Human Rights

18 Feb 2022; MEMO: Turkiye has become an attractive destination for Muslims fleeing France due to Islamophobia, according to a report by French newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, on Wednesday, and reported by Anadolu News Agency.

It said that many qualified young French of North African origin are also settled in Gulf countries, but the modern, yet traditional, Turkiye has now become an increasingly popular migration destination for them.

16 Feb 2022; MEMO: A coalition of civilian society, human rights and religious organisation in the UK have stepped up the coordination of opposition activities against a controversial law which is currently being debated in parliament.

The Nationality and Borders Bill which has already passed its third and final reading in the House of commons will give the Home Secretary the right to strip Britons with foreign ancestry of their nationality without notice.

17 Feb 2022; MEMO: The Israeli occupation authorities issued a demolition notice on Wednesday to Ras El Teen School in eastern Ramallah, Anadolu has reported. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Education, the Israelis are going to knock down the EU-funded school on the pretext that it lacks a building licence.

Mangaluru, Feb 17 (PTI) Around 60 final year students of the government G Shankar memorial women's first grade degree college in Udupi on Thursday returned home after they were told to take off their hijabs by college authorities.

Though the Muslim girl students argued with the authorities saying the chief minister has clarified that uniforms are not mandatory in degree colleges, the authorities said it is the college development committee that fixed the rules.

15 Feb 2022; MEMO: The European Commission called on France to disclose whether it provided Egypt with internet and communications surveillance and espionage equipment, as French media has recently claimed.

This comes days before Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is expected to take part in the joint European and African Union summit being held in Brussels on 17-18 February.

Bengaluru, Feb 16 (PTI) Chaos prevailed on Wednesday in several pre-university colleges in Karnataka, which were opened on Wednesday after remaining shut for a week owing to the Hijab row, as the Burqa-clad Muslim students were not let in.

Amid tight security with policemen deployed in and around Pre-university colleges at many sensitive places, the day saw a section of Muslim students remaining adamant not to remove the Burqa, let alone Hijab, the Islamic scarves.

Hyderabad, Feb 15 (PTI) BJP MLA in Telangana T Raja Singh on Tuesday triggered a controversy with his comments that those "traitors" who did not vote in support of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will have repercussions post elections.

Observing that those opposed to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appeared to have voted in large numbers in some areas in the second phase of polling on Monday resulting in "highest polling", he appealed to the Hindu voters in UP to come out and vote in the third phase.

15 Feb 2022; MEMO: The Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine at the UN called on Monday for Palestinian families to be protected from Israel's forced expulsion programme in Sheikh Jarrah, Anadolu has reported. Riyad Mansour made the plea in a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the Security Council and the General Assembly.

15 Feb 2022; MEMO: The Imam of Al Aqsa Mosque and Head of the High Islamic Commission in Jerusalem described Israeli violations in Sheikh Jarrah on Monday as "an existential war and ethnic cleansing against Jerusalemites," Sama News has reported.

15 Feb 2022; MEMO: The US administration of President Joe Biden has warned Israel that continuous tension in Jerusalem might lead the region to possible war as Muslim, Jewish and Christian holidays confluence in April, the Times of Israel reported yesterday.