カテゴリー: Religion
Women required to attend separate classes and follow dress code at facilities in Kandahar and Helmand as they restart classes for first time since Taliban takeoverPublic universities in Kandahar and Helmand provinces in Afghanistan have reopened after …
Father William Siraj killed while on his way home after celebrating Sunday Mass in Peshawar while no group claimed responsibilityPakistani police have widened their manhunt for two unidentified assailants who shot and killed a Christian priest and woun…
Thousands of monks and disciples accompany coffin of Zen master and peace activist in processionA funeral has been held for the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, a week after the renowned Zen master and peace activist died at the age of 95 in H…
The Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh, who has died at 95, gave his movement a global reach and influenceBefore he got sick, Thich Nhat Hanh urged his followers not to put his ashes in a vase, lock him inside and “limit who I am”. Instead, the Vietnamese…
Hindu extremists are carrying out violent attacks to stop interfaith relationships with MuslimsIt was dark and pelting down with rain as Sameer Parishwadi ran along the railway tracks. Up ahead, as torches darted across the tracks, they shone on to a p…
The mutilated body of a 24-year-old Muslim, Arbaaz Aftab Mullah, was discovered on a railway track near his home. His family believe he was murdered because of his interfaith relationship with a Hindu woman and that he is one of the latest victims of t…
Aneeqa Ateeq says she was dragged her into a religious discussion so her accuser could take revengeA court in Pakistan has sentenced a woman to death over allegedly blasphemous messages sent over WhatsApp and Facebook.Aneeqa Ateeq, 26, was found guilty…
Man denied any wrongdoing after pair caught together in conservative Aceh provinceAn Indonesian woman has been flogged 100 times in Aceh province for adultery while the male involved, who denied the accusations, received just 15 lashes.Ivan Najjar Alav…
Decision to close public hammams – most people’s only chance for a warm wash – sparks anger in light of country’s mounting crisesThe Taliban sparked outrage this week by announcing that women in northern Afghanistan would no longer be allowed to use co…
Women say website aims to punish journalists, academics and artists drawing attention to hate speechPolice in India have detained a woman accused of organising a fake online auction in which hundreds of prominent female Muslims were put up “for sale” o…
Licence application of Missionaries of Charity is rejected on Christmas day amid a wave of anti-Christian sentimentThe Indian government has blocked Mother Teresa’s charity from receiving funds from abroad, just days after it faced a police investigati…
Amid growing intolerance to India’s Christian minority, several Christmas events were targeted by Hindu right wing groupsFestive celebrations were disrupted, Jesus statues were smashed and effigies of Santa Claus were burned in a spate of attacks on In…
From fragile leaders to invisible workers, anger is shimmering throughout the serpentine politics of Pakistan and IndiaOn the morning of 3 December, Priyantha Kumara, the 49-year-old export manager of Rajco Industries, asked his workers to remove a sti…
The dwindling number of places available for the metropolis’s Muslims are becoming religious battlefieldsUntil a few weeks ago, no one had given much thought to the car park outside sector 37 police station in Gurgaon, a satellite city to India’s capit…
Secret documents urge population control, mass round-ups and punishment of UyghursExcerpts from previously unpublished documents directly linking China’s crackdown on Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang province to speeches by the Chinese l…