カテゴリー: Religion
Writers 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…
Supreme 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…
BJP 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…
‘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…
As 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…
Iran 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…
The 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…
Artisans preparing Hindu festival have responded creatively to the pandemic and its problemsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEvery autumn the streets of Kolkata come alive with the sounds of Durga Puja. The Hindu festival, wh…
The Sunni majority is using blasphemy laws to target and murder those they call ‘heretics’Syed Kareem* has been in hiding for weeks. He fears if he is seen on the streets of Karachi, the Pakistan city he calls home, he will be a dead man walking.His or…
Researcher says Xinjiang files reveal government strategy of long-term social controlThousands of Uighur children appear to have been left without parents as their mothers or fathers were forced into Chinese internment camps, prison and other detention…
Withdrawal of jewellery advert criticised as a concession to extremistsThe advertisement featured a Muslim man and his Hindu wife preparing for a Hindu-style baby shower. Its tagline read: “A beautiful confluence of two different religions, traditions …
Beijing formally confirmed death to UN but man’s daughter disputes suggestion he died of ‘pneumonia and tuberculosis’ in 2018The Chinese government has taken the rare step of formally confirming to the UN the death of a Uighur man whose family believe …
Court clears 32 men of inciting clashes that led to destruction of site by Hindu rioters in 1992 A special court has acquitted all senior figures in India’s ruling party of their role in the demolition of the Babri mosque by Hindu rioters, in a further…
Exclusive: MPs and peers aim to grant minorities in China the right to petition British courtsUighurs and other Muslim minorities would be given the right to petition a UK high court judge to declare that genocide is taking place in China, requiring th…
Pope Francis reportedly declining to meet US secretary of state who says the Catholic church too soft on BeijingMike Pompeo will visit the Vatican to protest against the imminent renewal of a deal between the Catholic church and China, which the US sec…