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Australia, World express shock at Sydney’s Bondi Beach terror attack, toll rises to 16, Govt promises stricter gun laws
As the horrific news of Sunday’s Bondi Beach terror attack at which two gunmen, a father-son duo killed those at a Jewish Celebration; Reuters reported that while the Police did not release the shooters' names, but said the father had held a firearms license since 2015 and had six registered weapons; they were however identified as Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram by state broadcaster ABC and other local media outlets. A fruit seller hero, identified by 7News as 43 year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed, a bystander fruit-seller
US Law Firm seeks action against Yogi Adityanath and top UP cops for ‘encounter killings’
The issue was addressed by the Guernica 37 to US and UK governments
Open letter to our secular Muslim friends in India
The defense of victims of one (majority) religious fundamentalist extreme right should not lead to supporting another (be it minority) one.
Afghan citizens under the Taliban rule: Frustration, poverty, and displacement
An Afghan student’s appeal for compassion and international support for the common people
Towards Human Fraternity
The aim of ‘International Day of Human Fraternity’ celebrated on February 4 every year is to tell the world that everyone is free to choose their religious or irreligious belief
Afghanistan: Women, Economy and Taliban
By discrimination on the basis of gender, the Taliban are violating key principles of equality laid down in Islam
Why is the desi right wing embarrassing India by trolling the Canadian PM?
Justin Trudeau says, “Canada is not intimidated by ‘disgusting’ truckers' protest”, but Indian troll continue to mock
Twitter vs Hate Speech battle now in France, court issues strict directions
Twitter has showed no initiative to comply with these directions seeking details on hate speech measures
Fr Stan Swamy, Khurram Parvez, Siddique Kappan on USCIRF’s Freedom of Religion or Belief victims list
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has listed 1309 victims from across the world on this FoRB victims list
UAE Princess pushes for Sudheer Chaudhary’s name to be dropped from Abu Dhabi event
He is all set to speak at an even by ICAI, but pressure is mounting to drop his name from the list of speakers
Three killed, 15 injured in explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan
Third explosion in mosque after Kandahar and Kunduz
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