journal Journalist, Sabrina Siddiqui, Asked Modi A Question – Attacked Online For Her Muslim Identity

• Afghanistan: No Female Participants In Kabul Medical Exam

• Baroness Helena Kennedy KC Tells Of ‘Terrible Texts’ From Trapped Afghan Women Pleading For Help

• For The First Time, Muslim Students Federation In Kerala Inducts 3 Women To State Committee

• Saudi Girl Scouts To Increase Hajj Participation In Coming Years: Princess Sama Bint Faisal

• Saudi UN Delegation Celebrates Saudi Women In Diplomacy

Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau

URL:   https://newageislam.com/islam-women-feminism/journal-journalist-sabrina-modi/d/130069

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Wall Street Journal Journalist, Sabrina Siddiqui, Asked Modi A Question – Attacked Online For Her Muslim Identity

 

Sabrina Siddiqui. Photo: Twitter/@SabrinaSiddiqui

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Scroll Staff

25-06-2023

Sabrina Siddiqui, the White House correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, has been targetted online by pro-Hindutva social media users after she asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi a question at his press conference on Thursday about the alleged discrimination against Muslims in India. On Saturday, the attacks forced Siddiqui to post pictures of herself cheering for the Indian cricket team.

Amit Malviya, the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s information department, described the question from Siddiqui as “motivated”. He said that the answers from Modi and the US President Biden was a “blow” to the “toolkit gang,” a pejorative reference to protesters who use digital tools to organise and coordinate protests.

Accounts known for posting pro-Bharatiya Janata Party and pro-Hindutva tweets labeled Siddiqui an “Islamist” as they pointed to her Muslim identity.

In asking the question about Indian Muslims, some social media users accused working withan agenda and hinted that she was doing so at the behest of Pakistan. They dig out an eight-year-old Instagram post by her showing a Pakistani flag requesting prayers for Pakistan.

Source: Scroll.In

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https://scroll.in/article/1051465/an-american-journalist-asked-modi-a-question-and-was-attacked-online-for-her-muslim-identity

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Afghanistan: No Female Participants In Kabul Medical Exam

 

Photo: DT Next

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Jun 25, 2023

The examinations for General Internal Medicine and Surgery was attended by only males and no female participants on Friday, TOLOnews reported.

The National Examination Authority said that 100 participants who secure the highest scores will be admitted to Avicenna University and Nangarhar University as per TOLOnews.

Abdul Baqi Haqqani, head of the National Examination Authority said, “100 people will be selected and from among them, 69 will go to Kabul and 31 others will be admitted to Nangarhar medical university.”

“We call on the government to present doctors to society who are really doctors at an international level. The opportunities that are provided for the international doctors should be provided to the (Afghan) doctors,” said Rahim Gul Darwish, a participant.

“I hope justice will be served. Those who studied and made a great effort, their efforts should not be wasted,” said NisarNaseemi, another participant, TOLOnews reported.

Earlier, TOLOnews interviewed graduates of medical universities who voiced criticism over the delay in setting the date of the medical expert examination, which is scheduled annually by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH).

Prior to the medical exam, female students in Afghanistan reacted to the decision that no longer allows female students to take the final medical exam ‘the exit exam’.

Prior to the examination of medical experts, female students throughout the nation reacted to the decision that no longer allows female students to take the “exit exam,” the final medical exam, as per TOLOnews.

Source: Thenewsmill.Com

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https://thenewsmill.com/2023/06/afghanistan-no-female-participants-in-kabul-medical-exam/

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Baroness Helena Kennedy KCTells Of ‘Terrible Texts’ From Trapped Afghan Women Pleading For Help

Katrine Bussey

25-06-2023

A leading human rights lawyer has told how she still receives “tragic, terrible text messages” from women hiding from the Taliban in Afghanistan, nearly two years after she managed to evacuate more than 500 people from the conflict-torn country.

Baroness Helena Kennedy KC organised the evacuation of 103 women who were on Taliban “kill lists” in September and October 2021, flying them and their families to safety.

A total of 508 people escaped on three flights the Scottish-born Labour peer arranged – but she told how she still gets pleas for help from some women who were unable to flee at that time.

Hitting out at the UK Government, she said the Tories’ “dog whistle politics” on immigration mean she can no longer bring people to safety in Britain.

“I have still got women sending me the most tragic, terrible text messages and phoning me at all hours, saying ‘please help me, I am hiding in my basement, I didn’t get on your planes in 2021 because my mother was dying, I couldn’t leave at the time, but now they are after me’.

“But all I can say is ‘I’m sorry, they don’t provide visas to Britain from Afghanistan, you have to go to another country, Pakistan is the nearest, you have to get your kids across that border’.”

Baroness Kennedy described the evacuation she organised in 2021 as “one of the crazier things I have done in my life”, but also “one of the things I feel was absolutely the right thing to do”.

Condemning the shortage of legal routes for those fleeing persecution to come to the UK, she said that is why “quite a number” of those who attempt to arrive on small boats across the Channel are originally from Afghanistan.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made a commitment to “stop the boats” as one of his key pledges to voters, with the UK Government currently pursuing a crackdown on refugees entering the country illegally in the Illegal Migration Bill.

She said: “I’m a lawyer, and I believe in the rule of law. And I think rather like Boris (Johnson) being dismissive or applying the rules to himself, I am afraid that has spilled into the behaviour of other ministers.

“I am afraid that the Home Office in this is prepared to break international law on the refugee convention, the convention on the rights of the child, the convention on the elimination of discrimination against women, because they are prepared to deport pregnant women.

“One of the fundamentals in Scots law and English law is the right to due process, that before you lose any of your rights that you should have the opportunity of putting your case.

She described the proposals as “pretty disgusting”, and added: “It is being done because this is a Government running out of policy and running out of road.

A Home Office spokesman said: “The UK has a proud history of providing safe and legal routes for those who need it, and the UK’s current offer is the most generous in recent history.

“Between 2015 and March 2023, we have offered a place to over half a million men, women and children seeking safety.

Source: Independent.Co.Uk

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/afghan-rishi-sunak-government-hazara-scottish-b2363684.html

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For the first time, Muslim Students Federation in Kerala inducts 3 women to State committee

June 24, 2023

The Muslim Students Federation (MSF), the students’ wing of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), witnessed a historic moment on Saturday when three women students were selected to its State committee.

Until now, the MSF State committee had no women members. The women were working separately under an organisation named Haritha.

Source: The Hindu

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/for-the-first-time-muslim-students-federation-inducts-3-women-to-state-committee/article67005687.ece

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Saudi girl scouts to increase Hajj participation in coming years: Princess Sama bint Faisal

ARAB NEWS

June 25, 2023

MAKKAH: Princess Sama bint Faisal bin Abdullah, chairwoman of the Saudi Girl Scout Committee, said on Saturday that the girls participating in serving the Hajj pilgrims this year have a “passion and enthusiasm to serve their country” by providing quality services, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

She said that the girl scouts also provide their “great services” at King Faisal Hospital in Makkah by assisting patients and visitors and guiding them inside the hospital, in addition to their role in the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah by guiding pilgrims and distributing guidance maps.

Speaking during a tour to follow up on their work, Princess Sama said: “The girl scouts have received intensive training during the last period to deal with all the conditions that qualify them to serve the pilgrims to the fullest.”

She added that the participation of Saudi girl scouts this year has witnessed an increase in the number of volunteers, and looks forward to expanding participation in greater numbers in the coming years with the relevant sectors.

The public service camps of the Saudi Arabian Scout Association this year included the participation of 150 girls from the Saudi Girl Scouts Committee, who volunteered in servicing pilgrims at King Faisal Hospital in Makkah, and in guiding pilgrims in cooperation with the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah.

Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2327526/saudi-arabia

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Saudi UN delegation celebrates Saudi women in diplomacy

ARAB NEWS

June 24, 2023

RIYADH: The Saudi delegation at the UN in Geneva organized a ceremony on Saturday to mark the annual International Day of Women in Diplomacy.

Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN AbdulmohsenMajed bin Khothaila, the members of the Saudi delegation, and diplomats and ambassadors from around the world attended the event, as well as media outlets, representatives of civil society and officials from international organizations.

Meanwhile, Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Al-Asoumi issued a statement commending the success of Arab women in many fields, especially diplomacy. Al-Asoumi noted that a number of women in the Arab world occupy high-level diplomatic positions and that many female ambassadors around the world are excellent figureheads for their countries, “as a result of their competence and merit.”

He said that the International Day of Women in Diplomacy “unequivocally affirms that women have actively served their country internally or externally” and called for greater efforts to benefit from Arab women’s qualifications and skills in support of diplomatic work in the Arab world.

Al-Asoumi congratulated and thanked Arab female diplomats for their valuable participation in their states’ foreign policies and the defense of their interests abroad.

Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council JasemAlbudaiwi highlighted the role that women in the GCC have played in nurturing generation after generation, adding that they are “the pillar of the family.”

He said: “Today, as everyone knows, GCC women play a decisive diplomatic role regionally and globally, including in cementing ties among countries and spreading peace at regional and global levels.”

Albudaiwi also pointed out that female diplomats are a symbol of strength and creativity, as they have leadership skills and “distinguished negotiating capabilities,” and know how to deal with complex diplomatic challenges.

“Historically, there are many events in which women have proven their (abilities) in international summits and negotiations, and this has led to stronger diplomatic communications between our peoples, and to the promotion of peace and stability in the region,” he said.

He added that the status of GCC women in the diplomatic field shows the pride that leaders in the GCC take in promoting gender equality and supporting the role of women in decision-making.

“The GCC member states have, over the years, extended unwavering support to the diplomatic women of the GCC by tailoring a comprehensive and fair working environment for them, as well as removing all obstacles and challenges (they face) and ensuring they receive full support in successfully carrying out their duties,” he added.

Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2327386/saudi-arabia

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