Occupied Palestine: Jail ordeal of hundreds of Palestinian children arrested for throwing stones
With more than 300 Palestinian children being held in Israeli prisons, human rights groups and Palestinian officials are increasingly concerned about the actions of the Israeli military.
The Israeli group B’Tselem said that security forces had “severely violated” the rights of a number of children, aged between 12 and 15, who [...]
US: 7 Muslim men are detained by Nevada police for praying in parking lot
While stopped, the men prayed next to their vehicle. Two patrol officers soon arrived – followed by a police sergeant, according to a Henderson police spokesman.
“We got a call from a citizen saying that seven suspicious males [were] in a parking lot engaging in suspicious behavior,” said Officer Todd Rasmussen, a department spokesman.
Occupied Palestine: Israel ‘cuts Palestinian water’
Israel denies West Bank Palestinians to dig wells, and has even destroyed cisterns and impounded water tankers. Some Palestinians barely get 20 litres a day - the minimum recommended even in humanitarian emergencies. At the same time Israeli settlers are enjoying swimming pools and green gardens.
India: Teacher breaks Muslim student’s hand
AURANGABAD (Bihar): A 10-year-old girl broke her hand after being allegedly assaulted by her school teacher in Madanpur area of Aurangabad
district, police said today.
Akhtari Praveen’s mother has lodged an FIR against a teacher of Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls School on September 14, Superintendent of Police Nishant Tiwari said.
US: Muslim teen denied job due to headscarf
A Muslim teenager hoping to work at one of the company’s childrens clothing stores says she was told during an interview that her head scarf, known as a hijab, would violate Abercrombie & Fitch’s strict but secretive “Look Policy,” which governs everything from dress to the length of one’s fingernails.
US: Hate groups use teen to defame Islamic center
COLUMBUS, Ohio: At only age 17, Fathima Rifqa Bary has already managed to create one of the most controversial national news stories in the United States. Her heinous allegations have tried to give Islam a bad name and taint the reputation of Noor Islamic Cultural Center (NICC), one of the most prominent mosques of Columbus, [...]
Occupied Iraq: Iraq shoe thrower ‘was tortured’
“…I was being tortured in the worst ways, beaten with electric cables and iron bars,” he said.
Occupied Palestine: UN condemns ‘war crimes’ in Gaza
The report criticises Israel for using “disproportionate force” and “collective punishment” during the three-week attack ending January 2009.
Israel also “committed actions amounting to war crimes, and possibly crimes against humanity”.
The report accuses Israel of imposing “a blockade which amounted to collective punishment” in the lead-up to the conflict.