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Myanmar's Suu Kyi makes first visit

Yangon - Muslimchronicle

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived on her first visit to conflict-battered northern Rakhine State on Thursday, an official said, an unannounced trip to an area that has seen most of its Rohingya Muslim population forced out by an army campaign. Suu Kyi, a nobel laureate who leads Myanmar's pro-democracy party, has been hammered by the international community forRead more

Jihadi brides, dating and identity: British Muslim women speak out

London - Muslimchronicle

From a jaded TV chat show host to a Middle Eastern actress who longs to be cast as a ghostbuster, not endless jihadi brides, the stories in Sabrina Mahfouz’s anthology of British Muslim women all do one thing: challenge stereotypes. Mahfouz, a poet and playwright, brought together 22 women, with roots ranging from Pakistan to Palestine, to lift the lidRead more

Srebrenica’s Muslim defender acquitted of crimes against Serbs

Bosnia - Muslimchronicle

Bosnian Muslim commander Naser Oric, who led the defense of Srebrenica during the 1992-95 war, was acquitted of war crimes against Serbs on Monday, a ruling that is set to deepen ethnic divisions 22 years after the conflict ended. Serbia and the Bosnian Serbs had accused Oric’s men of killing Serb civilians in and around Srebrenica earlier in the war.Read more

Indian court commutes death sentences of 11 Muslim men

India - Muslimchronicle

An Indian court on Monday commuted the death sentences of 11 men convicted of causing a 2002 train fire that sparked anti-Muslim riots in which more than 1,000 people were killed. The 11 men, all Muslims, will instead face life in jail for causing the fire that killed 59 Hindu passengers and set off some of the worst religious violenceRead more

Rohingya started new Rakhine fires: Myanmar army chief office

Myanmar - Muslimchronicle

Rohingya militants have set fire to houses in Rakhine state in recent days to intensify the exodus of the Muslim minority, the office of Myanmar’s commander-in-chief said Thursday, in an apparent rebuke to fresh accusations of arson by the army. More than 500,000 Muslim Rohingya have run from communal bloodshed in Myanmar in the last six weeks and numbers areRead more

Travel ban lawsuits filed by legal center, Muslim advocates

Baltimore - Muslimchronicle

A coalition of Muslim and Iranian-American advocates and a nonpartisan legal institute filed the first lawsuits against the Trump administration’s new travel restrictions for citizens of eight countries, including Iran, that were announced late last month. The lawsuits were filed Monday in federal courts in New York and Maryland. The Trump administration in September announced the most recent restrictions, whichRead more

Saudi court clears Binladin Group in deadly crane crash

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

A Saudi Arabian court has cleared the Binladin Group of responsibility for the 2015 collapse of a crane in Makkah which killed 100 people, the Saudi press reported on Monday. The Saudi-based Binladin construction firm belongs to the family of the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. At least 107 people were killed and some 400 injured on September 11,Read more

‘I would be dead’: Britain’s Rohingya speak out

London - Muslimchronicle

For members of Europe’s biggest Rohingya community in Bradford, northern England, the news from Myanmar brings a mix of anger, fear and haunting memories of dramatic escapes from their homeland. Some 300 members of the Muslim minority have settled in Bradford in recent years under a refugee program and they are desperate to draw international attention to the plight ofRead more

From Riyadh cafe to Twitter, Saudis hail ban end

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

The morning after Saudi Arabia lifted its decades-old ban on women driving, the excitement at a sleek Riyadh cafe was palpable as female patrons streamed in for a latte. "I haven't slept since last night," exclaimed Nora, her eyes glowing, rimmed with black liner. Though she wore a black niqab which concealed most of her face, Nora's excitement on WednesdayRead more

UN plans food aid for up to 700,000 Rohingya

Bangladesh - Muslimchronicle

The UN has drawn up a contingency plan to feed up to 700,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar after some 480,000 fled to Bangladesh over the past month and arrivals continue. A senior official from the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) told AFP they were now prepared to provide massive food and other emergency aid if the influx continues inRead more