Muslim children in Houston, Texas, sang an Islamic religious song with lyrics swearing allegiance to Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader.
Mohammad Hanif Jazayeri, a London-based journalist of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, tweeted a video of the children singing. According to Jazayeri, Iran is "recruiting child soldiers in the U.S."
The Islamic Republic of Iran has had an unfavorable opinion of having pets over the last few years. The country is now considering a law to ban pets such as dogs, cats, and even crocodiles. The Iranian government plans to approve a new law that will make it illegal for the general population to have animals without a special permit.
The new law that bans and criminalizes abortion in Iran has caused severe distress. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's drastic measures to exponentially increase the population have jeopardized women's lives in Iran.
Indian police have arrested two people in Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly framing a Muslim man in a case of "love jihad." The two men hired a Delhi woman to falsely accuse an innocent man of rape. One of the accused was identified as the district vice-president of a BJP youth wing organization.
A Saudi Arabian driver was arrested after helping a journalist from non-Muslim origins sneak into the sacred city of Mecca. An online outrage ensued against the journalist currently working for an Israeli News Channel. The Twitter hashtag “A Jew in Mecca’s Grand Mosque” trended as the video gained views.
Morocco's women’s national football team’s recent milestone sparked controversy after a Moroccan preacher claimed their success invoked God’s wrath and led to natural disasters.
A group of men was booked with an FIR on July 15 after a video of them praying inside a mall went viral. The group was allegedly praying without authorization.
The incident happened in Lulu Mall, a recently opened shopping mall in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
In New South Wales, Australia, forty-eight-year-old defendant Hamdi Al-Qudsi appeared before the Supreme Court for his trial on July 18th. Al-Qudsi pleaded “not guilty” to charges that he intentionally directed a terrorist organization as he prepared toexecute attacks.
Amid an intense campaign of the Iranian government on the proper and strict wearing of the hijab, arrests of protesters, mainly women activists, have also started to increase.
Under Iran’s 1980 Islamic Sharia law, women are obliged to cover or disguise their figures by wearing long, loose-fitting clothes, ensuring that this also covers their hair. Women who violate this dress code are met with public rebuke, fines, and even arrests.
President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, visited the northwestern region of Xinjiang this week. Xi Jinping and the Chinese government are globally accused of oppressing the Muslim ethnic minorities of Uyghur, Kazakh, and others in the region. The anti-minority policies have received harsh criticism from the United States and many European nations.
