“They Deserve To Die”: Executive Director Of Hindu Conference Of Canada Openly Demanding Killing Of Muslims And Sikhs In India
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June 2022
Hindu Supremacist leader Ron
Banerjee,
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• “They Deserve To Die”: Executive Director Of Hindu
Conference Of Canada Openly Demanding Killing Of Muslims And Sikhs In India
• Saudi Arabia Confers Order Of King Abdulaziz On
Pakistan’s Military Chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa
• Turkish Court Closes Khashoggi Murder Case Ahead Of
Saudi Crown Prince Visit
• UK's Anti-Terrorism Strategy, Dubbed Prevent, Has 'Negative Effect' On Muslim Communities
• Six Young Scientists To Represent Malaysia At 71st
Nobel Laureate Meeting In Germany
India
• ED Seeks Details From UP Police On Prophet Remark
Protesters
• One Held For Installing Bharat Sena Flag Near A
Mosque In Coimbatore
• Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari Urges LG Sinha To
Release All Public Service Act Detainees In J&K
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Arab World
• Islamic Finance Assets In Qatar Grew 20% To QR629bn
In 2021: Bait Al Mashura
• Protest In Front Of Bahrain Embassy In London On
Int'l Day In Support Of Victims Of Torture
• Islamic Religious Authorities Warn Of 'Suspicious'
Israeli Excavation At Al Aqsa Mosque
• Anti-trafficking training held for Saudi Border Guard
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Mideast
• Norway "Terrorist Attack" Suspect Is
Norwegian Of Iranian Descent: Police
• Iran vows to press ahead with nuclear development
until West ends ‘illegal behaviour’
• Iraqi PM to head to Saudi Arabia, Iran for new
dialogue
• Iran nuclear talks to resume in days, says EU’s
Borrell
• Iran Supports Full Peace, Lifting of Sanctions on
Yemen: President
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Europe
• UK's Anti-Terrorism Strategy, Dubbed Prevent, Has 'Negative Effect' On Muslim Communities
• Norwegian Police Security Service Considers Oslo
LGBTQ+ Nightclub Shooting An Extreme Islamist Terrorist Act
• 'As soon as I stepped outside my front door I was
Scouse. I'm proud to be Scouse and I'm proud to be Muslim'
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Southeast Asia
• HR minister says Malaysia's cap on Bangladeshi
hiring firms part of ethical recruitment goals
• Umno needs to trigger early general election soon to
bolster its chances of winning, say political analysts
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Africa
• Former Nigerian President Obasanjo Says, No One Has
The Right To Condemn Another Man’s Religion
• Muslim Rights Concern Knocks Lawyer Omirhobo For
Wearing Traditional Attire To Court
• Akeredolu orders installation of CCTV in churches,
mosques, eateries
• Seventeen people found dead in S. African nightclub
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South Asia
• A 500kg Bomb Left From Soviet-Era Discovered In Afghanistan
• Fire in South Afghanistan Inflicts Substantial
Financial Loss
• Turkey Deports 136 Undocumented Afghan Migrants to
the Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
• China Provides $7.5 Million to the Victims of the
Devastating Earthquake in Afghanistan
• UK Announces £2.5 Million in Humanitarian Assistance
in Response to the Deadly Earthquake in Afghanistan
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North America
• What Are UK Abortion Laws, And What Is Different In
The US?
• US repatriates Guantanamo Bay prisoner to
Afghanistan after 15 years
• Severe Drought Helped Foster Rise of Islam: Study
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Pakistan
• Neglected Since Partition & Turned Into A Cattle
Shed, Pak Orders Restoration Of Gurudwara Where Nanak Visited
• Imran Issues Fresh Call For Protest At Islamabad's
Parade Ground On July 2
• Shehbaz, MQM agree on panel to implement deal
• Marriyum accuses PTI of trying to bankrupt PTV
• PTI hopes to salvage pride in Punjab by-polls
• With fears and doubts, Sindh heads to polls in 14
districts
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“They Deserve To Die”: Executive Director Of Hindu
Conference Of Canada Openly Demanding Killing Of Muslims And Sikhs In India
Hindu Supremacist leader Ron Banerjee,
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by Veena Nair
25th June 2022
In an interview with a YouTube channel Beat of the
North, the Executive Director of the Hindu Conference of Canada, a Hindu
supremacist, openly called for genocide of Muslims and Sikhs in India. He was
speaking on the episode of “Will you vote for Justin Trudeau?”
“Hinduism is the way, I am hardcore Hindu nationalist.
I would have Modi ruling India as well as this country (Canada). He kills
Muslims and Sikh terrorists. It is awesome what Modi is doing,” Banerjee told
the channel.
Banerjee said he had zero tolerance for radical Islam
and radical Khalistani Sikhs or any of these ideologies. However, when the
show’s host tried to explain that not all Muslims and Sikhs are radical,
Banerjee said, “Muslims need to understand that if they’re gonna need to live
in our country, they got to follow our rules and if they don’t, they will get
it. They will get it.”
He further went on to say that he would want Narendra
Modi to rule Canada. “I would like the Modi government to rule in this country
as well as India. He kills Muslim terrorists, he kills Sikh terrorists, he is
awesome. What Modi is doing,” Banerjee said.
This is not the first time Ron Banerjee has been seen
making Islamophobic comments and encouraging the killings of Muslims and Sikhs.
In April this year, he was arrested in Toronto for making violent threats made
against Sikhs.
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Saudi Arabia Confers Order Of King Abdulaziz On
Pakistan’s Military Chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed
bin Salma decorates COAS Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa with King Abdulaziz Medal of
Excellent Class. — Picture courtesy: SPA
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ARAB NEWS
June 26, 2022
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has conferred on Pakistan’s chief
of army staff the Order of King Abdulaziz, an order of merit named after the
Kingdom's founder, state media said on Sunday.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, implementing
King Salman's order, decorated Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa the King Abdulaziz Medal
of Excellent Class, "in appreciation of Gen. Bajwa’s distinguished efforts
in strengthening and developing Saudi-Pakistani relations," SPA reported.
The crown prince and the Pakistani military chief also
met and "reviewed bilateral relations, especially in the military fields,
and opportunities for developing them, in addition to a number of issues of
common interest," SPA said.
The occasion was attended by Prince Khalid bin Salman,
Saudi deputy minister of defense; Saudi Arabia’s Chief of General Staff Gen.
Fayyad Al-Ruwaili; and a number of senior officials from the two sides, said
the report.
Source: Arab News
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Turkish Court Closes Khashoggi Murder Case Ahead Of
Saudi Crown Prince Visit
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June 26, 2022
A Turkish court has closed the case into the murder of
dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi days before Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler
Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the country, citing a set of legal reasons.
The Middle East Eye reported on Friday that Istanbul's
11th Heavy Penal Court closed the case on June 17, saying Saudi judicial
authorities had already tried many of the suspects in the kingdom, making the
Turkish trial unnecessary.
The Istanbul court noted that Riyadh Criminal Court's
First Joint Chamber has said 10 of the 26 suspects had received sentences of up
to 20 years in prison, adding that after inspecting the Turkish court dossier
on the killing, it has decided that there was no fresh evidence to suggest the
11 remaining suspects should be retried.
The Riyadh court also said the authorities could not
establish any connection between the murder and the remaining four suspects who
were also part of the joint Turkish-Saudi team to investigate the murder.
The Istanbul court said it did not have the means and
evidence to continue the trial under such circumstances since it could not
listen to the testimony of the suspects.
It added that international legal principles and
precedents suggest it should drop the case, since it doesn't have sufficient
probable cause to continue against the remaining suspects - who have not been
found guilty in Saudi courts.
The latest development comes as Saudi crown prince Bin
Salman, who is commonly referred to by his initials MBS, arrived in Ankara on
Wednesday for the first time in years, where he is slated to hold talks with
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Ties between Ankara and Riyadh took a nosedive after
Khashoggi was killed and dismembered inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in the
Turkish city of Istanbul in October 2018.
Saudi Arabia initially issued conflicting stories
about Khashoggi’s disappearance, but eventually claimed that the Washington
Post columnist had been killed in a “rogue” operation.
At the time, Turkish officials released an audio
recording of Khashoggi’s killing that they said contained evidence that
Khashoggi had been assassinated on the orders of bin Salman.
As relations with Turkey frayed, Saudi Arabia launched
an unofficial embargo on Turkish exports, dramatically curbing around $5
billion in bilateral trade.
Turkey's rapprochement with the Saudis began with an
Istanbul court decision in April to break off the trial in absentia of more
than two dozen suspects accused of links to Khashoggi's killing and to transfer
the case to Riyadh.
The court's decision drew strong protests from
activists around the globe. But it paved the way for a visit to Saudi Arabia by
Erdogan three weeks later, when he hugged the crown prince.
Erdogan’s unconventional economic approach has set off
an inflationary spiral that has seen consumer prices almost double in the past
year. But his administration is now drumming up investment and central bank
assistance from the very countries it opposed.
Turks' living standards are imploding one year before
a general election that poses one of the biggest challenges to Erdogan's
mercurial two-decade rule.
Turkey faces its worst economic crisis in two decades
and is trying to draw investments from wealthy Arab states of the Persian Gulf
region. It has also taken steps to improve relations with the United Arab
Emirates, Egypt and the Israeli regime.
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UK's Anti-Terrorism Strategy, Dubbed Prevent, Has 'Negative Effect' On Muslim Communities
Since becoming law in 2011,
the strategy has been criticised by rights groups for the challenge that it is
believed to pose to the justice system's foundations. (AA)
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26-06-2022
The UK's anti-terrorism strategy, dubbed Prevent, is
facing criticism from a UN special rapporteur for "targeting Muslim
communities" ahead of a controversial independent review.
Fionnuala Ni Aolain, the UN special rapporteur on the
promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, said the
strategy has had a "negative and discriminatory effect on Muslim
communities" and its implementation is "inconsistent" with the
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
While the effect of the initiative "has not been
felt equally by all children," Ni Aolain said, "minority ethnic or
religious communities" were impacted in particular.
She said the UN "has a number of concerns about
the Prevent strategy" and that she addressed these kinds of government
strategies used by the UK and other countries with the organisation's Human
Rights Council.
Since becoming law in 2011, the strategy has been
criticised by equality and rights groups for the challenge that it is believed
to pose to liberties and the justice system's foundations.
There have been regular calls for the strategy's
removal due to its discriminatory nature against Muslims and because the UK
government has failed to provide any evidence that it prevents terrorism.
"In fact, we know of at least 13 people who have
gone on to commit terrorist attacks and they were known to Prevent prior to
their attacks and Prevent did not stop them," said Layla Aitlhadj, the
director of Prevent Watch, a campaign group that supports people affected by
the strategy.
Source: Trt World
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Six young scientists to represent Malaysia at 71st
Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany
26 Jun 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — Six young scientists have been
selected to represent Malaysia at the 71st Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau,
Germany, being held from today until July 1.
Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) president Professor
Emerita Datuk Asma Ismail said they included Enis Nadia Md. Yusof of Universiti
Sains Malaysia, Goh Choon Fu (Universiti Sains Malaysia) and Nur Azzalia
Kamaruzaman (Universiti Sains Malaysia).
The others are Oh Wen Da (Universiti Sains Malaysia),
Sazlinda Kamaruzaman (Universiti Putra Malaysia) and Low May Lee from
International Medical University Malaysia (IMU).
“They will be among the about 600 young scientists
from all over the world attending the meeting that is now held physically after
the one in 2021, which was conducted online,” she said in a statement today.
She said the meeting served as the best platform for
young scientists, who are the country’s pioneers in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics, to build a network with the best scientists at the
international level.
“Apart from being able to meet Nobel Prize recipients
from various science disciplines, this meeting introduces the research by our
young scientists and in turn may open up opportunities for them to work with
scientists in world-class laboratories,” she said.
An estimated 35 Nobel Prize winners will participate
in the meeting by presenting their research, as well as share their
experiences.
The nomination of the Malaysian representatives for
the Nobel Meeting is open to all young scientists from public and private
institutions of higher learning nationwide.
Source: Malay Mail
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India
ED Seeks Details From UP Police On Prophet Remark
Protesters
by Deeptiman Tiwary
June 26, 2022
The Enforcement Directorate has now turned its gaze on
people who participated in two recent protests — against the Prophet remarks by
now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, and the announcement of the
Agnipath short-term recruitment scheme for the armed forces.
Source: Indian Express
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One held for installing Bharat Sena flag near a mosque
in Coimbatore
26th June 2022
By Express News Service
COIMBATORE: Three functionaries of Hindu outfit Bharat
Sena were booked for allegedly installing a flag in front of a mosque in
Kannappa Nagar near Rathinapuri in Coimbatore and one man from the organization
was arrested in the case.
Rathinapuri police team, led by sub-inspector R
Kasthuri, were patrolling the 9th street in Kannapa Nagar on Friday around 9.30
am, when they found a Bharat Sena flag in front of Durairaj, a resident’s
house, near a mosque.
Source: New Indian Express
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Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari Urges LG Sinha To
Release All Public Service Act Detainees In J&K
GK Web Desk
26 Jun, 2022
Srinagar June 26: Apni Party President and former
J&K minister Syed Altaf Bukhari on Sunday urged the Lieutenant Governor
Manoj Sinha administration to release all Public Service Act detainees in the
UT.
Source: Greater Kashmir
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Arab World
Islamic finance assets in Qatar grew 20% to QR629bn in
2021: Bait Al Mashura
June 25 2022
Islamic finance assets in Qatar grew 20% in 2021,
reaching QR629bn, researcher Bait Al Mashura has said.
Islamic banks accounted for 87% of these assets while
Islamic sukuk accounted for 11.6%, takaful insurance companies 0.8%, and the
remaining share is distributed between investment funds and other Islamic
financial institutions, Bait Al Mashura said in its 'Islamic Finance Report
2021' released Saturday.
Source: Gulf-Times
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Protest in front of Bahrain embassy in London on Int'l
day in support of Victims of Torture
June 26, 2022
Activists from Bahrain and British MPs staged a
protest on (June 22, 2022) in front of the Bahraini Embassy in London.
The protest was held marking the United Nations
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and the 11th anniversary of
the conviction of detained symbols.
Source: Bahrain Mirror
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Islamic religious authorities warn of 'suspicious'
Israeli excavation at Al Aqsa Mosque
Amr Mostafa
Jun 25, 2022
Islamic religious authorities in East Jerusalem have
spoken of “suspicious” Israeli excavation work in the vicinity of Al Aqsa
Mosque.
The work is being carried out in an area adjacent to
the outer base of Al Aqsa Mosque by Israel's antiquities authority and an
Israeli settler group, the Islamic Awqaf, Affairs and Holy Sites Council said.
Source: The National News
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Anti-trafficking training held for Saudi Border Guard
ARAB NEWS
June 26, 2022
RIYADH: The Human Rights Commission, in partnership
with the UN International Organization for Migration, recently concluded a
two-day anti-trafficking training program for the Kingdom’s Border Guard.
More than 100 Border Guard personnel were given
training by specialists from the IOM, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the UN
Refugee Agency, UNICEF, UN Human Rights Office and the International Committee
of the Red Cross.
Source: Arab News
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Mideast
Norway "Terrorist Attack" Suspect Is
Norwegian Of Iranian Descent: Police
June 25, 2022
Oslo: The suspect whom police have arrested following
deadly shootings in Oslo overnight is a Norwegian of Iranian descent, police
said on Saturday.
Source: Ndtv
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Iran vows to press ahead with nuclear development
until West ends ‘illegal behavior’
By TOI STAFF
25 June 2022
The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council
vowed on Saturday to push ahead with nuclear development until the West ends
its “illegal behavior,” the Reuters news agency reported, citing Iranian state
media.
“Iran’s retaliatory actions in the nuclear sector are
merely legal and rational responses to US unilateralism and European inaction
and will continue as long as the West’s illegal practices are not changed,” Ali
Shamkhani said in a meeting with top EU diplomat Josep Borrell.
Source: Times Of Israel
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Iraqi PM to head to Saudi Arabia, Iran for new
dialogue
by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
June 25, 2022
Iraq’s caretaker prime minister is set to fly to Saudi
Arabia, followed by Iran, carrying a new initiative aimed at renewing talks
between the two regional arch foes, an official said Saturday.
The official said Mustafa al-Kadhimi was scheduled to
travel to Riyadh later in the day for meetings with Saudi officials. He will
then travel to Tehran on Sunday.
Source: Times Of Israel
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Iran nuclear talks to resume in days, says EU’s
Borrell
Reuters, Dubai
25 June ,2022
Iran’s indirect talks with the United States on
reviving the 2015 nuclear pact will resume soon, the Iranian foreign minister
said on Saturday amid a push by the European Union’s top diplomat to break a
months-long impasse in the negotiations.
“We are prepared to resume talks in the coming days.
What is important for Iran is to fully receive the economic benefits of the
2015 accord,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said, adding that he had
held a “long but positive meeting” with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
Source: English.Alarabiya
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Iran Supports Full Peace, Lifting of Sanctions on
Yemen: President
June, 26, 2022
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – President Ebrahim Raisi voiced
Iran’s support for the establishment of peace in Yemen and removal of the
economic blockade against the Arab country.
In a telephone conversation with Chairman of Yemen’s
Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat on Saturday, Raisi praised the epic
resistance of the Yemeni people and said, "Emphasizing the need to
preserve Yemen's territorial integrity and national sovereignty, the Islamic
Republic of Iran supports the ceasefire that will lead to complete peace and
the real lifting of the oppressive economic blockade against the Yemeni
people.”
Source: Tasnim News
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Europe
UK's 'Prevent' strategy has 'negative and
discriminatory effect on Muslim communities'
Leila Nezirevic
25.06.2022
The UK's anti-terrorism strategy, dubbed Prevent, is
facing criticism from a UN special rapporteur for "targeting Muslim
communities" ahead of a controversial independent review.
Fionnuala Ni Aolain, the UN special rapporteur on the
promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, said the
strategy has had a "negative and discriminatory effect on Muslim
communities" and its implementation is "inconsistent" with the
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Source: AA.Com.Tr
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Norwegian Police Security Service Considers Oslo
LGBTQ+ Nightclub Shooting An Extreme Islamist Terrorist Act
By: Norway Today Staff
25. JUNE 2022
The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) is raising
the level of terrorist threat in Norway. It considers the mass shooting in Oslo
an extreme Islamist terrorist act.
Source: Norway Today
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'As soon as I stepped outside my front door I was
Scouse. I'm proud to be Scouse and I'm proud to be Muslim'
By Patrick Edrich
26 JUN 2022
It's a warm Wednesday afternoon and Muhammed Elmi sips
from a bottle of cola as he sprawls across the sofa in a city centre café.
The community engagement associate, dressed casually
in a t-shirt and white Nike trainers, jokes it's very different to the usual
can of Coke he'd pick up from his local shop at home in Toxteth. Just the day
before he had celebrated his 26th birthday - choosing to spend it in the
community before seeing friends in the evening.
Source: Liverpool Echo
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Southeast Asia
HR minister says Malaysia's cap on Bangladeshi hiring
firms part of ethical recruitment goals
By Ashman Adam
26 Jun 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — Putrajaya’s 25-agency cap of
the Bangladeshi companies allowed to recruit workers to Malaysia is to improve
its international standing on migrant issues, including human trafficking,
according to Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.
In an interview with The Sunday Star published today,
he explained that migration is a global and complex issue that must be managed
properly, and that Malaysia is currently placed in an unfavourable position,
with regards to the Annual Trafficking in Persons Report issued by the US State
Department and must be dealt with delicately.
Source: Malay Mail
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Umno needs to trigger early general election soon to
bolster its chances of winning, say political analysts
By Ben Tan
26 Jun 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — Umno needs to push for the
general elections to be held this year as challenging times lie ahead for the party,
say political analysts.
“The Umno supreme council at its meeting on Friday
night touched on the government’s withdrawal of subsidies and suggested
tackling the rising cost of food holistically... this is all part of the
party’s strategy to push for an early general election.
Source: Malay Mail
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Africa
Former Nigerian
President Obasanjo Says, No One Has The Right To Condemn Another Man’s Religion
By: Michael Adesina
26th June, 2022
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday said no
one has the right to condemn or say that another man’s religion is inferior to
his own.
Obasanjo stated this on Saturday while speaking to
some young Nigerians on the need to imbibe religious tolerance in the country.
Source: Pmnews Nigeria
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Muslim Rights Concern Knocks Lawyer Omirhobo For Wearing
Traditional Attire To Court
Michael Adesina
25th June, 2022
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has knocked a lawyer
Malcolm Omirhobo for dressing like a traditional doctor to the Supreme Court in
Abuja.
MURIC in a statement issued today, however, said the
lawyer’s behaviour is not only contemptuous of the Supreme Court pronouncement
but also provocative, condescending, and irreconcilable with the noble
profession of law.
Source: Pmnews Nigeria
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Akeredolu orders installation of CCTV in churches,
mosques, eateries
By: Ademola Adegbamigbe
25th June, 2022
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has signed an Executive
Order for the compulsory installation and use of Close Circuit Television
(CCTV) in all public and private institutions.
According to a statement by the governor, the order
becomes imperative in the light of the increased spate of insecurity in the
country and the need to ensure the security of lives and properties in all
public and private institutions and centres throughout the state.
Source: Pmnews Nigeria
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Seventeen people found dead in S.African nightclub
By Guardian Nigeria
26 June 2022
At least 17 young people were found dead at a
nightclub in a township in South Africa’s southern city of East London on
Sunday, police said.
“We got a report about 17 (people) that died in a local
tavern in Scenery Park which is based in East London,” a provincial police
chief brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana told AFP.
Source: Guardian
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South Asia
A 500kg bomb left from Soviet-era discovered in
Afghanistan
June 26, 2022
Taliban officials on Saturday say they have discovered
a 500kg bomb left over from the Soviet's military operation of Farah province
in eastern Afghanistan.
Muhammad Arif Adil, a spokesman for Farah's Security
Commander said that 500kg bomb has remained in Afghanistan since the Russian
occupation in the 1980s.
Source: Mehr News
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Fire in South Afghanistan Inflicts Substantial
Financial Loss
By Saqalain Eqbal
25 Jun 2022
Omari Market, which is located in Lashkar Gah’s first
police district, caught fire on Friday night, June 24, according to the
Taliban’s Director of Information and Culture in the province of Helmand,
burning the market’s goods in flames.
Source: khaama Press
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Turkey Deports 136 Undocumented Afghan Migrants to the
Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
By Saqalain Eqbal
25 Jun 2022
A deportation center in the city of Kocaeli in
Turkey’s northwest received 272 illegal migrants from Afghanistan on the same
day, of whom 136 were sent back to their country of origin right away, on
Friday, according to Demiroren news agency.
Consistent with the reports, refugees from countries
like Liberia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen, Palestine, Iran, Afghanistan,
Iraq, and Syria attempt to enter European countries illegally.
Source: khaama Press
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China Provides $7.5 Million to the Victims of the
Devastating Earthquake in Afghanistan
By Saqalain Eqbal
25 Jun 2022
According to a statement released on the ministry’s
website, the relief would include tents, towels, beds, and other items to meet
the necessary needs of those affected.
According to a senior official, Afghanistan lacks the
medical equipment necessary to treat those wounded in the earthquake this week
that claimed more than 1,000 lives.
Source: khaama Press
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UK Announces £2.5 Million in Humanitarian Assistance
in Response to the Deadly Earthquake in Afghanistan
By Saqalain Eqbal
25 Jun 2022
“The recent earthquake is a tragedy for the people of
Afghanistan,” Liz Truss said. “The scale of need was already severe before the
earthquake struck, with more than half of the population requiring humanitarian
assistance,” she added.
The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC)
will receive a total of £2 million to help people in need of basic necessities
like food, water, shelter, and medical care, according to the statement.
Source: khaama Press
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North America
What are UK abortion laws, and what is different in
the US?
Ted Hennessey
26-06-2022
he US Supreme Court has ended constitutional
protections for abortion that have been in place for nearly 50 years by
deciding to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade ruling.
In January 1973, the US Supreme Court ruled that a
woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy was a private matter and protected by
the US constitution.
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US repatriates Guantanamo Bay prisoner to Afghanistan
after 15 years
June 26, 2022
The US on Friday repatriated a Guantanamo Bay prisoner
to his home country of Afghanistan after a federal court ruled the US no longer
has a legal basis to detain him.
The Pentagon announced the transfer of Asadullah
Haroon al-Afghani from Guantanamo Bay prison after the US District Court of
Columbia's ruling that there was no longer any legal basis to justify his
continued detention.
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Severe Drought Helped Foster Rise of Islam: Study
BY JOSEPH GOLDER
6/25/22
Extreme drought helped bring about the emergence of
Islam on the Arabian Peninsula, according to a new study conducted by an
international team of experts.
The team, led by Professor Dominik Fleitmann, a
researcher at the University of Basel in Switzerland, studied a stalagmite from
the Hoti Cave in what is now Oman.
Source: News Week
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Pakistan
Neglected Since Partition & Turned Into A Cattle
Shed, Pak Orders Restoration Of Gurudwara Where Nanak Visited
by Divya Goyal
June 26, 2022
Built at the site where Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev
had once visited, and abandoned in 1947 after the migration of the Sikh
population during the Partition, the Pakistan government has finally ordered
the preservation and restoration of the historical Gurdwara Pehli Patshahi
Nanaksar, at Fateh Bhinder village, Daska district of Sialkot in Punjab
province.
The gurdwara building, with crumbling yet magnificent
architecture, was one of the many such Sikh shrines in Pakistan that required
immediate attention. In the past few months, some illegal occupants had even
turned the abandoned building of Gurdwara Nanaksar into a cattle shed and
started tying their animals in the premises. Several cracks had appeared in the
building’s structure, considered an important part of Sikh history and heritage
across the border, but no action had been taken by the Pakistan government.
Source: Dawn
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Imran Issues Fresh Call For Protest At Islamabad's
Parade Ground On July 2
Dawn.com
June 25, 2022
PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday issued a call for
a fresh protest rally against the government at Islamabad's Parade Ground, a
week from now on July 2.
In a video message from Islamabad, Imran said the
demonstration will be held next Saturday evening for Islamabad locals and those
from Rawalpindi. "Those in Peshawar, Lahore, Karachi, Multan and our big
cities ... I'm telling everyone that you have to carry out protests on Saturday
night and I want you to fully participate, not for me, but for the future of
you and your children," he added.
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Shehbaz, MQM agree on panel to implement deal
Dawn Report
June 26, 2022
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has agreed to a
proposal of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) that sought a
committee comprising its members as well those from the Pakistan Muslim
League-Nawaz (PML-N) to look into the execution and progress on the terms
agreed between the two sides before coming into power.
“A proposal about committee is principally agreed and
it is expected early next week three members from each party would be formally
notified,” said a source.
Source: Dawn
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Marriyum accuses PTI of trying to bankrupt PTV
Staff Reporter
June 26, 2022
ISLAMABAD: Alleging that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf
(PTI) regime wanted to run the state broadcaster into the ground for the
benefit of certain individuals, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb claimed
on Saturday that former premier Imran Khan had tried to auction off buildings
belonging to Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television (PTV)
Speaking at a press conference, the minister said that
as the national broadcaster, PTV was supposed to be the voice of the state and
part of the national identity.
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PTI hopes to salvage pride in Punjab by-polls
Mansoor Malik
June 26, 2022
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf central Punjab
president Dr Yasmin Rashid says the by-election on 20 seats in the province has
become a do or die matter and added the party will win maximum seats and form
its government in Punjab again.
Dr Rashid on Saturday held meetings with the party
leaders as well as corner meetings in the four by-election constituencies in
Lahore.
Source: Dawn
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With fears and doubts, Sindh heads to polls in 14
districts
Imran Ayub
June 26, 2022
KARACHI: With serious reservations of opposition
parties and fears of violence, which are further deepened after a bomb attack
in Jacobabad killed one person and left around 10 injured, Sindh goes to local
bodies’ elections in 14 districts of four divisions under first phase of the
electoral process where more than 11 million voters will choose their
representatives for the municipal system of their towns and villages after more
than six years.
After remaining under doubts for many weeks due to
efforts of major political parties to delay the process on different grounds,
the local bodies (LB) polls in Sindh are finally taking place after the Sindh
High Court on Friday dismissed the petitions of major opposition parties
seeking postponement of local government elections in four of the six divisions
of the province.
Source: Dawn
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