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French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will be allowed to participate in the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics wearing a cap to cover her hair. Previously, Sylla said she was barred from taking part in the event because of her hijab. Ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony, though, an agreement has been reached with the French Olympic Committee. During the opening ceremony, which is set to include a parade by athletes on the Seine River, the French delegation will wear tailor-made uniforms by the French luxury brand Berluti, owned by the prestigious LVMH Group. “In consultation with the French Athlet...
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Tajikistan's government passed a law banning the hijab, the latest in a string of 35 wide-ranging religion-related acts, in a move described by the government as "protecting national cultural values" and "preventing superstition and extremism". The law, approved by parliament’s upper house Majlisi Milli last Thursday, bans the use of "foreign clothing" — including the hijab, or head covering worn by Muslim women. Instead, Tajikistan citizens are encouraged to wear Tajik national dress. Those violating the law are set to be fined on a scale ranging from 7,920 Tajikistani somoni (almost €700) fo...
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Following news that dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi had been given a death sentencefor his involvement in the widespread protests that swept Iran in 2022, Salehi’s lawyer Amir Raisian has confirmed that the sentence has been overturned. "Salehi's death sentence was overturned," Raisian said in a post on X, adding that the supreme court had ordered a retrial. "The Supreme Court prevented an irreparable judicial error," Raisian stated, adding that the court also ruled that Salehi's "previous sentence (six years and three months) was also without compliance with the rules of a multiplicity of crim...
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By Srijit Das A disturbing video showing at least three adolescent boys kick and punch a female classmate inside a classroom in Indonesia, is being shared by Indian social media users without any context. BOOM found that the video was shot in Indonesia in 2020. The incident happened inside a school located at Purworejo, Central Java when three students attacked a female student wearing a hijab by kicking and punching her. The 29-seconds long viral clip shows a girl sitting at a desk inside a classroom. Later, she can be seen attacked by three other students who kick and beat her multiple times...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar A cropped photo of the late Indira Gandhi wearing a saree with the pallu covering her head and sporting a traditional collared coat is being shared with a false claim that it shows her wearing a burqa and covering her head with a hijab. The photo shows late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi standing with Sonia Gandhi and a young Rahul Gandhi in the latter's arms. It is being shared with text that reads, "Indira Gandhi in burkha and Hijab and Rahul Gandhi wearing a cap...they made fools of entire Hindus" FACT CHECK BOOM found that the photo is cropped and the original shows...
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By Sana Fazili As Iran continues to simmer over anti-hijab protests for over two months now, several media outlets, including The New York Times, BBC and AFP, on Sunday reported that the controversial morality police or Gasht-e Ershad — in charge of upholding the country's draconian Islamic dress code — had been abolished. However, certain sections of the media in Iran, along with activists and journalists, both inside and outside the country, are saying that the news is false. The morality police have been at the heart of the controversy in Iran over 22-year-old Mahasa Amini's death in police...
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By Kaisar Andrabi One of the reasons cited by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for banning the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliated organisations was the killing of Hindutva activists in Karnataka. The murder cases of Hindutva activists R. Rudresh (2016), Praveen Pujari (2016), Sharath Madiwala (2017) and Praveen Nettaru (2022), apart from six other murder cases from Kerala and Tamil Nadu — in all of which PFI has been accused — made the case for declaring it as an "unlawful association". Fakhruddin Ali, a political analyst and researcher, said that Kerala is notorious for violent...
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By The Conversation Once again, Iran is in the midst of political upheaval and civil unrest. The latest protests, triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police, follow several other protests that have occurred in Iran over recent years. Also Read:Iran Summons British, Norwegian Envoy Amid Death Of More Protesters So what is new about this latest round of demonstrations? Here are three key ways these protests are different. At the crux of the latest demonstrations is Iran's morality police, which is tasked with enforcing strict codes around dress and ...
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By The Conversation Iranian authorities have cracked down on protests which erupted after the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing the hijab appropriately. The death of Mahsa Amini who was reportedly beaten after being arrested for wearing her hijab "improperly" sparked street protests. Unrest has spread across the country as women burned their headscarves to protest laws that force women to wear the hijab. Seven people are reported to have been killed, and the government has almost completely shut down the internet. But in the Arab wo...
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By The Conversation Iranian authorities have cracked down on protests which erupted after the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing the hijab appropriately. The death of Mahsa Amini who was reportedly beaten after being arrested for wearing her hijab "improperly" sparked street protests. Unrest has spread across the country as women burned their headscarves to protest laws that force women to wear the hijab. Seven people are reported to have been killed, and the government has almost completely shut down the internet. Also Read:Over 30 ...
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