Taliban Labels Islamic State Affiliate ISIS-K A Corrupt "Sect"
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July 2022
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• Taliban Labels Islamic State Affiliate ISIS-K A
Corrupt "Sect"
• Homosexuality: Sharia Court Sentences 70-Year-Old
Man, Others To Death By Stoning
• Love Is Halal: German Mosque Unfurled A Rainbow Flag
To Mark Pride Celebrations
• Military Given Go-Ahead For TTP Talks By A Parliamentary
Committee: Interior Minister
• Pandit Mustafa Arif Regrets His ‘Ishwar Prerna’
Inspired By The Holy Quran Did Not Reach The Two Misguided Men Before They
Beheaded A Tailor In Udaipur
South Asia
• Conclusion of the Taliban’s Grand Assembly:
Religious Scholars Proclaim Allegiance and Demand the Taliban’s International
Recognition
• Islamic Emirate Delegation Travels to Tashkent
• Grenade Explosion at an Islamic Seminary in East
Afghanistan Wounds Eight People
• Fulbright Program to Resume for Afghan Students
• Counterfeit Dollar Banknotes Influx Money Exchange
Markets in South Afghanistan
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Africa
• Muslim Rights Concern Warns IGP Over 50 Children
Found In Ondo State Underground Church
• Algerian FM Calls For Restoration Of Syria’s
Position In Arab League As Founding Member
• Government given two years to amend the marriage or
divorce Acts to recognise Islamic marriages
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Europe
• Leader Of The Radical Group 'Stop The Islamisation
Of Norway' Burned A Quran And Shortly After Was In A Car Chase And Collision
• The Aristocrat Who Converted To Islam And Inspired A
Pilgrimage To A Lonely Highland Mountain
• Blasts Kill 3 In Russian Border City, Lawmaker
Blames Ukraine
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Pakistan
• At least 19 people killed as bus plunges into ravine
in Balochistan
• Imran ‘only hope’ for PTI supporters
• Benazir’s monument to be built at Liaquat Bagh
before December
• LHC asked to explain order seeking notification of
MPAs on reserved seats
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India
• Over 50 Kashmiris shifted from Jammu jail to prisons
in India
• After Azamgarh Win, PM Asks UP BJP to Explore New
Social Equations, Focus on Pasmanda Muslims
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North America
• Commission On International Religious Freedom Indian
Ministry Of External Affairs Raises Concerns About The Credibility Of United
States
• Carbyne Capital Investments Seeking To Expand Supply
Chain Solutions To Muslims
• US's Amiri Chooses Not to Meet With Islamic Emirate
in Doha
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Arab world
• Abu Dhabi Faith Figure, Abdallah Bin Bayyah, Hails
Shift In Muslim-Jewish Relations
• Restoring Ecosystem For A Green Hajj Requires Good
Carbon, Says Forum Chief
• Saudi medical team saves life of Iranian Hajj
pilgrim in Makkah
• Jeddah Season receives 6 million visitors
• Saudi deputy FM attends celebrations for Burundi’s
60th Independence Day
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Mideast
• Hezbollah Drones 'Delivered The Message' To Israel,
Says Pro-Iranian Media
• Iran's Top Diplomat in Syria, Slams Israel, Turkish
Threats
• Iran says new Turkish offensive in Syria would destabilise
region
• UAE leaders offer condolences to Iranian President
• Shiite cleric shot, wounded in central Iran
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Southeast Asia
• PM Ismail Sabri: Govt looking into ways to address
rising prices of goods, won’t let people suffer
• Report: Some in Cabinet standing in way of
anti-hopping legislation
• State deputy law minister: Sabah’s MA63 moves won’t
affect Sarawak’s bid to regain rights
Compiled by New
Age Islam News Bureau
URL: https://newageislam.com/islamic-world-news/taliban-islamic-state-isis-khorasan/d/127390
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Taliban Labels Islamic State Affiliate ISIS-K A
Corrupt "Sect"
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By Sahar Akbarzai
03-07-2022
(CNN)The Taliban has declared the Islamic State
affiliate ISIS-K a corrupt "sect" and forbidden Afghans from contact
with it.
"We call out to the nation that the seditious
phenomenon called ISIS-K is void of today's age and a false sect that spreads
corruption in our Islamic country. It is forbidden to have any kind of help or
relationship with them," the Taliban said in a resolution on Saturday.
The resolution follows a three-day conference of
religious leaders and elders in Kabul, according to Afghanistan's state-run
news agency, Bakthar.
ISIS-K (the k stands for Khorasan, the name of a
historical region that covered parts of modern Afghanistan and Pakisan) has been
operating in Afghanistan for the last few years.
It has carried out numerous attacks on Afghan
civilians and is thought to be responsible for thousands of deaths since its
2015 formation.
The Taliban's resolution said that Afghanistan follows
an Islamic system of rule and that "armed opposition to this system is
considered rebellion and corruption."
It added that "any kind of opposition to this
Islamic ruling system, which is in conflict with Islamic Sharia and national
interests, is corruption and illegal action."
The connection between ISIS-K and its apparent parent
group Islamic State is not entirely clear; the affiliates share an ideology and
tactics, but the depth of their relationship with regards to organization and
command and control has never been entirely established.
US intelligence officials previously told CNN that the
ISIS-K membership includes "a small number of veteran jihadists from Syria
and other foreign terrorist fighters," saying that the US had identified
10 to 15 of their top operatives in Afghanistan.
Its earliest members included Pakistani militants who
emerged in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province around a decade ago, many of whom
had fled Pakistan and defected from other terror groups, according to the
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
In its resolution on Saturday, the Taliban also
pledged allegiance to Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, the group's reclusive
supreme leader, whom it referred to as the "leader of the people".
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Homosexuality: Sharia Court Sentences 70-Year-Old Man,
Others To Death By Stoning
By Mustapha Bagudu
July 3, 2022
(THEWILL) – A Sharia Court sitting in Ningi,
headquarters of Ningi local government area of Bauchi State, has sentenced
three men to death by stoning.
The three men, Abdullahi Abubakar Beti (30), Kamilu
Ya’u (20) and Malam Haruna (70), were convicted for engaging in homosexuality,
an act contrary to Section 134 of Bauchi State Penal Law of 2001, as well as
the provisions of Fiquhussunah Jizu’i Number 2, page 362.
The case against the convicts started on June 14,
2022, when members of the Hisbah Vanguard operating in Ningi LGA, through Adamu
Dan Kafi, arraigned the three men before the Sharia Court for alleged homosexuality.
After listening to the prosecution, the trial Sharia
judge, Munka’ilu Sabo Ningi, thereafter, adjourned the case to Wednesday, June
29, 2022 for judgement.
While delivering the judgement of the court after
hearing statements by witnesses, as well as admittance of guilt by the three
accused persons, the trial judge, Munka’ilu Sabo Ningi, sentenced them to death
by stoning.
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Love Is Halal: German Mosque Unfurled A Rainbow Flag
To Mark Pride Celebrations
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Destiny Rogers
3 JULY 2022
A Berlin mosque yesterday unfurled a rainbow flag to
mark Pride celebrations in Germany. Berlin’s culture minister and other
dignitaries attended the ceremony at the start of Germany’s Pride month. Many
worshippers at the Ibn Rushd-Goethe mosque also wore stickers saying ‘Love is
Halal’.
The ceremony occurred just a week after a radicalised
Islamist shot two people dead at an Oslo gay bar hours before the local Pride
Parade.
Mo el-Ketab, an imam at the Ibn Rushd-Goethe mosque,
described his mosque as a safe place.
“For people who are different, so they too can
experience the spiritual side of their lives.
“I hope that many other mosques will also show the
flag in this way or set other positive signs for the LGBT community.”
With Germany’s main pride events taking place in July,
the flag will fly until the end of the month.
Marc-Eric Lehmann from Berlin’s Christopher Street Day
committee said the flag sent an incredibly strong sign.
“Queer people can also be religious and believe in
God. We should not just be talking about safe spaces in bars and clubs in
Berlin, we also have to talk about safe spaces in the places of worship.”
Founded five years ago, the Ibn Rushd-Goethe mosque
describes itself as Germany’s only liberal mosque. It invites men and women to
pray together and welcomes LGBTQIA+ worshippers.
A statement from the Ibn Rushd-Goethe imams said they
chose to fly the flag as an important signal to LGBTQIA+ people of the Muslim
faith.
“They do not have to choose between their faith and
their sexual identity, but are accepted as such, as they are.”
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Military Given Go-Ahead For TTP Talks By A
Parliamentary Committee: Interior Minister
Interior Minister Rana
Sanaullah — DawnNewsTV
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Iftikhar A. Khan
July 3, 2022
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee has authorised
the military leadership to hold talks with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban
Pakistan (TTP), Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Saturday.
Speaking at a press conference, he said the military
leadership would inform the committee about any progress in the talks and the
matter would then be debated in parliament.
The minister said that talks would be held only under the
Constitution of Pakistan, adding that neither anything over and above the
Constitution would be negotiated nor would any such agreement be reached.
On June 22, the military had reassured the political
leadership that no extra-constitutional concessions would be given to the
banned TTP in the ongoing dialogue and any deal made with the terrorist group
would be subject to parliamentary approval.
This was the first meeting between the national
political leadership and the military, which has been negotiating with the TTP
in Afghanistan with the help of the Afghan Taliban. The meeting was arranged
after Pakistan Peoples Party, a major partner in the ruling coalition, lodged a
protest for not being taken on board about the talks.
Days after Imran Khan’s disclosure, his interior
minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed surprised many by saying that he was unaware of
any such dialogue.
Rana Sanaullah recalled how former prime minister
Nawaz Sharif had invited the political leadership, including Imran Khan, to PM
House for devising a consensus strategy to tackle the issue after the Army
Public School Peshawar attack in 2014.
A senator from Jamaat-i-Islami, Mushtaq Ahmed had also
recently raised the issue of keeping talks with TTP secret from the parliament.
At the time, Senator Irfanul Haq Siddiqui had said these talks had not been
initiated during the term of the present government.
“We were also unaware who is holding these talks and
where they are taking place. Things became clear at a recent meeting at Prime
Minister’s House,” he had said.
Earlier, speaking at a ceremony at Police Lines, the
interior minister said that the loan agreement signed by the PTI government
with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was ill-negotiated and not
implemented in letter and spirit by the previous regime. He said the country
had such an ailing economy that IMF has kept Pakistan on toes only to get $1
billion. “We tried our best and presented every argument that we should not
increase prices of fuel but to no avail.”
He said the ruling party had thought about dissolving
the assemblies to get fresh mandate but the country could have faced threat of
default if it was handed over to caretaker set-up.
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Pandit Mustafa Arif Regrets His ‘Ishwar Prerna’
Inspired By The Holy Quran Did Not Reach The Two Misguided Men Before They
Beheaded A Tailor In Udaipur
Pandit Mustafa Arif takes
the universal message of God to the masses
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Jul 3, 2022
Pandit Mustafa Arif regrets his 'labour of love'
Ishwar Prerna or God's Inspiration, a work consisting of 10,000 verses in 18
volumes, never reached the two misguided men before they beheaded a tailor in
Udaipur. Had they given even a cursory glance at this 'magnum opus' in Hindi
inspired by the holy Quran, claims Pandit Arif, they could have changed their
mind and not perpetrated the heinous crime.
Working tirelessly for nine years, Pandit Arif, 72,
has penned these verses in simple Hindi which upholds God's universal message
of love, compassion and enshrined in the Quran. He has written it in the format
of hamd or God's praise.
"The duo who brutally killed the tailor had
either not heard of the Quranic verse which talks about God's dislike for those
who create turmoil on the earth or deliberately didn't heed it. I am aghast
that this barbarity was committed in the name of the Prophet who preferred
peace to violence, forgiveness to revenge," he says. He conveys this
Quranic message, quoting a line from his collection: "Fasad Zameen Par Na
Faillao Yehi Hukm-E-Ilahi Hai/Apas Mein Jud Jane Mein Hi Ab Sabki Bhalaee Hai
(God doesn't allow trouble on earth/The salvation is in peaceful
co-existence)."
A former member of Ujjain (MP)-based Mahakaleshwar
Mandir's administrative committee, it was in Ujjain in 1992 that the All-India
Brahman Samaj conferred the title of a Pandit on Arif. Acknowledging his
commitment to Hindu-Muslim unity, his devotion to understand and his respect
for Hinduism, he received the Mahakal Samman in 2004 at Talkatora auditorium in
Delhi.
This Ratlam-born Dawoodi Bohra Muslim began his career
as a Hindi journalist in the 1970s in MP, moved to Delhi in 2001 when Vajpayee
was Prime Minister, and is now settled in Mumbai. He edited government-run
quarterly magazine Sadhvana Sandesh and even wrote panegyric poems for
Vajpayee.
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South Asia
Conclusion of the Taliban’s Grand Assembly: Religious
Scholars Proclaim Allegiance and Demand the Taliban’s International Recognition
By Saqalain Eqbal
02 Jul 2022
In order to legitimize the Taliban’s rule, the
“men-only” gathering was convened, and the Taliban officials declared that
sensitive issues like secondary schooling for girls might be discussed.
Officials from the Taliban said the meeting was a
chance for clerics to independently offer recommendations on how the Islamist
group should run the impoverished country, but the final resolution was mostly
a restatement of their own ideologies.
Source: Khaama Press
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Islamic Emirate Delegation Travels to Tashkent
By Amina Hakimi
02-07-2022
A delegation of the Islamic Emirate, led by the acting
Minister of Commerce and Industry Nooruddin Azizi, has traveled to
Tashkent.
More than 50 Afghan traders are included in the
delegation.
Source: Tolo News
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Grenade Explosion at an Islamic Seminary in East
Afghanistan Wounds Eight People
By Saqalain Eqbal
02 Jul 2022
The grenade explosion targeted an Islamic religious
school called Zunoorain Usman, in Nangarhar province’s Rodat district, about 25
kilometers from Jalalabad city, the provincial capital.
The injured have been sent to the nearby hospital,
according to the security officials. One of them reportedly has a critical
health condition.
Source: Khaama Press
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Fulbright Program to Resume for Afghan Students
By Saqalain Eqbal
03 Jul 2022
According to the US State Department, the program for
Afghan students receiving Fulbright educational scholarships may resume for the
following academic year.
The US State Department is considering resuming the
Fulbright program for students from Afghanistan, a spokesperson for the
department told the media.
Source: Khaama Press
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Counterfeit Dollar Banknotes Influx Money Exchange
Markets in South Afghanistan
By Saqalain Eqbal
02 Jul 2022
The proliferation of new counterfeit dollars on the
market is causing concern among many business owners and money exchange dealers
in the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand, in the south of Afghanistan.
According to these money exchange dealers, several
people have attempted to trade newly manufactured counterfeit money in the
market over the past two months.
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Africa
Muslim Rights Concern Warns IGP Over 50 Children Found
In Ondo State Underground Church
By John Owen Nwachukwu
July 3, 2022
Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has asked the Inspector
General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, to transfer the case of fifty
children found in the underground of a church in the Valentino area of Ondo
State to Abuja immediately.
More than 50 children were allegedly found by the
Nigeria Police in the underground of a church on the evening of Friday.
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Algerian FM calls for restoration of Syria’s position
in Arab League as founding member
July 3, 2022
Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has called
for the restoration of Syria’s membership in the Arab League as a founding
member of the regional organization, emphasizing that his country strongly
supports the reunification of Arab states.
“Algeria will do its utmost effort to unite and
strengthen the common Arab will to confront collective challenges,” Lamamra
said at a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in the Lebanese capital city of
Beirut on Saturday.
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Government given two years to amend the marriage or
divorce Acts to recognise Islamic marriages
Mercedes Besent
2 July 2022
Al Jama-ah in Parliament has submitted an Interim
Registration of Muslim Marriages Private Members Bill to give effect to the
Constitutional Court (Con Court) judgment on Muslim marriages.
This comes after Con Court declared that the common
law definition of marriage is inconsistent with the Constitution and invalid as
it excludes Muslim marriages.
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Europe
Leader Of The Radical Group 'Stop The Islamisation Of
Norway' Burned A Quran And Shortly After Was In A Car Chase And Collision
The New Arab Staff
02 July, 2022
The leader of an extremist Norwegian anti-Islamic
group was in a spectacular car chase and collision on Saturday, minutes after
burning a Quran on the outskirts of Oslo.
Norwegian police said they arrested two people,
including the driver of a car accused of deliberately ramming the SUV of Lars
Thorsen, leader of the radical group "Stop the Islamisation of
Norway" (Sian).
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The aristocrat who converted to Islam and inspired a pilgrimage
to a lonely Highland mountain
By Alison Campsie
3rd July 2022
Lady Evelyn Cobbold is believed to have been the first
British woman to make the pilgrimage to Mecca, with the noblewoman undertaking
the Hajj in 1933 aged 65, later documenting her travels in a book.
Now, the journey to her final resting place on her
former estate in Glencarron recently became a spiritual undertaking for a group
of Muslim converts, many who travelled from England to make the six-hour return
journey on foot in classic Highland wind and rain. A call to prayer was made on
the hillside, and prayers said close to Lady Evelyn’s grave.
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Blasts Kill 3 In Russian Border City, Lawmaker Blames
Ukraine
By Pavel Polityuk
07/02/22
At least three people were killed and dozens of homes
damaged by blasts in the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border, the
regional governor said on Sunday, while Ukrainian forces hit a Russian military
base in occupied southern Ukraine.
Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported a number
of explosions in the city of nearly 400,000 some 40km (25 miles) north of the
border with Ukraine.
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Pakistan
At least 19 people killed as bus plunges into ravine
in Balochistan
Ghalib Nihad
July 3, 2022
At least 19 people were killed while 11 others were
injured after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Balochistan's Zhob
district on Sunday morning, officials said.
Sherani Assistant Commissioner Mehtab Shah told
Dawn.com that the incident occurred near Dhana Sar. He said that the bus
plunged into the ravine while speeding, killing 19 passengers and injuring 11
others.
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Imran ‘only hope’ for PTI supporters
Ikram Juanidi
July 3, 2022
ISLAMABAD: Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf
(PTI), who gathered at the Parade Ground on Saturday to attend the protest
against inflation, criticised the incumbent government led by Pakistan Muslim
League-Nawaz (PML-N) over its failure to provide relief to the masses.
They also took an exception to the removal of pro-PTI
banners in the twin cities and said the government could “remove the posters
from streets but it could not remove Imran Khan from their hearts”.
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Benazir’s monument to be built at Liaquat Bagh before
December
Aamir Yasin
July 3, 2022
RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister and Pakistan
People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s monument will be constructed
at Liaquat Bagh before December this year.
Ms Bhutto was assassinated at Liaquat Bagh on December
27, 2007, in a gun and bomb attack when she was leaving after addressing a
public meeting there.
Source: Dawn
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LHC asked to explain order seeking notification of
MPAs on reserved seats
Nasir Iqbal
July 3, 2022
ISLAMABAD: Besides fixing July 22 as the date for
holding a run-off poll for the election of the Punjab chief minister, the
Supreme Court had also directed the Lahore High Court (LHC) to issue detailed
reasons within a week about requiring the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)
to notify five PTI candidates on reserved seats for women and minorities in the
Punjab Assembly.
The SC had also declared that during the interregnum
period Hamza Shehbaz will continue serving as the provincial chief executive.
Source: Dawn
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India
Over 50 Kashmiris shifted from Jammu jail to prisons
in India
July 3, 2022
In Jammu and Kashmir, the occupation authorities have
shifted over 50 illegally detained Kashmiris, including Hurriyat leaders
Muhammad Yousuf Falahi, Aadil Zargar, Dawood Zargar and Dr Muhammad Shafi
Shariyatee from Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu to the prisons in the Indian states
of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
The authorities also shifted a noted human rights
defender, Muhammad Ahsan Untoo from Central Jail, Srinagar, to Kot Bhalwal
jail, Jammu.
Source: Kashmir Media Service
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After Azamgarh Win, PM Asks UP BJP to Explore New
Social Equations, Focus on Pasmanda Muslims
JULY 03, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the Bharatiya
Janata Party’s Uttar Pradesh unit to analyse how the Muslim Dalit community,
commonly known as Pasmandas, is impacted by the government’s policies, and work
that can be done to increasingly uplift their lives and reach out to them. The
PM’s suggestion came during a presentation by UP BJP Chief Swatantra Dev Singh
at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meet in Hyderabad.
Dev was briefing those present on how the saffron
party had won Azamgarh, a seat known for its Muslim-Yadav combination. It is
then that the Prime Minister interjected, asking the party leadership to
explore more social equations and reach out to Dalit Muslims in the state.
Source: News18
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North America
Indian Ministry Of External Affairs Raises Concerns
About The Credibility Of United States Commission On International Religious
Freedom
2 July, 2022
On Saturday, 2nd of July, the Indian Ministry of
External Affairs, in extremely strong words, condemned the controversial United
States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for its ‘biased’
and ‘inaccurate’ claims that India is stifling voices of dissent, especially of
those belonging to the minority community.
Responding to the controversial organisation’s 2022
annual report, MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, “We have seen the biased
and inaccurate comments on India by the US Commission on International
Religious Freedom (USCIRF). These comments reflect a severe lack of
understanding of India and its constitutional framework, its plurality, and its
democratic ethos.”
Source: Op India
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Carbyne Capital Investments seeking to expand supply
chain solutions to Muslims
Jul 02, 2022
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Carbyne Capital Investments
Limited (CCI) is seeking to expand its services of supply chain solutions to
the Muslim community to help grow their businesses.
According to a release, director and co-founder of
CCI, Rajiv Ebanks, who was speaking at a Muslim Businesses Empowerment Seminar
held in Ocho Rios, St Ann on Sunday, June 26, highlighted the benefits of
supply chain financing solutions and how it supports businesses, particularly
those within the Muslim community.
Source: Jamaica Observer
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US's Amiri Chooses Not to Meet With Islamic Emirate in
Doha
By TOLO News
02-07-2022
The US special envoy for Afghan women and human
rights, Rina Amiri, said on Twitter she opted to not attend the talks with the
Islamic Emirate in Doha.
“I support my colleagues engaging the Taliban.
Engagement on issues where there’s traction, such as economic stabilization
& the humanitarian response, is necessary to improve the lives of 40
million Afghans. We must meet with them if there’s any prospect of meaningful
action,” she said, adding that she is “gravely concerned by the Taliban’s
actions and current stance on the areas my office oversees & disappointed
that robust international engagement to this point hasn’t produced meaningful
outcomes for Afghan women, girls & at-risk populations.”
Source: Tolo News
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Arab world
Abu Dhabi Faith Figure, Abdallah Bin Bayyah, Hails
Shift In Muslim-Jewish Relations
Nick Webster
Jul 03, 2022
A faith leader from Abu Dhabi attended a meeting in
London to discuss a shared vision for peace and tolerance.
Islamic scholar Abdallah bin Bayyah met Ephraim
Mirvis, 11th Chief Rabbi of the United Congregations of the Commonwealth, for a
historic conversation covering Islamic-Jewish relations.
Source: The National News
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Restoring ecosystem for a green Hajj requires good
carbon, says forum chief
DEEMA AL-KHUDAIR
July 02, 2022
JEDDAH: Restoring the ecosystem for a green Hajj
requires good carbon, the CEO of the Saudi Green Building Forum has said.
The SGBF, along with the UN Environment Programme, is
studying the Al-Mashair area to restore land and look into its boundaries and
carbon capacity.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi medical team saves life of Iranian Hajj pilgrim
in Makkah
ARAB NEWS
July 03, 2022
MAKKAH: A specialized team from Makkah’s King Abdullah
Medical City has successfully performed an emergency cardiac catheterization
procedure to save the life of an Iranian pilgrim on Saturday, the Saudi
Ministry of Health said.
In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency early
Sunday, the ministry said that the Hajj pilgrim was taken to the hospital's
emergency department when he complained of severe chest pain while he was on
his way to the Grand Mosque in Makkah to perform prayers.
Source: Arab News
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Jeddah Season receives 6 million visitors
SPA
July 03, 2022
JEDDAH: Jeddah Season set a new attendance record over
its 60 days of events this year. Organizers said 6 million people had visited
the season — the highest number in its short history.
Jeddah Season began in May and ended on Saturday, July
2. The number of visitors it attracted suggests the Kingdom’s drive to boost
its tourism and entertainment sectors is a success.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi deputy FM attends celebrations for Burundi’s
60th Independence Day
SPA
July 02, 2022
BUJUMBURA: On behalf of King Salman, Saudi Deputy
Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji attended the celebrations to mark the 60th
anniversary of Burundi’s independence in Bujumbura on Friday.
During the ceremony, the Saudi minister conveyed
congratulations and greetings from King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin
Salman to Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye.
Source: Arab News
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Mideast
Hezbollah drones 'delivered the message' to Israel,
says pro-Iranian media
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
JULY 3, 2022
Hezbollah said on Sunday that the drone attack it
launched on Saturday, in which three of its drones were shot down by Israel,
accomplished the mission that Hezbollah intended. This is a propaganda
statement and appeared on Al-Mayadeen media, widely considered to be pro-Iranian.
Iranian media has also examined how the drone threat
could lead to a naval conflict with Israel. In the report, Hezbollah openly
says that it sought to launch drones in the direction of the Karish gas
platform.
Source: Jpost
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Iran's Top Diplomat in Syria, Slams Israel, Turkish
Threats
July 02, 2022
DAMASCUS, SYRIA —
Iran's top diplomat condemned on Saturday Israel's
latest airstrike on Syria and criticized recent threats from Turkey about
another planned incursion by Ankara into northern Syria.
Source: Voa News
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Iran says new Turkish offensive in Syria would
destabilise region
02/07/2022
"Any Turkish military action in the north of
Syria would be a destabilising element in the region," Hossein
Amir-Abdollahian told a press conference in Damascus, according to a simultaneous
translation from Farsi to Arabic.
Turkey has launched successive offensives in Syria
since 2016 targeting Kurdish militias as well as Islamic State group jihadists
and forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
Source: France24
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UAE leaders offer condolences to Iranian President
By Wam
3 Jul 2022
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al
Nahyan today sent a cable of condolences to President of the Islamic Republic
of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, over the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the
village of Sayeh Khosh, southern Iran, killing five people and injuring 44.
Source: Khaleej Times
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Shiite cleric shot, wounded in central Iran
AFP
July 02, 2022
TEHRAN: A Shiite cleric in central Iran was injured on
Saturday morning after an assailant on a motorcycle shot at him, Iranian state
media said.
Mohsen Akhavan, who holds the clerical rank of
hojatoleslam, was targeted in the city of Isfahan, according to the website of
state broadcaster IRIB.
Source: Arab News
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Southeast Asia
PM Ismail Sabri: Govt looking into ways to address
rising prices of goods, won’t let people suffer
03 Jul 2022
PASIR SALAK, July 3 — The government will look into
ways and means to address the rising prices of goods and will not let the
people to suffer, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
“(Under) The previous government, the people
struggled, but we (the current government) are looking for ways so that the
people are not burdened. Never in history, do we give subsidy so that prices do
not rise.
Source: Malay Mail
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Report: Some in Cabinet standing in way of
anti-hopping legislation
By Justin Ong
03 Jul 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — Several “very influential”
members of Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s Cabinet were allegedly stymying the
push to enact a law against political defection before the general election,
according to sources.
These sources alleged to news portal Free Malaysia
Today that such efforts were in direct opposition of other ministers’ publicly
stated desire to see such a law in place before the next general election.
Source: Malay Mail
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State deputy law minister: Sabah’s MA63 moves won’t
affect Sarawak’s bid to regain rights
03 Jul 2022
KUCHING, July 3 — Sabah’s Malaysia Agreement 1963
(MA63) proposals for Putrajaya will not affect Sarawak’s ongoing efforts to
regain its rights under the agreement, said Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman
Ghazali.
The Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Department (Law,
MA63 and State-Federal Relations) said Sarawak will carry on its fight to
regain its rights regardless of the proposal and demand from the neighbouring
state.
Source: Malay Mail
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