News: Several government departments in China's far western region of Xinjiang have banned Muslim staff from fasting during the month of Ramadan. One department website said that civil servants cannot "take part in fasting and other religious activities". Increasing tensions State-administered Bozhou Radio and TV University said on its website that the fasting ban applied to party members, teachers and young people. "We remind everyone that they are not permitted…

News PHILADELPHIA: Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot by the Taliban because she advocated education for girls, has won the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Yousafzai was just 15 when she was shot in the head while returning from school in Mingora, Pakistan, in October 2012 since arguing that girls should be allowed to pursue an education, which was hindered under the Talibaan."It's an honor to…

News The mayor of Surabaya Tri Rismaharini has finally closed down ‘Dolly Lane' Surabayas largest and most famous brothel complex in 18th of June 2014 as published in Jakarta Post (19/6). This red-light district is officially closed after a long run process since November 2010 to that Surabaya municipality took steps and persuaded the occupants and sex workers to change their professions. But those who live and work in the…

News: Ghulja Hospital in Yining China - a city in the province of East Turkistan, Xinjiang - was forcing the Muslim nurses to not fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan "in order not to affect normal work and life" as reported by Mi'raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) last Friday, June 6th. Local media Sina Weibo, also reported, that the local health department made the demand just weeks before…