Politics

Ayatollah Khamenei's Rule Declared Illegitimate by Iranian Islamic Scholars

Teachers and students from multiple religious schools in Iran are challenging Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's leadership over the crimes committed by his administration.

A group of students and teachers from seminary schools in Qom, Mashhad, and Tehran said Khamenei's guardianship is no longer valid.

Surveillance of Muslim MPs Advocated for by VP of Greek Parliament

A Muslim Member of the Greek Parliment now faces a threat of thorough surveillance for national security reasons. New Democracy deputy parliament speaker said, "If a Muslim MP might give information to [Turkey], from where migrants can enter the country, why should he not be checked [surveilled]? Here national security takes precedence."

Over 75% of Evangelical Republicans Want to Make US a Christian Nation

More than 60% of the Republicans in the U.S. support declaring the U.S. a Christian nation, a new study shows.

The American Public Attitudes on Race, Ethnicity, and Religion study by the University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll says 61% of Republicans agree with "officially declaring the United States to be a Christian nation."

UN Releases Long-Awaited Report on Chinese Abuses of Uyghur Muslims

On August 31, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released its “Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China.”

In 2017, the UN started receiving allegations of abuse from non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and media outlets, prompting the investigation. Since then, numerous research reports have been published alleging arbitrary detention, torture, sexual violence and forced sterilizations, forced labor, and other ill-treatment of up to a million people.

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