On May 7,2023, a 15-year-old girl in America was found dead in a dumpster after having been missing for three days. While murder of young adults is not that uncommon in America, this particular case struck me differently. The various structures that are meant to protect Gracie and other young women like her failed to; highlighting the problems that exist on every level in a secular liberal society. (Source)

On 2nd June, following Jummah prayers, 3 Muslims were killed by Ethiopian security forces outside the Grand Mosque, Anwar Masjid in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia during a peaceful protest against the authority’s demolishment of several mosques in the outskirts of the city and plans to destroy more. The police used tear gas and opened fire at worshippers to disperse the crowd gathered outside the mosque.

On the 5th of June, the BBC reported on the “alarming increase in drug abuse in Kashmir”. More and more teenage men can be found outside the only rehabilitation centre in the Indian administers Kashmir, queuing with their parents to receive medicines from the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS) to help reduce their withdrawal symptoms and prevent the transmission of infectious diseases.

On the 24th of May, the BBC reported that a 95-year-old woman was tasered in her care home by police officers. Law enforcement was called to the scene when it was concerned staff reported that she was holding a knife and was acting erratically. She fell to the floor due to her engagement with the police and was critically injured to the point where she was hospitalised for days; she…