Calls to stop Saudi executions, UK MPs call for Rajab’s release VOB.ORG

International pressure is mounting on the Saudi regime to stop the execution of 14 innocent citizens from the Eastern Province. They are accused of taking part in anti-regime protests in 2011. Maya Foa, director of Reprieve, the human rights campaign group, called for Britain and America to step in.

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.

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

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.

How BAE sold cyber-surveillance tools to Arab states – BBC News

A year-long investigation by BBC Arabic and a Danish newspaper has uncovered evidence that the UK defence giant BAE Systems has made large-scale sales across the Middle East of sophisticated surveillance technology, including to many repressive governments. These sales have also included decryption software which could be used against the UK and its allies.

In Senegal, Iran and Saudi Arabia vie for religious influence

In an upmarket suburb of Senegal’s seaside capital, a branch of Iran’s Al-Mustafa University teaches Senegalese students Shi’ite Muslim theology, among other subjects. The branch director is Iranian and a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hangs on his office wall.

SABS – SNBTS Minority Blood Donation Campaign Launch – Edinburgh

What Trump Means for U.S.-Bahrain Relations

Bahrain Watch Annual Bulletin: 2016 in Review

British thinktank received £25m from Bahraini royals, documents reveal

See also Bahrain Watch
and Al Jazeera