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One week after the Indian capital’s worst religious violence in years, displaced Muslims describe losing everythingAs Mohammad Arshad’s body was brought into the courtyard, his lifeless face covered in a white shroud, the wailing began. The 22-year-old…
Read MoreThe 76-year-old music virtuoso released his first record last year. He’s the last surviving practitioner of a 13th century tradition at risk of dying with himUstad Saami is a slightly built man with long graceful hands that sweep skywards and then down…
Read MoreViolence in India’s capital has left more than 40 dead and hundreds injured after a Hindu nationalist rampage, stoked by the rhetoric of Narendra Modi’s populist governmentHe lay in a bloodied ball on the floor, but the baton blows kept on coming. As t…
Read MoreThe devotional singer is known to move audiences to a higher plane. Meeting her in Melbourne, Ben Eltham writes, time went ‘all bendy and loose’Sufi superstar Abida Parveen – a giant of world music – is an arresting presence. Dressed in flowing robes a…
Read MoreTwo dozen people have died and hundreds have been injured in India’s capital. The prime minister talks of peace and brotherhood, but he has led his country hereAs shocking as the outburst of hatred in Delhi has been, with the deadliest religious violen…
Read MoreClashes have been driven by a ruling party intent on painting its largely peaceful opponents as seditious sectariansSince Sunday violent mobs in north-east Delhi have killed 21 people including a police constable, injured hundreds of others, burned mot…
Read MoreAuthorities say move was to ‘seek blessings’ for train taking people to pilgrimage sitesIndian rail authorities allocated a berth on a train on Sunday for the Hindu god Shiva, raising eyebrows in a country led by Narendra Modi’s hardline Hindu national…
Read MoreDatabase known as the ‘Karakax list’ shows people sent to internment camps for reasons such as ‘minor religious infection’Growing a beard, wearing a veil or accidentally visiting a foreign website were among the justifications for sending Uighurs to Ch…
Read MoreItalian couple’s footage against backdrop of Myanmar’s ‘holy land’ provokes outrage Outrage is growing in Myanmar after the emergence of a 12-minute pornographic video shot in Bagan, the country’s best-known tourist spot and Unesco heritage site featur…
Read MoreThousands of couples – many in face masks – tied the knot in a mass Unification Church wedding on Friday, despite concerns in South Korea over the spread of the coronavirus outbreak Continue reading…
Read MoreBibi, freed last year and now in Canada, will release her autobiography on WednesdayAsia Bibi, the Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy, has released two photographs taken in exile, as she prepares for the launch…
Read MoreCurator assures the public that stereotype-busting show will not include Sting or Kama SutraForget “no sex please, we’re British”. More a case of “there will be lots of sex, we’re the British Museum”. But the curator has assured the public the first ma…
Read MoreOpposition links violence to Narendra Modi’s BJP party and tensions over citizenship lawStudents have protested in cities across India after a masked mob stormed a high-profile university in Delhi and attacked students and teachers with weapons includi…
Read MoreDemonstration was organised by umbrella group of Muslim and civil society organisationsMore than 100,000 protesters have taken part in a peaceful march in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, chanting slogans against Narendra Modi’s new citizenship l…
Read MorePolice in Uttar Pradesh state have embarked on ‘reign of terror’ against Muslims in wake of new citizenship lawIt was midnight at a police barracks in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and in a freezing windowless room about 150 Muslim men and boys sat…
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