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On Wednesday, Israeli policemen and Palestinian protesters clashed in Jerusalem after the authorities limited access to Muslim worshippers in at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Four Palestinians were held by the police, as three policemen were injured during the clashes, Luba Samri, a spokeswoman for the police, said. The police also reportedly used stun grenades at a crowd of around 400 …

By Kenneth Roth Some combination of denial and fear led the Egyptian government to refuse my colleague and me entrance to the country on Sunday night. The form wrapped around my colleague’s passport describing why we were being denied entry was checked, “For security reasons.” It was an unprecedented step. No one from Human Rights Watch had ever been barred …

Extremist group Islamic State (IS) on Thursday attacked Iraqi bases in two towns in western Iraq, leaving over 40 extremists and 17 security force personnel dead, medical and security sources said. Four soldiers and seven policemen were killed when IS militants attacked police headquarters of the town of Heet, while another six security force members were killed in an attack …

The Philippines is going to deport a Muslim Canadian national this week, after he was reportedly “inciting and recruiting locals to conduct terrorist activities”, a top official from the immigration bureau said on Wednesday. The Southeast Asian nation has been checking up on intelligence reports that around 100 Muslims in the Muslim-dominated south had left the nation in response to …

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday announced tough measures against Britons intending to fight in Syria and Iraq, and against battle-hardened extremists who might return to the UK. The British premier said that his government will draw up plans to ban suspected British national extremists returning to the UK, while the police will get additional powers to temporarily seize …

Late on Wednesday night, Israeli police arrested 52 Palestinians in East Jerusalem for alleged rioting, taking the total number of such arrests to over 600 since early July. On Thursday, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that more arrests are to be expected. “The majority of the incidents occurred in east Jerusalem against police officers who were on patrol; throwing …

On Monday, several thousands of Palestinians gathered at that Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem to pray and stand in support of Gaza as the Muslim holiday of Eid ul-Fitr began. Police reports suggest that over 45,000 people were at the mosque, with many dressed in black T-shirts with “Gaza, supporting you is our Eid” and “We are all Gaza” written …

Security forces in Israel were on high alert on Friday after many Palestinians were shot and killed during a massive protest in West Bank against Israel’s military assault on Gaza. According to security and medical sources, five Palestinians were killed on Friday in West Bank in two different incidents involving Israeli settlers and Israeli troops. Three Palestinian men participating in …

On Wednesday, A Palestinian teenager was abducted and killed in a possible act of revenge for the murder of three Israeli youths by militants, triggering clashes in east Jerusalem. Palestinian leaders condemned the killing, and held Israel responsible for it, demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government act to prevent any revenge attacks. “I demand the Israeli government punish the killers …

On Sunday, the Sri Lankan media, in a rare show of unity, condemned the nation’s police forces for failing to control anti-Muslim Buddhist extremists. Religious tensions continue to grow in the island-nation in the wake of riots in the south. Four people were killed, 80 were wounded and over hundreds of shops and homes were destroyed in the anti-Muslim riots …