Religion
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China closing hundreds of mosques in northern regions, rights group says
HRW says other mosques altered, for example through removal of minarets, as part of sinicisation campaignChine…
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The Mission review – a missionary comes a cropper on reaching an ‘unreached’ tribe
Documentary traces a 21st-century American evangelical’s reckless efforts to convert an isolated tribe, and hi…
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‘He’d be horrified at discrimination today’: new film revives message of India’s Dalit champion
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is revered as a founder of modern India and for his work fighting the caste system. A n…
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India resumes visa services in Canada after row over killing of Sikh separatist
Tensions between the two countries peaked after Hardeep Singh Nijjar was murdered in Canada earlier this yearI…
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Japan asks court to strip Unification church of religious status
Move comes after assassination of former PM Shinzo Abe and growing criticism of fundraising activitiesJapan’s …
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If India ordered the killing of a Sikh leader in Canada, the world must act | Prabjot Singh
Sikh dissidents expressing their support for an independent state face increasing risks. It is time to stand u…
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Sikh separatists gather in London to protest after activists’ deaths
Demonstrators stage protest outside Indian high commission questioning UK government’s response to killingsSup…
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‘Whether it costs our lives or not’: killing of Canadian Sikh leader reignites historic fight
Decades-long separatist movement gets new fire with ‘credible allegations’ that India is behind murder of Hard…
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Sisters of no mercy: Kathmandu’s kung fu nuns – in pictures
The 350 women of the Drukpa dragon order are highly skilled in martial arts, which they practise six days a we…
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Canada killing adds to suspicions of Indian crackdown on Sikh separatists
Khalistani groups who want independence of Punjab accuse India of killings in UK and elsewhereCanada and India…
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‘Credible evidence’ India behind alleged assassination of Sikh leader, says Trudeau
India rejects as ‘absurd’ allegation by PM that it was responsible for fatal shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar …
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Travel firms urged to halt trips to Uyghur region over China rights abuses
Exclusive: Report says optics of western firms organising Xinjiang tours amid ‘crimes against humanity are dis…
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Xi urges more work to ‘control illegal religious activities’ in Xinjiang on surprise visit
Visit was Chinese president’s second to the region since crackdown on Uyghurs began almost a decade agoThe Chi…
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Best of 2023… so far: The trials of an Indian witness: how a Muslim man was caught in a legal nightmare – podcast
Every Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2023, in case you missed them…
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Mob attacks churches in eastern Pakistan after blasphemy claim
Christian family accused of desecrating copy of Qur’an, setting off rampage in FaisalabadHundreds of Muslim me…