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In  Tehran, court has fined two women $260 for violating the Islamic dress code by not wearing hijabs properly in the street, a judicial official said. He added , “In recent days several cases have been filed in the court for bad hijabs and, in two of them, the accused were sentenced to pay 9 million rials ($260) in cash. …

  In  Irbid, Jordan , Social media users  called for measures against a student after he  spat at a faculty member at Jadara University  during a graduation ceremony, while he was queuing to receive his certificate Later after the incident the university said that it will file a lawsuit against the student . Saleh Aqeeli, president of Jadara University, said  “We …

No Charges 2 Years After Security Forces Killed At Least 800 Protesters  Human Rights Watch Egyptian authorities have held no government official or member of the security forces responsible for the mass killing of protesters in Cairo’s Rab’a al-Adawiya Square two years ago. On August 14, 2013, security forces killed at least 817 people and most likely more than 1,000 …

Amnesty International  By: Nadine Haddad ,( Egypt Campaigner at Amnesty International) As you walk through the bustling traffic in Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya Square today, you would never know the bloodiest incident in Egypt’s recent history had taken place there two years ago, when the dispersal by security forces of two sit-ins in Cairo and other protests across Egypt left up to …

French social networks exploded with anger after a young woman was reportedly beaten up by a  group of  Muslim women for wearing a bikini in a park in Reims in northern France. police said ,The victim  was sunbathing with two friends in the Parc Léo Lagrange in Reims on when one of the women verbally abused her for exposing so …

A  Canadian man  was arrested after he tied more than 100 helium balloons to a lawn chair and used it to fly over Calgary. Daniel Boria, 26, told police that he was planning on parachuting into the Calgary Stampede, a rodeo event, to promote his cleaning-products company. Boria jumped from the chair and opened a parachute attached to his back. …

By Ahmed A. Yousef Canada is known throughout the world as peaceful nation that honors the equality of all those living within its borders. Immigrants seek Canada for this equality that is so elusive in their home countries. Leaving the old country behind to start a new with dignity, freedom, and honor is extremely difficult. However, the principals on which Canada …

By Monia Mazigh In the Oxford English Dictionary the definition of the word “fear” reads as follows: “an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain or harm.”Stephen Harper must have learned this definition by heart. The way he uses fear on the Canadian population to pass his proposed new anti-terror legislation is working to perfection, as least so …

Three young Arab-American Muslims were shot dead in their home in Chapel Hill neighbourhood in North Carolina on Tuesday. The victims were identified as 23 year old Deah Shaddy Barakat, 21 year old Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha his wife and 19 years old Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha his sister in law. According to the police the gunshots were heard at 5.11 pm …

 by Nora Barrows-Friedman– The Electronic Intifada Following the recent approval of a resolution to divest from companies that profit from Israeli apartheid at the University of California at Davis, a barrage of hateful, Islamophobic and racist attacks have been launched against Arab and Muslim students — including a student senator. UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi condemned the divestment resolution just …