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Burma: New Satellite Images Confirm Mass Destruction of Rohingya

Human Rights Watch | - - 288 Villages, Tens of Thousands of Structures Torched (New York) – Newly released satellite images reveal that at least 288 villages were partially or totally destroyed…

Eyewitness: the Rohingya horrors and Aung San Suu Kyi’s whitewash

By Ellen Wiles< | (The Conversation) | - - It was a bright autumn morning, and I had just dropped off my two children at nursery and was scrolling through Twitter, when…

Alarmed Kurdistan forces Mobilized at Kirkuk as Iraqi troops said to Mass on Border

TeleSur | - - According to Kurdish TV station, Rudaw, an additional 6,000 Peshmerga forces have been mobilized in Kirkuk to defend from a possible Iraqi threat. Kurdish TV channel Rudaw has…

Rohingya Refugee Women Bring Stories of Unspeakable Violence

By Naimul Haq | (Inter Press Service) | - - COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (IPS) - Yasmin, 26, holds her 10-day-old baby, who she gave birth to in a crowded refugee camp in…

Can the West Help the Rohingya of Myanmar/ Burma?

By Ludovica Marchi | (LSE: British Politics and Policy) | - - Violence in Myanmar has resulted in more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims leaving the country and seeking refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh.Ludovica…

Rohingya Genocide: Why isn’t the World Community Doing Something?

By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - The Rohingya of Myanmar are probably passing through the darkest time in their history, with the international community standing almost idle. While the…

Saudi Arabia: Official Hate Speech Targets Minorities

Human Rights Watch | - - Incitement Leads to Discrimination Against Shia, Other Groups (Beirut) – Some Saudi state clerics and institutions incite hatred and discrimination against religious minorities, including the country’s…

As Muslims rally for the Rohingya, what About the Rest of Us?

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | - - If only Muslims reach out to help the Rohingya, the international community will suffer another blow to its reputation.…

Iranian Leader: Trump is “Disturbed,” speaks like a Cowboy or Mobster

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iranian hardliners are still responding to Trump's speech at the UN Monday, in which he accused Iran of backing terrorism and called the…

Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”

TeleSur | - - "The army came and burned down my house. I was inside the house at that time," one survivor said. Rohingya refugees arriving at treatment centers in Bangladesh covered…

Given Fundamentalist impact on Syria, Women’s Freedoms in Doubt

By Manal Ismael | ( Global Voices Online ) | - - In early September 2017, a piece of paper with a potent message targeted against women, held by a group of…

Can Turkey’s Erdogan ride Rohingya Crisis to global Muslim Leadership?

By Simon P. Watmough | The Conversation | - - The emerging humanitarian crisis that has been rocking Myanmar - where an estimated 370,000 Rohingya have been forced out of the country…

Can Iran keep its Influence in Baghdad?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Iran wants to reunite the fighting Shiite Muslim political parties in Iraq that once gave it unconditional support. But that job is far…

Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late

By Farhana Haque Rahman, Director General, Inter Press Service | (IPS) | - - Rohingya refugees trudge through the rain and mud as they arrive at Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh after days…

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Why we should be wary of Calls for an “Islamic Reformation”

By Todd Green | ( Mizan Project ) | - - This year marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Reformation in Germany, a monumental event in Christian history that generated permanent…

Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities

Human Rights Watch | - - Military’s ‘Unfinished Business’ Has Hallmarks of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ (New York) – Ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing Burmese security forces in Burma’s Rakhine State have described killings, shelling,…

You’ve Got Veil: Secular Tajikistan Gov’t sends Millions of Texts imposing Hijab Ban

RFE/RL's Tajik Service | - - DUSHANBE -- Private mobile-phone companies in Tajikistan have begun sending out text messages to millions of citizens, reminding them to obey a new law that makes…

Burma: Satellite Shows Massive Arson against Muslims by Buddhists

Human Rights Watch . | - - 700 Buildings Destroyed in Single Muslim Village in Rakhine State (New York) – New satellite imagery shows several hundred buildings burned in Burma’s Rakhine State,…

Muslim Rohingya Refugees Drown as They flee Buddhist Persecution in Myanmar

TeleSur | - - Around 27,400 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar since Friday. Bangladeshi border guards have recovered two dozen bodies from the country’s shore in the last two…

Muslims well-integrated in Western Europe, but still face rejection

By Zoran Radosavljevic | EURACTIV.com | - - Muslims have come a long way towards integration into Western Europe, particularly in terms of language, education and work, but remain on the margins…