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Norwegian diplomat and humanitarian leader Jan Egeland is in Afghanistan, where he says he has "confronted" Taliban leaders about the severe restrictions on women and girls, including a ban on education above 6th grade. "You cannot have an economy which only involves half of th…
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Five years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, activist Masuda Sultan says it's important "not to repeat the 1990s of turning our backs" on the population under Taliban rule. "We need to engage with the Afghan people, support Afghan women and support civil society." She…
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Afghan American activist Masuda Sultan recalls her shock as a New Yorker following the 9/11 attacks, as well as the grief of losing 19 family members when the United States bombed their home in Kandahar. "I was sure it had to have been some terrible mistake, and I thought as so…
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Florida’s State University System Board of Governors has banned undocumented students from enrolling in the state’s twelve public research universities, beginning next year. The state will also ban undocumented students from its public community and state colleges. The bans are i…
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A United Nations commission investigating Israel's military incursions into Syria since the fall of the Assad government has found that its actions may constitute war crimes. In the name of border security, Israel has implemented a "belligerent occupation" and detained or arrest…
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The attacks on September 11, 2001, unleashed a wave of Islamophobia in the United States that resulted in widespread harassment and persecution of Muslim Americans. In addition to vigilante attacks targeting Muslims or those perceived to be Muslim, there was also state repressi…
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has unsealed over 170,000 pages of records that offer new insights into how the city responded to 9/11. Some of the papers indicate that officials lied about the hazardous toxins that burned and remained near ground zero for months afterward. “…
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In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, “across the country, but particularly in New York, New Jersey, we saw these massive roundups of mostly Muslim men or people that were perceived to be Muslim,” says Fahd Ahmed of Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM). “There was at least 1,200 men…
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In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, “across the country, but particularly in New York, New Jersey, we saw these massive roundups of mostly Muslim men or people that were perceived to be Muslim,” says Fahd Ahmed of @DesisRisingUp. “There was at least 1,200 men that were picked u…
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“There were so many responses to 9/11. One was obviously fear and grief and shock, but another was rage,” says journalist Rozina Ali. “And so much of that rage was towards Muslims and those who looked like Muslims around the country.”
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“There were so many responses to 9/11. One was obviously fear and grief and shock, but another was rage,” says journalist @rozina_ali. “And so much of that rage was towards Muslims and those who looked like Muslims around the country.”