International
OIC concerned over issues of Indian Muslims...
( Turkey )
Ankara:The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday expressed concerns on the controversial citizenship law affecting the Muslim minority in India. “It expresses its concern over the recent developments pertaining to both the issue of citizenship rights and the Babri Masjid [Mosque] case. It reiterates its call to ensure the safety of the Muslim minority and the protection of Islamic holy places in India,” the OIC said in a written statement. India’s Supreme Court in...
Iran’s ties with India “ancient, historic, unbre...
( Iran )
Tehran:Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called Iran’s ties with India as ancient, historic and unbreakable. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in his latest tweet on Sunday wrote that it was a pleasure to co-chair the 19th Joint Commission Meeting with his Indian counterpart. Elsewhere he called Iran’s ties with India” as ancient, historic and unbreakable. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a meeting with his Indian...
Pakistan`s letter to UN says India placing missiles in Kashm...
( Pakistan )
Islamabad:Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written to the United Nations, warning the world body of what he says are actions by New Delhi to position missile launchers in Kashmir, according to a statement released by Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Thursday. In the statement, Qureshi is said to have told the UN that he fears India is planning to launch an attack on Pakistan to divert international attention from human rights violations in Kashmir. These are...
Human Rights center: 137 Yemeni civilians killed, injured in...
( Yemen )
Sana: Yemen Center for Human Rights stated that US-Saudi aggression killed and injured 137 people, including women, children and African migrants, as a result of raids and bombing in the governorates of Hodeidah and Sa’ada last November. In its monthly report, the center stated that the number of martyrs was 39, including two children and a woman, while the number of injured reached 98, including 13 children and six women. The report stated that during November, US-Saudi aggression launched...
Training suspended for Saudi Air Military students after Sau...
( US )
Washington:The Pentagon has suspended operational training for all Saudi military students in the United States, indefinitely halting flight instruction, firing range training and all other operations outside the classroom in the wake of a shooting last week at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida by a member of the Saudi Royal Air Force. The suspension will affect nearly 900 Saudi students across the country, the Defense Department said on Tuesday. Classroom teaching, including language courses,...
Since 1967 Over 200 Palestinians martyred in Israeli custody...
( Palestine )
Gaza:A total of 222 Palestinians have been martyred in Israeli custody since 1967, a year when first Palestinian was martyred under custody, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS). Ami Abu Dyak, a cancer patient who was in jail for the last 17 years, was the latest victim pronounced dead on Nov. 26. Abu Dyak, 37, from Silat ad-Dhahr in the West Bank’s Jenin province, was arrested in July 2002 and sentenced to three life sentences with an additional 30 years. He was accused of...
Disagreement among Muslims hurts Islam and Ummah:Ayatollah A...
( Iran )
Tehran:Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, secretary general of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought in his speech at the fifth meeting of the Russia-Islamic World Strategic Vision Group in Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, warning of the particular situation in the Middle East region and enemies’ threats against Islam and the entire region, reported TNA. He rebuked creation of different fake denominations in the world of Islam who merely recognize themselves and excommunicate all others. Secretary...
Address ‘dire’ human rights record of Saudi Arab...
( Saudi Arab )
Geneva:G20 leaders should pressure the kingdom to end human rights violations amid a new wave of arbitrary arrests and silencing of dissent, Amnesty said in a statement. Member states who are engaged in arms trade with Saudi Arabia must also reconsider their position and the extent to which their continued profitability makes them complicit in human rights violations committed by the kingdom in its war on Yemen, the group warned. “Saudi Arabia steps up to the G20 presidency amid a new wave...
Iraq’s parliament approves prime minister’s resignation...
( Iraq )
Baghdad:Iraq’s parliament has approved the resignation of Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, which came after Iraq`s top cleric Grand Ayatollah Syed Ali al-Sistani urged the parliament to “reconsider” its support for the incumbent government. Iraqi legislators approved Abdul-Mahdi’s resignation during a parliament session held in the capital, Baghdad, on Sunday afternoon. Abdul-Mahdi’s administration is expected to take on a caretaker role until the largest bloc in the parliament agrees...
Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization conde...
( Malaysia )
Kuala Lumpur: The world must condemn the statement made by India’s consul general in New York for his country to adopt an “Israeli model” in Indian administered Kashmir. The call by Sandeep Chakraborty was nothing less than an illegal move with the intention to expropriate Kashmir, said Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization (Mapim) president Azmi Abdul Hamid. In a statement here, he said that the diplomat offensive and extremist view would not help efforts...