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July 19, 2021

Boris Johnson urged to speak out against EU hijab ban

A prominent British parliamentary group on Monday urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to speak out against the recent EU court ruling that has placed a ban on Muslim women...

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July 19, 2021

Iran: protests rock Ahwaz region over water shortages

Human rights groups in Ahwaz have reported protests due to extreme water shortages in the south-west Iran region. Videos posted online by Ahwaz rights activists showed demonstrations occurring primarily...

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July 19, 2021

Ben & Jerry’s to freeze ice-cream sales in West Bank settlements

Ben & Jerry’s today announced that it “will end sales of our ice cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”, in another major win for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions...

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July 19, 2021

Khashoggi’s friends, family targeted by Saudi, UAE using Israel spyware, data leak reveals

Saudi authorities targeted the phones of those close to journalist Jamal Khashoggi before and after his murder, a new investigation into the data leak of some 50,000 phone numbers selected for...

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July 19, 2021

Egypt reopens border crossing with Gaza for Eid holiday

Egypt opened its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip yesterday, allowing stranded Palestinians to return home and celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid with their families, according to...

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July 19, 2021

Islamophobia and Europe’s demographic shifts

Europe’s identity crisis is not confined to the ceaseless squabbles by Europeans over the EU, Brexit, or football. It goes much deeper, reaching sensitive and dangerous territory, including that...

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July 19, 2021

Israel and UAE to collaborate on moon landing mission

Israel’s SpaceIL, a non-profit organisation, said yesterday that it will be collaborating with a company in the UAE as part of its lunar mission, Beresheet 2. According to a...

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July 19, 2021

Greek police sexually assault migrant women heading for Europe

Greek police stripped a Turkish woman and migrant Afghan women naked and searched them before sexually assaulting them as they attempted to make their way from Turkey to mainland...

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July 19, 2021

Grandson of Palestine immigrant not elected as Chile’s presidential hopeful

Daniel Jadue, mayor of Recoleta in Chile’s capital Santiago and grandson of a Palestinian immigrant, yesterday lost in his bid to be a major contender in November’s presidential election. Presidential primaries left 35-year-old...

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July 19, 2021

US transfers Moroccan out of Guantanamo after 19-year detention

US authorities today returned Abdul Latif Nasser to Morocco after releasing him from Guantanamo Bay, 19 years after holding him there without charge or trial, rights group Reprieve has said. “Abdul...

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