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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 13, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:35 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Prayer and abstinence

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 04:01 PM

Muslims gather for midday prayer in a community in Marikina City on the start of Ramadan on Tuesday, as the National Capital Region remains under modified enhanced community quarantine.  Read more »

Duterte urges Filipinos on Ramadan: Help the less fortunate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 10:35 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday urged Filipinos to mark the start of Ramadan, Islam's holy month of fasting and sharing of blessings, by “helping those who are less fortunate and most in need.” Read more »

Ramadan to begin Tuesday, April 13, official says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 10:55 PM

Sheikh Abu Huraira Udasan, executive director of the Bangsamoro Grand Mufti and Regional Darul Ifta, made the announcement after a traditional moon sighting. Read more »

Malaysian court rules Christians can use 'Allah'

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 10 09:29 PM

A Christian Malaysian woman won a legal battle Wednesday for her right to use the word "Allah" that the Malaysian government has said only Muslims can use, in a landmark ruling in the country. Read more »

Bangladesh under 'no obligation' to accept stranded Rohingya refugees— minister

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 04:23 PM

"They are not Bangladesh nationals and in fact, they are Myanmar nationals." Read more »

Reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps shock US

David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 09:28 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States is "deeply disturbed" by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims in China's Xinjiang region and there must be serious consequences for atrocities committed there, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.   Read more »

Rights groups urge world leaders to boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 02:30 AM

China has faced global scrutiny over a range of issues, notably the mass internment of Uighur Muslims, and its clampdown in Hong Kong. Read more »

UN fears for Myanmar Rohingya after coup, Security Council to meet Tuesday

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Feb 02 11:56 AM

The United Nations fears the coup in Myanmar will worsen the plight of some 600,000 Rohingya Muslims still in the country, a UN spokesman said on Monday as the Security Council planned to meet on the latest developments on Tuesday.   Read more »

China possibly committed 'genocide' against Xinjiang Muslims: US commission

David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 09:49 AM

WASHINGTON - China has possibly committed "genocide" in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the U.S. Congress said in a report on Thursday. Read more »

Bangladesh moves second group of Rohingya refugees to remote island

Reuters
Posted at Dec 29 01:06 PM

Bangladesh started moving a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, a naval official told Reuters, despite opposition from rights groups worried about the new site's vulnerability to floods. Read more »

Bangladesh begins controversial transfer of Rohingya to island

Sam Jahan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 11:22 PM

Bangladesh began transferring hundreds of Rohingya refugees on Thursday to a low-lying island in an area prone to cyclones and floods, with rights groups alleging people were being coerced into leaving. Read more »

To ban or not to ban? France debates virginity tests

Sophie Davies, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 26 08:11 AM

France is split over plans to ban virginity testing, with some campaigners calling the procedure barbaric and others warning of violent repercussions for some Muslim women. Read more »

Mamba’s remark disparaging Muslims angers Muslim official; governor apologizes

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 11:49 PM

Mamba made the remark on Wednesday, as he tried to convince lawmakers to rehabilitate the Cagayan River to entice tourists and investors there. Read more »

Pope Francis, for first time, says China's Uighurs are 'persecuted'

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Nov 24 05:42 AM

VATICAN CITY - In a new book, Pope Francis for the first time calls China's Muslim Uighurs a "persecuted" people, something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years.   Read more »

US says no justification for 'concentration camps' in China

David Brunnstrom and Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Posted at Oct 23 11:04 PM

The deputy White House national security adviser on Friday denounced China's treatment of Uighur Muslims, saying there was no justification for the country maintaining "concentration camps" within its borders. Read more »

Beijing bans personal pilgrimages to Mecca for Chinese Muslims

South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 16 01:29 PM

China has introduced new rules banning non-official pilgrimages to Mecca, a move observers said was another attempt by the Communist Party to control religious affairs. Read more »

H&M cuts ties with Chinese supplier over accusations of 'forced labor'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 06:26 AM

STOCKHOLM - Swedish clothing giant H&M said Tuesday it was ending its relationship with a Chinese yarn producer over accusations of "forced labor" involving ethnic and religious minorities from China's Xinjiang province. Read more »

US restricts Chinese apparel and tech products, citing forced labor

Ana Swanson, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 15 06:42 AM

The new restrictions, announced Monday, fall short of a broader ban on cotton and tomatoes from Xinjiang that the administration was poised to announce last week. Read more »

US to block Chinese products from Uighur 'forced labor'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 05:51 AM

WASHINGTON - The US announced Monday it would block a range of Chinese products made by "forced labor" in the Xinjiang region, including from a "vocational" center that it branded a "concentration camp" for Uighur minorities. Read more »