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Activists will write to companies in bid to persuade them to use their influence with Chinese governmentCampaigners fighting against the persecution of Uighur Muslims in China are to target private companies sponsoring the Beijing Winter Olympics in an…
Read MoreMillions more expected to descend on Haridwar in coming weeks for Kumbh Mela despite pandemic Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageUp to a million Hindu pilgrims have gathered on the banks of the River Ganges in northern India, m…
Read MoreAdvocacy group Open Doors says hardline regimes across world exploit pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePersecution of Christians around the world has increased during the Covid pandemic, with followers being refused ai…
Read MoreMinister from Hindu nationalist BJP says schools should be producing Muslim professional workers, rather than future imamsAn Indian state ruled by Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has passed a law abolishing all Islamic schools, saying they prov…
Read MoreCountry insists all people who die of virus are cremated even if it violates religious beliefsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Muslim Council of Britain is launching a legal challenge to the Sri Lankan government’s policy…
Read MoreCrowds reportedly led by Islamic clerics attempt to destroy ancient shrine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regionA violent religious mob has set fire to a Hindu temple in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region and attempted to tear it to the ground.Crowds of thous…
Read MoreRahima Mahmut and Rose Harvie add their voices to that of the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, in urging readers to take action to put pressure on China The moving call to arms by the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, challenges us all to speak out against what…
Read MoreCourt expected to rule there is still insufficient evidence against China, but file to be kept openThe International Criminal Court (ICC) has asked for more evidence before it will be willing to open an investigation into claims of genocide against Uig…
Read MoreWriters including Salman Rushdie express anger after journalist Salil Tripathi has account suspendedTwitter has been accused of censoring the prominent Indian journalist Salil Tripathi by suspending his account, after he tweeted on subjects including t…
Read MoreSupreme court throws out case brought by families for whom cremation is against religious lawCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMuslim and Christian families in Sri Lanka whose relatives were cremated during the coronavirus pan…
Read MoreBJP reaction to depiction of Hindu-Muslim romance adds to recent rows over interfaith marriagesWhen the BBC’s adaptation of Vikram’s Seth’s novel A Suitable Boy recently landed on Indian Netflix it did not take long for the fanfare to turn to controver…
Read More‘Chance should not be squandered’ to bring Chinese government to justice, letter statesThe chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has been urged by an international alliance of parliamentarians to accept a complaint alleging genocide by C…
Read MoreAs activists target female vaccinators, Pakistan remains one of only two countries worldwide not to have eradicated polioNasreen Bibi never saw the face of her killer. The 44-year-old had just finished work for the day, vaccinating children against pol…
Read MoreIran calls Paris’s response to teacher’s killing ‘unwise’ amid protests across Muslim worldThe backlash against Emmanuel Macron following his insistence that publication of caricatures of the prophet Muhammad is fundamental to freedom of speech has spr…
Read MoreThe Hindu nationalist regime has cultivated religious animosity – undermining the nation’s secular traditionsNothing is as important, the philosopher Immanuel Kant claimed, as the “freedom to make public use of one’s reason on all matters”. Unfortunate…
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