France Says U.S, Israel and Saudi Arabia Want Iran War
French President Emmanuel Macron has accused the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia of instigating a war as their mutual foe, Iran, was rocked by a week of protests. Macron on Wednesday joined several other world leaders to weigh in on protests that began as demonstrations against austerity measures under Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and later […]
A Young Woman and Her Hijab: Symbols of Iran’s Unrest
As protests continue across Iran for the seventh day, one woman is being hailed as a “hero” after a video of her removing her hijab in an apparent protest was posted on a social media site. The footage shows the woman standing on a box, waving the hijab at the end of a stick like […]
Hate Crimes Rise in 9 Major US Cities in 2017, Preliminary Data Show
The number of hate crimes in major U.S. cities rose for the third consecutive year last year, driven by attacks on Jews, Muslims, blacks and LGBT people, preliminary police data exclusively provided to VOA show. At least 1,056 hate crimes were committed in the nation’s nine largest cities in 2017, an increase of 18 percent […]
US Warns Pakistan Weakness on Terror Could Cost Country $1.9B
The United States said its decision to suspend military aid to Pakistan will cost Islamabad just under $2 billion, as top officials from both countries engaged in a war of words Friday over differences in how to fight terrorism. “There has been ample time for Pakistan to show that it is taking our requests seriously,” […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Trump: I’m Not Going Anywhere
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dashed any hope President Donald Trump might have had that she would resign before the end of his term, announcing on Thursday that she had hired a full slate of clerks through 2020. The announcement bucks ongoing speculation that Ginsburg, 84, is nearing retirement: Typically, justices planning on stepping […]
Stop Islamophobia – Movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
The movie plot revolves around Omar, who was born in Bosnia to a Christian father and a Muslim mother. When the war in Bosnia started in 1984, Omar, only 8 years old at the time, immigrated with his mother to Rotterdam to start a new life after the disappearance of his father. As a teenager […]
Muslim women will not misuse the ‘triple talaq’ law
Immediately after the Indian government announced a bill criminalising “triple talaq”, the proposal has been mired in controversy. Banning the practice of a husband divorcing his wife by uttering “talaq” three times within Muslim communities has been under discussion in India for years now. The practice has rendered hundreds of Muslim women homeless, forced out […]