18 January 2013, two Muslims, named Shahzod Salimov, born 1986, and Rahmatulloh Mahmudov, born 1988, were abducted from one of Moscow's mosques situated on Bolshaya Tatarskaya Street after Friday's Jum'aa prayer. Later on, one of them by phone informed his friend that they have been delayed by FSB officers. He notified that he had received a prosecution by Article 282 Part 1 from the Russian Criminal Code.

Two years on from the Egyptian uprising, this historical event has not delivered the hopes and aspirations that the thousands of women who played a pivotal role to topple Mubarak and his regime. The women of Egypt today continue to live under the shadow of a military dictatorship that has brutally assaulted female protestors and violated their honour with impunity.

Hizb ut Tahrir/ Wilayah Pakistan has issued a Publicized Policy Position (PPP) regarding the crippling Electricity crisis. It illustrates how the crisis is a direct outcome of privatization, leading to profiteering, underproduction, rises in electricity prices and a huge circular debt.

In Kazan, 16 January 2013, the police closed Al-Ikhlas Masjid. Since 7 a.m. considerable forces from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were drawn up to the mosque. There were about 10 buses and other special machinery by the mosque. Also there stood a loader and some dump trucks. About 100 police officers surrounded a mosque nearby area. 10 Muslims were arrested for allegedly disobeying the police.