Around 20 academics wrote a letter to the Prime Minister Modi demanding a ban on books related to political Islam at state-funded universities. There have also been other incidents of Muslim youth being arrested on suspicion of being involved with ISIS.
Co-founder and former spokesperson of Al-Shabab Mujahideen movement, Mukthar Robow has been appointed as the Minister for Religious Affairs by the Prime Minister of Somalia. "We welcome his appointment. The move will advance reconciliation and will serve as a good example for more high level al-Shabab defections," said political analyst Mohamed Mohamud.
While the Minister of Foreign Affairs Cavusoglu was answering the questions of journalists on the last day of the 13th Ambassadors Conference held in Ankara, which was yesterday, he had said: "We need to bring the opposition and regime together for reconciliation somehow, there will be no permanent peace otherwise. That’s what we always say".
An Islamabad district and sessions court on 17th August 2022 approved a two-day physical remand, for the PTI leader, Shahbaz Gill, at the request of the capital’s police. The judge also directed the investigation officer, to arrange a medical examination of Mr. Gill, and submit a report to the court.
On Monday 25/07/2022, residents in the eastern town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo stormed the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (UN-MONUSCO) offices protesting the UN mission’s failure to protect their lives.
The American company SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, which launched about 50 more Starlink satellites into orbit. The first stage after the flight safely returned to Earth. It was already her tenth launch. The rocket landed on a floating landing pad.
Kenyans are constantly checking social and mainstream media and trying to make sense of the mixed signals on who could be their next President. Deputy President William Ruto and Opposition leader Raila Odinga are neck-and-neck. (The Star, 13/8/2022).