Heat deaths in Mecca shine light on underworld pilgrim industry

Heat deaths in Mecca shine light on underworld pilgrim industry

More than 1000 deaths in Saudi Arabia have put a spotlight on an underworld of illicit tour operators who profit off people desperate to meet their religious duty.

  • byEmad Mekay andVivian Nereim

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China renames hundreds of villages in Xinjiang to scrub away Uyghur identity:Human Rights Watch

China renames hundreds of villages in Xinjiang to scrub away Uyghur identity:Human Rights Watch

Villages once known by religious,historical or cultural terms of the Muslim minority group now carry names like “Red flag” or “Unity”.

  • byLisa Visentin
From caliphate to the classroom:How hardline group courts the young

From caliphate to the classroom:How hardline group courts the young

Fringe Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir is using front groups to spread its message to young people.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andNick McKenzie
Australian agencies greenlight charity despite Hizb ut-Tahrir links

Australian agencies greenlight charity despite Hizb ut-Tahrir links

The special tax status bestowed by the Tax Office on the Al Rashidun charity will enable it to significantly boost its fundraising efforts.

  • byNick McKenzie,Marta Pascual Juanola andPaul Sakkal
‘It won’t silence us’:Islamophobic graffiti sprayed in woman’s driveway referred to police
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‘It won’t silence us’:Islamophobic graffiti sprayed in woman’s driveway referred to police

The driveway of a home in Melbourne’s north-east was sprayed with anti-Muslim and anti-Palestine messages.

  • byDavid Estcourt andAlex Crowe
These chilling voicemails prove Islamophobia is thriving – despite one senator’s callous dismissal

These chilling voicemails prove Islamophobia is thriving – despite one senator’s callous dismissal

Reports of Islamophobia have increased by 1300 per cent. Yet according to Senator Sarah Henderson,there’s nothing to it.

  • bySusan Carland
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Final text of slain ‘radicalised’ Perth schoolboy revealed

Final text of slain ‘radicalised’ Perth schoolboy revealed

The 16-year-old student was killed in a Bunnings car park after stabbing a stranger in the back with a large kitchen knife,and then chasing and lunging at police.

  • byHeather McNeill andMichael Genovese
‘It’s shocking’:Perth Ahmadiyya Muslim community concerned about Islamophobia after radicalised teen stabbing

‘It’s shocking’:Perth Ahmadiyya Muslim community concerned about Islamophobia after radicalised teen stabbing

Imam Syed Wadood Janud spoke on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community on Sunday in response to the news that a radicalised 16-year-old boy stabbed a member of the public on Saturday night in Willetton before being shot dead by police.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
We need to talk about the way we talk about DV and terrorism
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We need to talk about the way we talk about DV and terrorism

Weasel words aren’t helping. It’s time we were brave enough to name the real threats.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
‘Infiltrators’:Indian PM Narendra Modi accused of using hate speech against Muslims

‘Infiltrators’:Indian PM Narendra Modi accused of using hate speech against Muslims

Critics of the prime minister — an avowed Hindu nationalist — say India’s tradition of diversity and secularism has come under attack since his party won power a decade ago.

  • byKrutika Pathi
A stabbing,a riot,a nation divided:Albanese’s toughest test

A stabbing,a riot,a nation divided:Albanese’s toughest test

Albanese did all the right things. He said all the right things. Yet the events of Monday night exploded regardless.

  • byDavid Crowe