Following a week of pickets, the community of Bonteheuwel will come together for a final human chain outside the Bonteheuwel mosque in solidarity with the victims of the Christchurch terror attack in New Zealand. It’s been a week of mourning for the country, as it deals with the aftermath of[…]
A survivor of the Christchurch mosque shooting looked on from his wheelchair as his father and brother were buried this afternoon. Zaid Mustafa was praying with his father, Khaled, and his brother, Hamza, when the Deans Ave mosque was attacked. The 13-year-old was badly injured when a gunman stormed into[…]
As controversy rages over the alleged April 2018 Douma “chemical weapon attacks” that signaled the end of Jaish Al Islam’s occupation, life in the Syrian city gradually returns to peace and stability. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ (OPCW) interim report and final report have thrown the Western[…]
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing-and-shooting attack in the occupied West Bank two days earlier. The assailant was killed after he opened fire at Israeli forces who had come to arrest him, the Israeli Shin Bet security service said on Tuesday. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed[…]
In light of the mass shooting at Christchurch, New Zealand, where 49 people were killed in two mosques, a conversation regarding mass radical shootings has been brought up in South Africa. Even though this is an event that has shocked many South Africans, the fact is that 57 people are[…]
By Anees Teladia There are hopes that the bodies of all the victims of the Christchurch terror attacks in New Zealand will be returned to the grief-stricken families by Thursday, for them to be buried by Islamic rites this week. While authorities have not publicly named the deceased killed in[…]
Cape Town – Sympathisers gathered on the steps of St George’s Cathedral last night for a candlelight vigil in honour of the victims of the terror attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday. Remanded without[…]
A number of tabloid newspapers have been criticized for their coverage of Christchurch attacker Brenton Tarrant, which has been described as sympathetic and hypocritical. The outlets have been called out for fueling Islamophobia. Daily Mirror The UK Daily Mirror was slammed over its front page, which featured a photo of[…]
An 18-year-old New Zealander has been jailed without bail for allegedly sharing a video of the Christchurch mosque attack, as well as posting an image of the mosque days before the massacre, with the caption “Target acquired.” The man appeared before Christchurch District Court on Monday. He was arraigned on[…]
Authorities in China have arrested almost 13,000 “terrorists” in the restive far western region of Xinjiang since 2014, the government said on Monday. The announcement was made in a lengthy policy paper again defending Beijing’s controversial “de-radicalisation” measures. China has faced growing international opprobrium for setting up facilities that United[…]
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