News and
Analysis (1/18/21)
Egypt
seizes assets of Muslim
brotherhood members using a 2018
law regarding "organisation and
management of the assets of
terrorists and terrorist
groups":
22-year-old
Muslim is elected into office to
serve on local Board of
Education reflecting increased
Muslim involvement in politics:
Joe
Biden is confirmed to sign
several executive orders soon
after inauguration, such as
returning to JCPOA and overturn
Trump's "Muslim ban":
Hamas
and the EU welcomed the
announcement, but Palestinian
citizens are divided as to whether
"elections held under present
conditions would not be fair and
free" and whether Hamas or Fatah
would accept a victory by the
other side:
Indian
Government mishandling of land
in Delhi following the Partition
of India has led to modern
segregated communities:
A
year after having been cleared
of charges in court and "three
days after the killing of a
leading nuclear scientist and
senior defense official" blamed
on Israel, an Iranian-American
is abruptly convicted without
trial and sentenced to ten years
in prison:
Nine Muslim federations have
agreed to denounce "female
circumcisions, forced marriages,
"virginity certificates," racism,
and anti-Semitism" and to distance
mosques from "nationalist speech
defending foreign regimes":
BJP
had to apologize over an attempt
to leverage a dispute over
wewlfare3 benefits into a wedge
between the Christian and Muslim
communities:
The
victory for women's rights will,
according to one activist, allow
Muslim women in the area "to
pursue studies, to be a normal
part of society, be financially
independent, and follow their
dreams about what they want to
to become":
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