Tower Hamlets mayor slammed for defending mosque's decision to ban women and girls over 12 from charity fun run www.lbc.co.uk/article/towe...

analysis/opinion … especially important given the impact of Saleh Aljafarawi’s online reporting (and its subsequent ‘disappearance‘).

continued calls to release Dr Hussam Abu Safia …

online dimensions to this case(among other things)…

a real water is wet scenario here

Great business model! They have to turn a profit somewhere, right? Get the audience (of lonely and poorly socialized males) addicted on an investor-subsidized product (of personalized porn) and then, slowly but inevitably, turn up the cost.

"Couples enrolled on the Tamm app, which unifies government services on a one-stop mobile platform, can get married with their phone from anywhere in the world."

"Rama Duwaji rebuked for paying tribute to Saleh al-Jafarawi, who was loathed by Israelis for allegedly celebrating Hamas rocket attacks on October 7."

Lebanon AI

"The rapid rise of AI is forcing governments and companies to rethink how regulation is written, enforced and updated."

The article provides an overview of AI approaches in the UAE.

‘Is the UK complicit in genocide?’

As the humanitarian pause in Gaza gets underway could our government be held responsible for not doing more to end the war and if so, how?

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U.S. President Trump said Gaza must be 'demilitarized' during a speech at a ceasefire summit in Egypt. Trump also spoke of a new police force that could be created in Gaza, in the remarks where he played host and master of ceremonies reut.rs/46QlcRU

My postgraduate Gulnahar Begum is conducting significant research on organ transplantation and Muslim communities in the UK, and seeks survey responses from Muslims living in the UK. Please follow the link:

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Among the 2,000 Palestinians freed in the Gaza ceasefire deal were 250 serving life terms for attacks on Israelis dating back decades. n.pr/4n4b3Wv

Footage from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank showed large crowds excitedly welcoming dozens of Palestinian prisoners who were released from an Israeli jail.
https://cnn.it/48rRALR

LIVE: Israel to release Palestinian prisoners as part of ceasefire deal
www.youtube.com/live/b6oVB3I...

China is very concerned about Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes, foreign ministry says reut.rs/4nKRpzL

In an AI-generated, dystopian vision of the British capital, a video shows Big Ben smouldering above piles of rubbish and London crowds dressed in traditional Islamic garb.

Far-right leaders are seizing on such AI clips of European cities changed by migration to promote racist views
u.afp.com/Smz4

Drones capture staggering images of Gaza devastation - as people find nothing left

I'm learning how to get back into life, freed British-Egyptian activist says www.bbc.com/news/article...

They're cutting religious studies programs so everyone can study tech, just when the tech world increasingly demands religious studies education to understand it.

Top notch safeguards I see

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