(Paterson Times) After a lengthy and divisive public hearing, the City Council passed an ordinance allowing the broadcast of the adhan or the Islamic call to prayer. Council members voted 5-4 to adopt the ordinance following a more than two-hour-long public hearing. […]
(Global News) Canadian immigration authorities are trying to deport a doctor who performed “virginity tests” on women in Afghanistan, alleging her actions amounted to a crime against humanity. Before crossing the border into Canada to make a refugee claim, Saida Ahmadi worked […]
(Detroit News) A U.S. House committee on Wednesday advanced bipartisan legislation meant to fix the federal law prohibiting female genital cutting. The bill was introduced in response to a ruling by a federal judge in Michigan who declared the statute unconstitutional in 2018. That ruling […]
(Reuters) Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Greek security forces on Wednesday of behaving like Nazis for using force against migrants trying to cross the border from Turkey into the European Union. Tens of thousands of migrants have been trying to get into […]
(Radio France) French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to victims and survivors of terrorism, as well as their families, in a sombre speech at [the] Trocadero in central Paris. King [Felipe] VI of Spain joined Macron at the ceremony during which […]
(Anadolu) A German and North Macedonian terrorist were deported to their countries, the Turkish Interior Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said, without naming a terrorist group, that Turkey would continue returning foreign terrorists to their home countries. The issue of handling Daesh/ISIS […]
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