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Cleric Salman al-Awda ‘held over Qatar tweet’

A prominent Muslim scholar has been detained by Saudi Arabia for the past four months without charge, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. Saudi authorities detained Salman al-Awda on September 7 and later imposed travel bans on members of Awda’s family, the US-based rights group said on Sunday. A family member told HRW that Awda was…

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Some distance-simply German MP slammed for anti-Muslim tweet

A far-right German politician has been condemned for an anti-Arab and anti-Muslim Tweet, which briefly saw her suspended from the platform. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) MP Beatrix von Storch said Cologne police were appeasing « barbaric, gang-raping, Muslim hordes » when they tweeted out a New Year’s Day message in Arabic. Under newly introduced German hate…

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Pakistan-US warfare of words over Donald Trump’s tweet

Pakistan has hit back after accusations of deception and providing a safe haven for « terrorists », levelled by US President Donald Trump via Twitter. In his first tweet of the year on Monday, Trump threatened to cut aid to Pakistan for allegedly lying to the US and offering « little help » in hunting « terrorists » in Afghanistan. « The United States has…