China is 'educating' Muslims to avoid extremism's spread, not mistreating them: Beijing official
China is not mistreating Muslims in Xinjiang province but is putting some people through training courses to avoid extremism spreading, unlike Europe, which had failed to deal with the problem, a Chinese official told reporters on Thursday. Reports of mass detentions of ethnic Uighurs and ...
Germany suspends, probes two Bavaria policemen over Nazi salute
Police in Germany's southern state of Bavaria are investigating two officers suspected of performing the illegal Hitler salute. The German constitution makes it a crime to exhibit Nazi symbols and the incident is likely to feed into a heated debate about racism and the rise ...
YouTube yanks videos from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones: Infowars website
YouTube has removed four videos by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, his website Infowars said on Wednesday, after the radio host used his YouTube channel to denounce Muslim immigrants to Europe and the creators of a transgender cartoon. "YouTube has removed four Infowars videos that were ...
India vows justice as Muslims fear being left off border state Assam's citizen list
India said on Sunday people whose names are missing from a list of citizens to be issued by a border state this month will not be detained, amid concerns that Muslims will be targeted under the guise of detecting illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. "We will ...
Supreme Court logic in upholding travel ban supports transgender-free military: Trump
The Trump administration is now claiming the upper hand in legal challenges to its prohibition on transgender Americans in the military thanks to the the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the travel ban against several predominantly Muslim nations. The Supreme Court in June held ...
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency amid Buddhist-Muslim clashes
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency for seven days in a bid to curb communal violence after clashes erupted between majority Buddhists and members of the Muslim minority. Under the emergency, which was imposed for the first time ...
Sri Lanka deploys forces to quell deadly Buddhist-Muslim clash
Sri Lanka sent troops and elite police to central Kandy district and imposed a curfew there on Monday to prevent clashes between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Muslims after a mob set fire to a Muslim-owned shop. Renewed tension has been growing between the two ...
University of Tokyo offers halal chocolates ahead of Valentine's Day
The University of Tokyo is selling halal chocolates online for Valentine's Day to raise public awareness of foods that are prepared according to Muslim standards. Hanan Chocolates have been produced by a Tokyo maker using soy emulsifier and no animal-origin ingredients. The products — milk ...
Nigeria holds mass burial for 73 killed in clashes between farmers and herdsmen seeking fertile land
Seventy-three people killed since the start of the year in communal violence between semi-nomadic herdsmen and farmers were buried in Nigeria on Thursday highlighting a bloody conflict over fertile land that is taking on political significance. The mass burial took place in Makurdi, in the ...
When the 'Arab Street' and its protests come to Sweden
Anti-Jewish violence spreads to liberal Europe, where Muslim immigrants enjoy the freedom to protest.
Japanese processed seafood firm Edoya Co. will produce halal salmon skin chips in Malaysia in collaboration with a local food producer, looking to cater to Muslims in Japan and Southeast Asia. Edoya, based in Obihiro, Hokkaido, said Jabi Rice Sdn. Bhd. has agreed to make ...
U.N. jury still out on whether to declare Myanmar violence against Muslim Rohingya genocide
The United Nations has yet to determine whether violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar meets the legal definition of genocide, Jyoti Sanghera, Asia-Pacific chief at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Wednesday. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad ...
