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Doctors deplore decision and point to country’s high neonatal mortality rate as bank, which opened in June, forced to close without taking a single depositWhen he heard a hospital in Karachi was setting up a milk bank for babies, the news was a “huge r…
Saudi authorities said they sent away unregistered pilgrims but many appear to have taken part without access to cooler spacesThe death toll from this year’s hajj has exceeded 1,000, with more than half of the victims unregistered worshippers who perfo…
Report finds that religious, historical and cultural references have been removed in crackdown by BeijingHundreds of Uyghur villages and towns have been renamed by Chinese authorities to remove religious or cultural references, with many replaced by na…
Exit polls had projected overwhelming victory for the BJP and an even stronger mandate for India’s strongman India’s elections may return Narendra Modi to power for a third term but Tuesday’s results did not have the flavour of victory for the strongma…
Exclusive: Experts say changes to Grand Mosque of Shadian mark completion of five-year sinification campaignThe last major mosque in China to have retained Islamic-style features has lost its domes and had its minarets radically modified, marking what …
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2020: For seven decades, India has been held together by its constitution, which promises equality …
A region known as ‘God’s land’ offers a glimpse of the future if Indian prime minister’s BJP party retains its powerFor centuries it has been known as the “land of the gods”. Stretching high up into the Himalayas, the Indian state of Uttarakhand is hom…
Footage from around the world has captured celebrations of Eid al-Fitr as Muslims marked the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with the three-day festival. For many, however, the six-month war in Gaza has cast a shadow on the Islamic holiday Continue…
Bechan Baba has dedicated his life to Varanasi’s Anarwali mosque, where Hindus and Muslims come to pray – despite the historical disputes raging outsideIn the heart of Varanasi, where the sacred Ganges meanders by and incense smoke mingles with the fai…
Three stores hit with molotov cocktails after pictures of socks deemed offensive by Muslims shared on social mediaThree stores belonging to a Malaysian minimart chain that sold socks carrying the word “Allah” have been targeted with molotov cocktails o…
Afghan regime’s return to public stoning and flogging is because there is ‘no one to hold them accountable’ for abuses, say activistsThe Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international co…
Citizenship amendment act grants Indian nationality to refugees who are Hindu, Christian, Parsi, Jain or Buddhist, but not MuslimThe Indian government has enacted a divisive citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims, just weeks bef…
Controversy in West Bengal centres around Akbar and Sita, named for a Hindu deity, being placed in the same enclosureAn Indian Hindu nationalist organisation has launched a court petition to stop two lions named after a Hindu deity and a 16th-century M…