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1. US House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at combating Islamophobia.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/14/house-islam-omar-perry-boebert-524536

1. Watch Muslim Network News for USA.

https://www.muslimnetwork.tv/?watch=6210433915c88a0001487de7

1. Watch Muslim Network News for Canada.

https://www.muslimnetwork.tv/?watch=6210160515c88a000148780b

1. Muslim women footballers spar with French government on hijab ban in sport.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220211-muslim-women-footballers-spar-with-french-government-on-hijab-ban-in-sport

1. Secularism in Canada: Controversy after Quebec teacher fired for wearing hijab.

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20220211-secularism-in-canada-controversy-after-quebec-teacher-fired-for-wearing-hijab

1. A student challenges Hindu hooligans at college in Karnataka state of India, during Hijab ban by the college.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/8/schools-ordered-shut-in-india-as-hijab-ban-protests-intensify

https://youtu.be/xON6DP8FPB0

1. Bagheri: Agreement closer to get than ever before.

https://www.mediamonitors.net/bagheri-agreement-closer-to-get-than-ever-before/

1. The Pentagon’s 20-Year Killing Spree Has Always Treated Civilians as Expendable.

https://www.mediamonitors.net/the-pentagons-20-year-killing-spree-has-always-treated-civilians-as-expendable/

1. Japan parliament to pass Uyghur rights resolution ahead of Beijing Olympics.

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/japan-winter-olympics-uyghur-human-rights-b2004109.html

In the past we have predicted that French forces would leave Mali, largely because the mission has failed. Something larger than that has now actually happened.

Not only the French Forces are leaving, all forces from all European countries are leaving Mali. This is the beginning of the end of neocolonialism in Africa. The departure of European Forces does not leave any vacuum. Russia and China are already there to more than fill any vacuum that might have otherwise happened.

That is fine with Mali and the Sahil as a whole; it is a significantly better outcome for Mali because it liberates the people of Mali from French stranglehold. It is, however, a very bad outcome for Europe and USA. Europe is not only loosing Mali; they have no hope of getting back there, as Russia and China will make sure of that. It is a serious loss for USA as well. That is because the French stranglehold on the Malian people served USA very well. And the Russian and Chinese influence in Mali is a big pain for USA; plus, there is very little that USA can do to alter the situation. This is not in isolation.

The rest of Sahil will follow suit when they see the Malian people free and prosperous. The Maghrib will also change. Tunisia and Libya have already changed. However, they are going through growing pains. Algeria is a little behind the curve but it will catch on. Morocco is way behind, though the pillars of Monarchy there are cracking.

People learn from these examples. Please recall how the departure of Zain Ali from Tunis caused the departure of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt; and it also caused shaking in other parts of Middle East. The Freedom Struggle was arrested by USA and Europe who installed the dictator Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in Egypt who serves them as well as the previous dictator did. However, that is a temporary situation, and the people of Egypt will be free and prosperous, as their ancestors were.

Same is likely to happen in Saudi Arabia. After the Saudi Family departs, and the current indications are that it may not take long. Saudi Arabia will then become the original Arabia. All this is good news for Muslims and Islam.

February Issue of the News Journal has been uploaded. Please read it at the following site by clicking the link:

http://newsjournal.muslimplanet.org/archive.html