On October 14, 2021, IA Gazeta.Uz reported: “In Uzbekistan, there are more than 2,000 prisoners convicted for religious and political reasons. According to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, this is more than all the former Soviet republics combined, and one of the highest rates in the world. The commission noted the successes of Uzbekistan, but they believe that the sphere needs reform.

On Thursday, 07/10/2021, retired Professor of English and Post-Colonial Literatures at the University of Kent and novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the prestigious award of Nobel Prize for Literature worth a gold medal and 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.14m) after recognition on his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee.”

­On 10 October 2021, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the establishment of a Rehmatul-lil-Alameen (Mercy to Mankind) Authority in the country to ensure the implementation of the teachings of the Holy Prophet (saw) in society. “It is my belief that the country cannot progress without following the true teachings of Islam

 Singapore had been grappling with structural demographic challenges since the preceding years. This is not only the impact of the pandemic but the pandemic only accelerates this problem more and more to the surface.