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Thousands of people gathered today around the Hagia Sophia Mosque to attend the first Friday Prayers since 1930s. Click to read the full transcript of the first sermon since the Hagia Sophia’s restoration to a mosque.

To mark this date, CAGE have released a report, entitled 20 Years of TACT: Justice Under Threat, portraying the bias of the legal system to find Muslims as terrorists - showing how Muslims are the ones who feel the brunt of state repression.

At least 14 prisoners and detainees have died from likely COVID-19 complications after uncontrolled outbreaks of the disease at Egyptian prisons and detention centres, according to a report published by Human Rights Watch.

The moon sighting committee of Saudi Arabia have conducted their sighting for the new moon to establish the beginning of Dhul Hijjah 1441. Click here to find out when Dhul Hijjah and Eid al-Adhā 1441 will be

The families of human right campaigners held in Saudi jails have written to Premier League chief executive Richard Masters with a personal plea to stop the takeover from going ahead whilst their loved ones remain imprisoned in Saudi Arabia.

Dr Qasim Rafiq has been included in the prestigious 2020 Power List of influential scientists, published by The Medicine Maker.

The demonstrators demanded an “apology and compensation” from the UAE authorities for being deceived by Emirati company Black Shield Security Services after they were promised ordinary security jobs but were then forced to serve as Haftar’s militia instead.

China has announced retaliatory sanctions against US lawmakers just days after Washington blacklisted a number of Chinese politicians for several purported human rights abuses of the Uyghur minority.

The United Kingdom will resume weapons sales to Saudi Arabia despite several purported war crimes in Yemen. Is the UK making a killing from the world’s worst humanitarian crisis?

“It is sad and painful to see that while most Muslims are celebrating this achievement, some Muslims are not happy with the decision and have used it to increase their hatred of President Erdoğan and his party.”