PLO officials on Wednesday slammed British proposals to forbid a boycott of Israeli settlement goods by publicly-funded British institutions, saying they “would empower the Israeli occupation by sending a message of impunity.” PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi and Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said in a joint statement that the proposed[…]
A novel about a love story between an Israeli and a Palestinian has been banned from being used in high schools around the country, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. According to the Israeli news site Haaretz, Israel’s Education Ministry banned Dorit Rabinyan’s Gader Haya from being taught in Israeli schools,[…]
Senegal is considering banning women from wearing the burqa, amid rising fears of extremism in the west African country. The interior minister, Abdoulaye Daouda, said women would no longer be allowed to wear the Islamic dress, which leaves only the eyes exposed. Daouda said the decision was a question of[…]
The University of Cape Town (UCT) could find itself incurring more costs following its “irrational” banishing of outsourcing, according to an economist. This week the university committed to doing away with outsourcing of services, including cleaning and security, after two weeks of protests by students and workers. Economist Chris Hart[…]
Opinions are divided on reports that the ANC-led government are contemplating a ban on dual citizenship for South African nationals, aimed at curbing South Africans from taking up arms with foreign military forces, in particular the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). While some sectors of the pro-Palestinian lobby have welcomed the[…]
In a controversial decision, the Chadian police have warned that anyone wearing a full-face veil or niqab will be arrested to curb deteriorating security conditions and suicide attacks. “This attack just confirms that a ban on the full-face veil was justified,” national police spokesman Paul Manga told Agence France Presse[…]
A powerful group of Buddhist monks in Myanmar advocated a ban on the wearing of hijabs by Muslim schoolgirls at a conference last weekend, as ethnic Muslims in the country contine to face widespread discrimination and persecution. At a conference in Yangon held by the Organization for the Protection of[…]
China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from fasting during Ramadan and ordered restaurants to stay open. Most Muslims are required to fast from dawn to dusk during the holy month, which began on Thursday, but China’s ruling Communist party is officially atheist[…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday ordered the suspension of a controversial measure banning Palestinians from riding the same buses as Jewish settlers when returning from Israel to the West Bank. The announcement came several hours after a three-month pilot project which was approved by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon[…]
The Palestinian Football Association vowed Sunday to push ahead with efforts to have Israel suspended from FIFA following joint talks with the world football body’s president Sepp Blatter in Zurich. But both sides agreed to continue talking with Blatter, who announced plans to visit the region for top-level talks with[…]
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