The United Nations Joint Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that since the start of the global HIV pandemic around 29.4 million people have been infected with HIV. Although many Muslim countries claim that they have not been affected by HIV, this is not true. HIV infections have been reported in ...
Read More »Independent UN human rights expert urges Bahrain to stop persecuting Shi’a Muslims
24 April 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the Government of Bahrain to stop the harassment and persecution of a Shi’a Muslim leader who was reportedly forced to leave the country following threats from State security agents to arrest him and his son. Heiner Bielefeldt, ...
Read More »UN: Al-Qaeda leadership shifting to younger generation
The leadership of some al-Qaeda affiliates is witnessing a generational shift from older men to men in their 30s and 40s, a UN report says. According to BBC, the study also found some cells were now recruiting members as young as 12. It warned of new international networks emerging from ...
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