religious discrimination
China’s Uighurs trapped in factory toiling for tech titans
World
March 5, 2020
China’s Uighurs trapped in factory toiling for tech titans
NANCHANG, China (AP) — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens,…
Egypt’s High Administrative Court approves Cairo University decision to ban niqab
Egypt
January 27, 2020
Egypt’s High Administrative Court approves Cairo University decision to ban niqab
Egypt’s High Administrative Court approved on Monday Cairo University’s decision to ban its professors from wearing the niqab, or face…
As China locks up Muslims in Xinjiang, it opens its doors to tourists
World
July 15, 2019
As China locks up Muslims in Xinjiang, it opens its doors to tourists
From the expansive dunes of the Taklamakan Desert to the snow-capped peaks of Tianshan, Chinese authorities are selling troubled Xinjiang…
China’s treatment of Uighurs an ’embarrassment for humanity’: Turkey
World
February 10, 2019
China’s treatment of Uighurs an ’embarrassment for humanity’: Turkey
Turkey on Saturday condemned China’s treatment of its Muslim ethnic Uighur people as “a great embarrassment for humanity,” adding to…
‘Nowhere to worship’: Crackdown bedevils China’s Catholics
World
September 15, 2018
‘Nowhere to worship’: Crackdown bedevils China’s Catholics
A government sign outside a Catholic church in central China warns that children are not allowed to attend mass.…
Egypt has failed to protect Christians: Amnesty
Egypt
March 1, 2017
Egypt has failed to protect Christians: Amnesty
Amnesty International says the Egyptian government has failed to protect hundreds of Coptic Christians who fled their homes in northern…
Cairo University removes religious-identity field from all official paperwork
Egypt
October 12, 2016
Cairo University removes religious-identity field from all official paperwork
Cairo University President Gaber Nassar announced on Wednesday that the university would no longer make reference to the religious affiliation…
Arabic-speaking student removed from Southwest flight
World
April 19, 2016
Arabic-speaking student removed from Southwest flight
One day, Khairuldeen Makhzoomi was proudly asking the UN secretary-general a question. The next, he was booted from a Southwest…
Love is the answer
Opinion
January 12, 2014
Love is the answer
You and I don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are. -Herb Cohen This quote has truly settled…
Saudi jails two Shias over protests
Egypt
July 13, 2013
Saudi jails two Shias over protests
A Saudi special court has sentenced two Shia men to eight and nine years in jail, respectively, for taking part…