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Abu Walaa has been sentenced to 10 years and six months for running a jihadist network and helping fighters travel to Syria and Iraq.
Paris summoned Islamabad's envoy after President Arif Alvi said a controversial anti-extremism bill in France showed laws "being changed in favour of a majority to isolate a minority".
Canadian MPs say China's treatment of Uighurs is 'genocide'
MPs voted unanimously to label China's treatment of Uighurs as 'genocide' and ministers called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to officially label it as such.
US urged to reintroduce bill banning Uighur forced-labour products
The bill would allow a US president to force sanction on anyone responsible for the labour trafficking of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in ...
French MP to push for 'Judaeo-Christian tradition' bill
French right-wing MP Guillaume Peltier said during an interview on Sunday that he wanted to propose a new bill setting up secularism as a ...
Pentagon chief urges immediate reduction in Taliban violence
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Afghanistan's peace process depends on the Taliban reducing attacks.
'Islamo-leftism': a word to smear and silence French academics
Comment: French academia is under attack from an increasingly right-wing government looking to discredit researchers whose findings it considers ...
Williamson's 'free speech champion' is a contradiction in terms
Comment: The education secretary has done more than enough to harm UK academia, the last thing we need is a Tory envoy policing free speech, ...
Will Biden uphold Moroccan sovereignty in Western Sahara?
Comment: President Biden is well aware of Morocco's strategic importance to the US in the region, and is unlikely to want to destabilise that ...
French minister warns of 'Islamo-leftism' in universities
Frederique Vidal has caused controversy by saying that “Islamo-leftism" is present in French universities.
French lawmakers approve controversial anti-extremism bill
France's lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted in favour of a law to battle 'Islamist separatism', but critics call an attack on religious ...
French parliament to vote on controversial anti-extremism bill
The French parliament votes on a bill to battle Islamist extremism, which the state argues is needed to bolster the secular system but ...
Row over teacher's 'Islamism' claims in Paris suburb
The school teacher had accused the French government of underestimating the threat of Islamist extremism, sparking a row with the ...
Trump lawyers demand acquittal in 'unjust' impeachment trial
Donald Trump's lawyers argued the former president should be acquitted at his impeachment trial for inciting insurrection at the US Capitol.
Trump lawyers primed for rapid defence case
Lawyers for former president Trump are seeking a speedy resolution to the impeachment trial, currently underway in the US senate.
Is 'European Islam' the future of Western Muslim identity?
Book Club: In his new study, Hashas makes a major contribution to the debate about Muslim identities in Europe by surveying the thoughts of some leading thinkers.
Pope hails dialogue ahead of meeting with Iraq cleric
The March 5-8 visit - the first ever by a pope - will include stops in Baghdad, Najaf, Nasiriya, Erbil, Mosul and Qaraqosh.
'Credible case' China carrying out genocide against Uighurs: lawyers
The British government has so far stopped short of invoking the term "genocide", arguing only courts can make that legal definition.
Coronavirus pandemic increases risk of IS resurgence: UN
The UN report says IS could seek to “end its marginalisation from the news” with a new wave of violence.
Trump refuses to testify in 'unconstitutional' impeachment trial
Former president Donald Trump has refused to testify in his impeachment trial.
US, UK vow action after Uighur sexual violence report
The US and UK vowed action after a BBC investigation detailed testimonies of sexual violence against Uighur women in Chinese camps.
Why is Azerbaijan trying to rekindle Israeli-Turkish ties?
Analysis: Warming ties between Israel and Turkey is of particular interest to Baku given the emergence of a new geopolitical order in the South ...
Germany records new jump in far-right crime in 2020
German police have recorded a record number of crimes by right-wing extremist, with the coronavirus being cited as one reason for the rise.
Pope, Muslim leader celebrate fraternity anniversary
Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyeb discussed a high-level commission to spread a greater mutual understanding and solidarity.
The teenager will not be charged due to his young age, a minister has said.
Pope Francis will meet with a Shiite cleric during his visit to Iraq.
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