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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas joined Pope Francis on Saturday to celebrate the opening of the Embassy of Palestine in Vatican City. Palestine’s ambassador to the Holy See, Issa Kassissieh, hailed the inauguration of the embassy as “a significant achievement for the Palestinian people,” adding that Pope Francis has taken “a moral, legal and political stand…

The New Year calls for New Resolutions — and for Morocco these seem to be confused and worrying plans of a possible ban of the production and sale of the burqa, a long, loose garment covering the whole body from head to toe. Worn in public by many Muslim women countries such as Afghanistan and…

In their recent back-to-school catalog, Target Australia featured a woman wearing a headscarf (hijab), who is presumably either a Muslim or modeling as one. The company received mixed reactions to the photo on social media: some comments voicing support and approval, others expressing disappointment and even disgust. Target has stated that it is hoping to “represent…

Police and the local paper in Dortmund, Germany are calling out Breitbart for producing a fake story alleging a mob attack happened on New Year’s Eve, whose culprits were over a thousand “Muslim” men chanting “Allahu Akbar” while setting fire to the oldest church in the country. It described incidents where the men launched fireworks…

This week a teaser trailer for BBC Two’s new satirical show Revolting has spread like wildfire across social media.  The clip introduces a new parody of the Real Housewives franchise: The Real Housewives of ISIS. Everything about the clip, from the title, to the women arguing over who wore a suicide vest better, is shocking and has, understandably, attracted…

BBC coverage of the British “Ethnicity, Gender and Social Mobility” report, started by the Social Mobility Commission with research performed by academics from LKMco and Education Datalab, revealed numerous disparities in race, gender and class, when it comes to British educational and professional opportunities. For example, Black and Asian Muslim children are less likely to…

During a recent UN Security Council meeting, a vote of 14-0 voted in support of the Palestinians – and the U.S. abstained from the vote. Israel Ambassador claims, “God is on Israel’s side, but not the U.S.” In the midst of all this news reporting and commentary, one thing is lost ± the human narrative…

“Don’t forget about Aleppo, Syria.” This sentiment has been floating around Facebook statuses, newspaper op-eds and TV headlines for the past week following the broadcast of what the United Nations is calling “a meltdown of humanity” in Aleppo, Syria. However, what happens when someone is shot and killed in the midst of the grief, suffering…

It was around lunchtime when Ammi (Mom) got a phone call. She then turned on the TV and we sat down to watch images of crying and screaming parents. The Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar had been attacked by a group of militants and scores of innocent children were brutally murdered. It was Dec. 16,…

As the genocide (and that is exactly what it is — genocide) in Syria continues to unfold at a level worse than ever before, thousands of people in neighboring Turkey protested at the Cilvegozu gate on the Turkish side of the border. The location wasn’t at all by chance — Cilvegozu has become a key…

Following two straight years of bombings by Saudi Arabia and its American allies, Yemen is on the verge of fighting a new aggressor: famine. Although famine has not been officially declared, more than half of the country’s population of 28 million, is “food insecure,” while 7 million are without food at all; UNICEF, the United…

To: President of the United States of America From: Muslim Students Association National Date: December 15, 2016 Dear President Barack Obama, We are writing this letter to strongly urge your intervention in the violence in Aleppo, Idlib, and the rest of Syria. We were invited to attend the White House gathering for youth leaders and…

This year, the EU Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was given to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two of the lucky few who have been able to successfully escape from the enslavement of the Daesh (ISIS) in Iraq. 23-year-old Murad and 18-year-old Bashar were held as sex slaves along with hundreds of other…