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Jews in Muslim Lands: The Jewish View
Last week, Abdul Awwal gave a couple of glowing examples of how well Muslims have treated Jews through history. The examples themselves are taken out of context. More importantly, the very premise is that, under Muslim rule, the place of Jews was...

Libya protest organiser dies in custody in Tripoli
Abdul Moneim al-Marimi, a prominent political activist and protest organiser in western Libya, died in custody last week, prompting widespread anger, street protests, and calls for an independent investigation. The circumstances surrounding his...

America, ‘nation of immigrants,’ turns on immigrants: A conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen
For generations, the Statue of Liberty has stood as a beacon representing the promise of America as a land of freedom and opportunity for immigrants from all over the world. But in 2025, as immigrant communities are being vilified and terrorized...

All 65 countries where it’s illegal to be LGBTQ+ in 2025, including the UAE and Mali
How many countries is it still illegal to be gay in 2025? More than you’d think, probably. Since we last updated this list, Mali has criminalised LGBTQ+ activity and Trinidad and Tobago have re-criminalised it, although more positively, Namibia...

Supreme Court rules on Florida's immigration law, Texas flood recovery efforts continue and Rays' Caminero picked for All-Star Game
Good evening, Tampa Bay. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook. Your Weather Planner Thursday will be partly sunny and hot. We have a west wind 5 to 10 mph. High temperatures...

Unexpected Visit by Haftar Son to President of Benghazi’s Greek Community
The son of the de facto ruler of eastern Libya, Gen. Khalifa Haftar, on Wednesday paid a previously unannounced visit to president of the ethnic Greek community of Benghazi, seen as an effort to defuse a diplomatic “snub” this week involving an EU...

Libyan Crimes Watch: Last June marked dangerous escalation of violations
The Libyan Crimes Watch Organization has reported a sharp escalation in serious human rights violations against civilians across Libya during last June, citing continued arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings amid a lack of accountability...

Libya's broken health system drives family to irregular migration
Libya's healthcare crisis has a sad, new face. It is that of a tired 7-year-old girl, Sohan Aboulsoud, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, an inherited genetic disorder. Her family couldn't get treatment for Sohan in Libya so they decided to dare...

100 Muslim scholars declare Trump, Netanyahu enemies of God
A group of 100 Muslim scholars and intellectuals from across the world have issued a statement declaring US President Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as enemies waging war against God and corruptors on earth. They also...

Advocates renew concerns with Haitian children potentially becoming ‘stateless’
The group says that led to children being held in “cage-like detention facilities or shipped off to untold destinations.” In Springfield, there are more than 1,200 American-born children of Haitian immigrants younger than 4, according to the Clark...

Eastern Libyan authorities deport EU ministers, commissioner
Authorities in eastern Libya refused entry to three European ministers and the EU commissioner for migration on alleged entry violations, apparently after they stopped first in the rival Libyan capital of Tripoli in the west. A statement from the...

EU delegation expelled from Libya in diplomatic row
Libyan officials on Tuesday expelled a group of European diplomats moments after they arrived in Benghazi, according to multiple reports. One of the two warring administrations that controls Libya declared EU migration commissioner Magnus Brunner...

World News | EU Migration Delegation Ordered Deported from Eastern Libya on Alleged Entry Violations
Cairo, Jul 8 (AP) Authorities in eastern Libya refused entry to three European ministers and the EU commissioner for migration on alleged entry violations, apparently after they stopped first in the rival Libyan capital of Tripoli in the west. A...
EU migration delegation ordered deported from eastern Libya on alleged entry violations
CAIRO (AP) — Authorities in eastern Libya refused entry to three European ministers and the EU commissioner for migration on alleged entry violations, apparently after they stopped first in the rival Libyan capital of Tripoli in the west. A...

Where do we go from here with Libya?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) shakes hands with Fayez al Sarraj, the head of Libya’s internationally recognized government, prior to talks in Istanbul, on December 15, 2019, after the two sides reached an agreement on the...

EU migration delegation ordered deported from eastern Libya on alleged entry violations
CAIRO (AP) — Authorities in eastern Libya refused entry to three European ministers and the EU commissioner for migration on… CAIRO (AP) — Authorities in eastern Libya refused entry to three European ministers and the EU commissioner for migration...

Tripoli hosts high-level ministerial meeting on immigration
Tripoli hosted a high-level ministerial meeting today with the participation of several interior ministers and representatives from European and international institutions to discuss the growing challenges associated with illegal migration, in...

Radical Islamists, the biggest threat to Islam and its followers
The greatest threats to most nations are that of external enemies. The Islamic nation, however, sees it biggest enemy come from within. The radical culture that has come to dominate Islamic thought has divided Muslim societies into disparate,...

22 migrants rescued off Zawiya coast as Libya steps up summer patrols
Libyan authorities have intensified maritime patrols amid a surge in summer migration attempts across the Mediterranean. The Ministry of Interior reported the rescue of 22 irregular migrants off the coast of Zawiya late Saturday night. The...

The War on Gaza’s Children
The humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip continues to worsen, particularly for children. Last month, UNICEF declared that the number of children being admitted to hospitals in Gaza for acute malnutrition had risen by fifty per cent between April...