'To this day, not a single nation has recognised the Taliban regime. Afghanistan's foreign currency reserves totalling some 10 billion U.S. dollars were frozen and the nation is under international sanctions.' #Afghanistan

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'The UN says about one million of Gaza's displaced people are women and girls. Most are now living in tent camps in the south of the territory — trying to survive with the little they have.'

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'In several countries, the alliances between religious forces and populist nationalists have threatened minority rights. One such case is Malaysia, an ethnically and religiously diverse country, [....].' #Malaysia

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'Nika Shakarami's disappearance and death were widely reported, and her picture has become synonymous with the fight by women in Iran for greater freedoms.' #Iran #WomenLifeFreedom #NikaShakarami

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'Alongside antique Qurans and ancient Afghan coins, rocket launchers and homemade bombs are displayed in a Mazar-e-Sharif museum as a testament to the Taliban's victory over foreign soldiers.'

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'In 2019, Nour El Massry took a photo that would change his life: He snapped a photo of a large terrace in a historical building in the Garden City neighborhood of Cairo.' #Egypt

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'Now, IS has no territory in the region. Begum is the only one of the young women left alive. And there is neither the public nor political will to bring Begum or others like her home. IS is yesterday’s news – at least in Europe.'

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'The teenager decided to leave after the Taliban took over in August 2021. 'Even people who studied could not get jobs, only Islamic scholars,' says Ahmadzai.' #Afghanistan #Bosnia

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''If you have dark skin, a foreign-sounding name, or wear a headscarf, you've been dealt a bad hand' in cultures where those things aren't true for the majority, said Schouler-Ocak.' #Islamophobia #Xenophobia

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'A rapper in Iran who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and criticizing the Islamic Republic has been sentenced to death, his lawyer and rights activists said Thursday.' #Iran #ToomajSalehi

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'Turkey’s entry into Somalia in 2011 started out as a humanitarian partnership but soon turned into a strategic one. Its support since has been economic and infrastructural and has increasingly included the military.' #Turkiye

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'Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under fire for campaign-trail comments blasted by critics as hate speech against Muslims, triggering anger and fear among the minority group.' #India #Hindutva

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'In rural Tunisia, a mother toils in the fields to secure life-changing surgery for her daughter. From the cold of winter to the scorching heat of summer, Noura works long hours in Tunisia’s fertile fields to earn a living.' #Tunisia

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'Just what drove the prime minister to break w/ this calculated pattern in a fiery campaign speech on Sunday — when he referred to Muslims by name as “infiltrators” w/ “more children” who would get India’s wealth if his opponents took power [...].' #India

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'Rabeya Mueller was a pioneer of Islam in Germany, one of the first female imams. A woman who took up the battle of the sexes within her religion – uncompromisingly, resolutely, but always with Rhenish lightness.' #Germany

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''It reveals the way the object kept on being used in a Jewish community,' she says, 'despite it being clearly a Muslim object intended for Muslims to serve someone who had to pray five times a day.''

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'While there should be no hierarchy when it comes to hate or discrimination, the reality is that when it comes to Islamophobia, the scrutiny directed at other forms of prejudice is undeniably absent.' #Islamophobia

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'Moroccan citizens are awaiting upcoming amendments to the family law, especially those that pertain to several controversial social issues'

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