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Women have defied bans and rallied around Pakistan for International Women's Day.
![Attacks on Muslims have increased in India under the rule of the BJP [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2023-01/GettyImages-1245741737.jpg?h=a3133557&itok=VJ2pKeHP)
A shocking video has emerged on Twitter showing a Muslim student in India reportedly being beaten by a mob of Hindu vigilantes.
A retired British police officer allegedly sent Islamophobic messages to his colleagues and called the Grenfell tower trajedy a 'Great Muslim Bakeoff'.
UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said the Taliban ban on Afghan women working for non-governmental organisations has put some aid programmes on hold and is 'sowing fears that the already dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan will get even worse'.
At the national, state and local levels, Muslim candidates saw their numbers grow, with many incumbents keeping their seats with strong margins and newcomers adding to the community's representation.
![Madinah Wilson-Anton at a cafe in her home district in Newark, Delaware. [Brooke Anderson/°®Âþµº]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2022-11/IMG_3065.jpg?h=8612be05&itok=N_DkhnuV)
°®Âþµº talks with Madinah Wilson-Anton, the first practicing Muslim elected to Delaware's state legislature, in her home district in Newark, Delaware.
The latest restriction on Afghan women comes as the Taliban banned women from attending universities, earlier this week.
The Taliban have prohibited Afghan women from entering universities because they 'were not following instructions' on strict dress codes, according to a Taliban official on Thursday.
Court documents show that the release of 11 men, sentenced to life imprisonment for gang-raping a pregnant Muslim woman and killing her family in 2002, was approved by the Indian government.
Afghan women - who are subjected to severe restrictions on their freedom of movement, clothing and their right to education - have urged Pakistan minister Hina Rabbani Khar to show 'solidarity' with their plight during her visit to Kabul.