Pakistani Brit killed in synagogue standoff

DALLAS (Diya TV) — Authorities killed a British man of Pakistani descent accused of taking hostages at a Texas synagogue.  44-year-old Malik Faisal Akramand died after a stand-off with police.  All the hostages made it out safely. President Joe Biden said that the incident was an “act of terror” and condemned antisemitism.

Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya triggered a backlash on social media after saying “nobody cares” about the ongoing human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslims in China. Palihapitiya also owns 10% of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.
The team wrote in a statement on Twitter that the venture capitalist does not speak on behalf of the franchise.

As Americans honor the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his 93rd birthday, Diya TV’s Ravi Kapur recently sat down with civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, who spoke about the impact MLK and Gandhi had on his life and social justice movements around the globe.

Ravi Kapur contributed to this report.