Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 26, 2017 For the first time in nearly 20 years, the White House has not hosted a dinner marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Instead, U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania released a statement on June 24 wishing “warm greetings to Muslims as they
Tolo News: Kabul residents said Eid was a good time for people to put their differences aside and to work towards building national unity Afghans, who celebrated the first day of Eid on Sunday, welcomed the fact that no security incidents were reported at mosques in the country during the morning’s key prayer services. This was
Washington Post: For the first time in nearly two decades, Ramadan has come and gone without the White House recognizing it with an iftar or Eid celebration, as had taken place each year under the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. In recent weeks, several former White House staff members told The Post they would usually begin
Samaa: Sunday is the first day of Eid ul Fitr as the crescent of Shawwal has been sighted in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, Arab media reported. “Sunday, June 25, is the first day of Eid Al-Fitr in Saudi Arabia” the Supreme Court announced, in a statement. Shawwal’s crescent moon was sighted on Saturday evening,
Henry Ridgwell VOA News June 22, 2017 The British government is being urged to do more to tackle violence by right-wing extremists, following the attack outside London’s Finsbury Park mosque in the early hours of Monday morning. One person died and at least 11 were injured when 47-year-old Darren Osborne from Wales drove his van
Press TV June 20, 2017 The brutal murder of a teenage Muslim girl in the US state of Virginia has sparked outrage among Muslim communities across the country. Nabra Hassanen, 17, was kidnapped from near a mosque in northern Virginia and repeatedly hit with a baseball bat by a man named Darwin Martinez Torres, 22,
Press TV June 19, 2017 At least one person has died and ten others are injured in an attack on Muslims leaving a London mosque in what Britain’s largest Muslim organisation says is a “violent manifestation of Islamophobia.” The British police on Sunday night confirmed that one man was pronounced dead at the scene and at least eight
The Huffington Post: An unholy alliance of Islamophobic hate group members, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and armed anti-government militia members will rally against the nonexistent threat of sharia, or Islamic, law in the U.S this weekend. The “March Against Sharia” rallies are set to place on Saturday in 29 cities across 21 states, and are being organized
Press TV: Edward Corrigan, an international human rights lawyer from Ontario, says the rise of anti-Muslim hate crimes in Britain has its roots in a campaign supported by Western governments and media. “There is this campaign to vilify Muslims and Israel is supporting that for the most part,” Corrigan told Press TV on Thursday. Click here for
Press TV: Sukant Chandan, a filmmaker and political commentator, says Prime Minister Theresa May is using the terrorist organizations directly supported by “leading Western regimes” in order to target the Muslim community in Britain, adding that Muslims are always the victims of terrorism globally. Click here to read more (external link). Related If Trump So Quick