Islam
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
At least 22 people dead after pro-Iran protests in Pakistan and Iraq
US government buildings in Karachi and Baghdad targeted by crowds after killing of Ayatollah Ali KhameneiUS-Is…
- Afghanistan, Classical music, Culture, Folk music, Human rights, Islam, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Music, Religion, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture
The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We c…
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India’s electoral roll revision threatens democracy and Muslims, say critics
Opposition claims SIR process being used to disenfranchise minority groups to benefit Narendra Modi’s governme…
- Asia Pacific, China, ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Islam, Religion, US immigration, US news, Uyghurs, World news
Man who documented Uyghur camps in China may face removal from US after ICE arrest
Guan Heng, who filmed at sites in China of alleged rights violations against Muslim group, detained by ICE in …
- Asia Pacific, China, Global development, Human rights, India, Islam, Religion, South and Central Asia, Uyghurs, World news, Xinjiang
How three Uyghur brothers fled China – to spend 12 years in an Indian prison
Arrested in 2013 on India’s Himalayan border after fleeing Beijing’s ‘genocide’ against Muslims in Xinjiang, t…
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The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponise…
- Afghanistan, Education, Faith schools, Gender, Global education, Islam, Religion, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women under the Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Send your daughters or you get no aid’: the Taliban are making religious schools girls’ only option
Food handouts and employment are increasingly tied to Afghan families’ agreement to strict Islamic educationWh…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Human rights, India, Islam, Migration, Race, Religion, South and Central Asia, World news
India illegally deporting Muslim citizens at gunpoint to Bangladesh, say rights groups
There are fears the crackdown against ‘outsiders’ is driving widespread persecution as expelled Indians are re…
- Afghanistan, Corporal punishment, Global development, Human rights, Islam, Law, Religion, Sharia law, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women under the Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Whipped in front of everyone’: three women on being flogged by the Taliban
Hundreds of women forced to confess to ‘moral crimes’ they did not commit have been publicly lashed in Afghani…
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The Aga Khan obituary
Spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and billionaire businessman who enjoyed a jet-setting lifestyleFast cars, …
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Hundreds flee deadly sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan
About 300 families relocate after fresh violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims kills 32 peopleAbout 300 famil…
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More than 40 killed in north-west Pakistan in gun attack on Shia convoy
Violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa follows killing of dozens of people in clashes between Sunnis and minority Shia…
- Asia Pacific, China, David Lammy, Foreign policy, Islam, Labour, Politics, Religion, UK news, Uyghurs, World news, Xinjiang
We are in despair at the Labour party’s U-turn on Uyghur genocide ruling | Letter
Dr Gillian Hughes, Dr Charlotte Burck, Dr Julia Nelki and Julia Granville the on the Uyghur Tribunal and David…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Brazil, Children, Christianity, Curriculums, Education, Gender, Ghana, Global development, Islam, LGBTQ+ rights, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Philippines, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Schools, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
Religious groups ‘spending billions to counter gender-equality education’
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rightsE…
- Children, Children's health, Global development, Global health, Health, Islam, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistani breast milk bank closes after Islamic clerics withdraw approval
Doctors deplore decision and point to country’s high neonatal mortality rate as bank, which opened in June, fo…