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US senator recommends ripping skin off Gaza protesters
House ignores Netanyahu’s apartheid map, but deems equal rights chant anti-Semitic
Court orders release of Palestinian feminist scholar arrested in Jerusalem
Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian questioned about her academic work and detained over criticism of Zionism.
Students fight escalating repression on US campuses
Columbia University, MIT, Harvard and UPenn administrations attempt – and fail – to quash student activism against Israel’s genocide.
Israel killed my grandmother
Israel subjects UN workers to torture
Detainees released to Gaza describe being starved, beaten and electrocuted.
Genocide alert issued over Israeli violence in West Bank
Israeli settlers rampage Palestinian villages, opening fire on residents and setting property ablaze.
London mosque denies it advised school all prayers could be deferred
Statement says it made clear to Michaela community school that ‘in winter it would not be possible to pray later’
One of the UK’s most prominent mosques has denied providing advice to the Michaela community school that all afternoon prayers could be deferred, disputing claims heard in court.
Katharine Birbalsingh, who runs the non-faith state school in Wembley and is often called “Britain’s strictest headteacher”, defeated a high court challenge this week to her policy of stopping pupils praying at lunchtime.
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Joseph Massad responds to fabrications and lies about him in Congress
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik throws professors under the bus amid McCarthyite attack.
Day 194 roundtable: Suffering and survival in Gaza
News report (01:21); Aseel Mousa on reporting from Gaza (22:10); Paul Biggar on Israel’s use of artificial intelligence and how tech workers are organizing (46:53); Jon Elmer analyzes videos from the resistance in Gaza and the West Bank as well as the Iranian missile counterstrike against Israel (01:22:39); Group discussion on Iran and repression in Germany (02:07:03).
Tell us your experience of prayer at school
We would like to hear from Muslims in the UK about theirs or their children’s experiences of prayer at school
A Muslim pupil has lost their high court appeal against Michaela community school in Brent, north-west London, over its ban on prayer rituals. The pupil had claimed the ban was discriminatory and breached her right to religious freedom.
We would like to hear from Muslims in the UK about their experiences of prayer when they were at school. We’re particularly interested in hearing from Muslims aged 18 or over who were able to pray at school in the UK and parents who are comfortable with sharing their children’s experiences.
Continue reading...An Apartheid South Africa moment for Israel?
Authors and activists Ghada Karmi and Andrew Feinstein discuss the global response to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and lessons from the anti-Apartheid movement.
Why I "arrested" von der Leyen for aiding Gaza genocide
EU boss pledged full support to Israel as massacres got underway.
In the wake of the Sydney church stabbing, we must stand united against hate and intolerance | Gamel Kheir
The authorities declared the senseless act of violence in Wakeley a terrorist act within 18 hours – why the rush?
As I reflect on the tragic events involving the stabbing of the Assyrian Orthodox bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel while presenting a sermon in his church in south-western Sydney, I am filled with a profound sense of sorrow and concern for the state of our society.
This senseless act of violence, labelled as an act of terrorism by authorities, raises questions about radicalisation and the vulnerability of young people within our communities.
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Michaela school will keep its prayer ban – but as a Muslim teacher I know it doesn’t have to be this way | Nadeine Asbali
Kids pausing their football so a friend can pray; theology chats over lunch – I’ve seen the richness that religious diversity brings to school life
A Muslim student at Michaela community school in Brent, north-west London, has lost a high court challenge to the school’s ban on prayer rituals. As a Muslim secondary schoolteacher, I have to say I am disappointed – but not surprised.
The appeal was lost on the grounds that the school declares itself secular. This is something the headteacher, Katharine Birbalsingh, insists all students and parents know when applying. In the written judgment dismissing the student’s case, Mr Justice Linden went as far as to say that: “The claimant at the very least impliedly accepted, when she enrolled at the school, that she would be subject to restrictions on her ability to manifest her religion.”
Nadeine Asbali is a secondary school teacher in London and the author of Veiled Threat: On Being Visibly Muslim in Britain
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Continue reading...High court upholds top London school’s ban on prayer rituals
Muslim pupil loses case against Michaela community school, run by former government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh
A ban on prayer rituals at one of the highest-performing state schools in England, famous for its strict discipline and high-profile headteacher, has been upheld by a high court judge.
The case against Michaela community school in Brent, north-west London, was brought by a Muslim pupil, known only as TTT in court proceedings, who claimed the ban was discriminatory and breached her right to religious freedom.
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UK’s first major Muslim film festival announces lineup
Featuring stars including Riz Ahmed and Nabhaan Rizwan, the event aims to celebrate the ‘rich tapestry of Muslim experiences via the medium of film’
The UK’s first major film festival dedicated to Muslim cinema announced its inaugural lineup on Tuesday, with a slew of award-winning films featuring the likes of Riz Ahmed and Informer’s Nabhaan Rizwan.
Ahmed, winner of an Oscar for best live action short film, will appear in Dammi, a short film directed by Yann Demange, the French film-maker best known for Top Boy and Northern Ireland-set drama ’71. Ahmed co-stars with Isabelle Adjani in a story about a man confronting his French and Algerian heritage on a trip to Paris. Rizwan plays the lead in In Camera, a British feature directed by Naqqash Khalid that screened at the London film festival, as an actor struggling to make a career in the film industry in the face of repeated rejections.
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