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How Bahrain uses sport to whitewash a legacy of torture and human rights abuses | David Conn

The cyclist Sonny Colbrelli secured prominent exposure for the name of his Bahrain Merida team early in the Tour de France, heading the group sprint at the end of the second stage in Liège before finishing a creditable sixth.

Saudi Arabia Executes Four Protesters – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

On 11 July, the Government of Saudi Arabia executed four men from the Eastern Province because of their participation in protests. According to the Saudi Ministry of the Interior, the men, Yusuf al-Msheikhass, Amjad al-Muaybed, Zuhair al-Basri, and Mahdi al-Sayegh, were guilty of a number of terrorism-related crimes. However, according …

Islamic Unity Forum
cordially invites you to one-day conference
Committed to the cause
Overcoming stereotyping, prejudice, factionalism and
bigotry in interfaith and social work

Monday 24th July 2017, 9.30 am – 5 pm
45 Crawford Place, London W1H 4LP, Tel: 020 7724 3033
(Refreshments and lunch will be provided)

Themes:
Inter Faith Challenges
Positive experiences and impediments on the path
How Can Inter Faith Bring Change?
Interaction and cooperation in difficult times

Speakers include:

Father Laurence Hillel
London Inter Faith Centre

Sheikh Isa Jahangir
Principal, The Islamic College, London

Jennifer Eggert
Warwick University – Interfaith and Parenthood: A Convert’s Perspective

Dr Omer el-Hamdoon
Muslim Council of Britain

Bonnie Evans-Hills
Anglican Inter Faith Network of the Anglican Communion

Toufik Kacimi
Muslim Welfare House

Father Ishak Tuza
Priest at the Syriac Orthodox Church

Qaisra Khan
freelance chaplain

Register by emailing: mrsam13@googlemail.com

MAR Chicago: Support a Mosque in South Side Chicago | LaunchGood

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WF: 40 Years On Part One – The Genesis of WF | The World Federation of KSIMC

That’s how it was then !

Part Two may be found here.

Arab Gulf States: Assault on Online Activists

Gulf governments have sustained their campaigns to silence peaceful critics during the first half of 2017, Human Rights Watch said today, updating an interactive website, created in November 2016, featuring targeted human rights activists.

Rising Tide – Shia Rights Watch

The Shia Rights Watch report entitled “Rising Tide” is 18 pages, detailing incidents of violence and intimidation against Pakistani Shia Muslims between 2012 and 2016.The report gives a detailed account of how this already oppressed group has been marginalized further in recent years through systematic violence and lack of protection.

Incidents of Anti-Shiism in JUNE, 2017 – Shia Rights Watch

June 2017 Anti-Shiism Across the Middle East As anti-Shiism runs high, over 133 were killed in the month of June. New this month are attacks on Iranian soil and a death sentence given by social media posting in Pakistan.

Bahawalpur and Parachinar

If there is one thing that sets Shias apart from other Muslim denominations, it is their elaborate rituals of mourning centred on the gravest tragedy in Islamic history – the massacre of the…

Intra-faith Alliance Against Radicalism

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