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France plans to ban the abaya, a long loose-fitting overgarment worn by some Muslim women, on school grounds, the country’s education minister said on Sunday. Gabriel Attal told broadcaster TF1 that the government intends to convey “clear rules” on the matter to school officials across the country. Attal also said he wanted to speak with the school officials starting next week to help them enforce the ban on the robe-like dress that covers the entire body. The decision is the latest in several limitations on Islamic clothing in France, where critics say the government has targeted Muslims with statements and policies in recent years including a claim by President Emmanuel Macron that the religion is “in crisis,” raids on mosques and charitable foundations, and an “anti-separatism”...

The long incarcerated journalist Asif Sultan, on Sunday completed five years in jail. He is currently booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and lodged at Uttar Pradesh. One of his family members confirmed to The Kashmiriyat that Asif had been booked under the draconian PSA and shifted to the Kot Bhalwal jail of Jammu, but he was later shifted to Agra Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh. It is pertinent to mention that Asif, who has been incarcerated since 27 August 2018 was granted bail by a court in Srinagar on April 05, 2022. However, he was immediately taken in for questioning by the CIK, after which he was again detained under the PSA. Asif had been languishing in Central Jail, Srinagar for almost four years. Several international organizations including the Committee to Prote...

Former US president Donald Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail on Thursday on racketeering and conspiracy  charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election results in the southern state. The ex president was arrested on racketeering and conspiracy charges and released on a $200,000 bond. Trump headed back home to New Jersey once he was released. Trump's surrender in Georgia marks the fourth time this year the former president has turned himself in to local or federal officials after criminal charges were brought against him. He was fingerprinted and a booking photo, commonly known as a mugshot, was taken of the former president and later released to the public. Trump is facing charges in four separate criminal cases, but this is the first time he had a mugshot taken. Trump is ...

Pakistan on Tuesday summoned the Indian Charge d’Affaires to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to register a strong protest over the killing of a 60-year-old civilian. Pakistan on Monday claimed that Ghias, a resident of Oli village of Kotli district, was killed in 'unprovoked firing' at the Line of Control (LoC) in the Nikial sector. “Emphasizing the need for maintaining peace and tranquillity at the LoC, it was underscored that such acts are in clear violation of the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding, reaffirmed in February 2021,” the Pakistan Foreign Office said. The Indian side was urged to investigate the incident, it said. PTI

Two former Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir today said that the induction of Mushal Mullick – the wife of Yasin Malik as a Minister in Pakistan is an internal matter of Pakistan. Talking to reporters separately Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti said that India should be least concerned about the issue as it is the internal matter of Pakistan. Pakistan's interim Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has included Mushaal Hussain Malik, the wife of imprisoned Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, in his cabinet. She has been designated as Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights. “Does Pakistan ask India which ministers should be appointed? If not then why Pakistan will seek suggestions from India when it comes to the induction of any minister,” Omar Abdullah responded to a question of...

Muslims in Pakistan went on a rampage Wednesday over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the Quran, demolishing the man’s house, burning churches and damaging several other homes, police and local Christians said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The scale of the violence prompted the government to deploy additional police forces and send in the army to help restore order. The attacks in Jaranwala, in the district of Faisalabad in Punjab province, erupted after some Muslims living in the area claimed they had seen a local Christian, Raja Amir, and his friend tearing out pages from a Quran, throwing them on the ground and writing insulting remarks on other pages. Police chief Rizwan Khan said this had angered the local Muslims. A mob gathered and began ...

BJP National General Secretary and party In-Charge J&K Tarun Chugh Friday lashed out at Pakistan, saying "Mushaal Mullick's appointment as Minister in the neighboring country endorses India's claim that Pakistan is harbouring terrorism and terrorists". According to a statement issued to KNS, Chugh said Pakistan has always provided refuge to most wanted terrorists who are involved in destabilising security and sovereignty of India. He said the appointment of the wife of banned JKLF chief Mohammad Yasin Malik has been appointed as Minister in Anwar ul Haq led government in Pakistan. "Pakistan has once again provided evidence that this country has been established to harbour terrorism and provide refuge to terrorists," Chugh said. He also said that Malik's wife has been involv...

The head of the Human Rights Committee of the Iranian Parliament called on Islamic countries not to sell oil and energy (resources) to countries where the Quran is desecrated. Zohreh Elahian said: "While the Western countries are jointly taking steps in the path of Islamophobia, it is necessary for the Muslim countries to unite to sanction the countries that have put burning the (Holy) Quran on their agenda and stop selling oil and energy (resources) to them." She also called Muslims not to buy their products

Members of the ultranationalist group, Danske Patrioter, or Danish Patriots, continued Thursday to desecrate Islam’s holy book, for a fourth start day in Copenhagen. The group burned the Quran in front of the Turkish, Iraqi, Egyptian, Saudi Arabian and Iranian embassies under the protection of police as it chanted slogans against Islam and unfurled anti-Islamic banners. Members live-streamed the extreme Islamophobic incident on social media. Facebook restricted access to some videos of the group. Recent months have seen repeated acts of Quran copy burning or desecration or attempts to do so by Islamophobic figures or groups, especially in northern European and Nordic countries. As 57 Muslim discuss how to stop the burning of the Quran in the West, “it seems we will have to b...

An Islamabad trial court on Saturday declared Imran Khan guilty of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana case and sentenced him to three years in prison, reported the Dawn. The court also imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on the PTI chief. Imran was indicted in the case on May 10 after a criminal complaint was filed against him by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for concealing details of Toshakhana gifts. During the hearing today, presided by Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Humayun Dilawar, the trial court ruled that charges against the former prime minister in the case were proven. “Imran Khan deliberately submitted fake details [of Toshakhana gifts] to the ECP and is found guilty of corrupt practices,” he stated and sent the PTI chief to jail for three years...