Islam
- Conservatives, Hinduism, India, Islam, Migration, Pakistan, Race, Rishi Sunak, South and Central Asia
Sunak’s rise is thanks to the Tory Hindu revolution. Labour, look and learn | Mihir Bose
There is a complex story behind his arrival at No 10. The Conservatives worked hard to erase a hatred that wen…
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In Britain and India, we must resist the tragic thinking that pits Hindus against Muslims | Chetan Bhatt
The recent disorder in Leicester echoes the ‘communalist’ politics that now dominates India thanks to the ruli…
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Narendra Modi’s BJP bans Indian Islamic group for ‘terrorist’ links
Popular Front of India, which says it fights for rights of minorities, victim of ‘political vendetta’ by Hindu…
- Buddhism, Culture, Documentary films, Film, Health, Islam, Midwifery, Myanmar, Religion, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Midwives review – a Muslim and a Buddhist grapple with childbirth in strife-torn Myanmar
Sombre documentary shot over five years follows two healthcare workers as they deliver babies in a brutally di…
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West weighs calling for China Uyghur abuses inquiry at UN
Battle over influence at Human Rights Council, with Beijing warning of ‘politicisation of human rights’Western…
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Hundreds of Hazaras killed by ISKP since Taliban took power, say rights group
Human Rights Watch says Taliban is failing to protect Shia minority from violent attacks on mosques, schools a…
- Asia Pacific, China, Human rights, Islam, Law, Protest, Religion, United Nations, Uyghurs, World news, Xinjiang
‘Our people are still trapped’: Uyghur exiles demand action on abuses
Campaigners criticise failure of UN report to label China’s crackdown on Muslim minorities genocide“I feel lik…
- Asia Pacific, China, Human rights, Islam, Law, Religion, United Nations, Uyghurs, World news, Xinjiang
Lawyer criticises UN report’s failure to call Uyghur oppression ‘genocide’
Sir Geoffrey Nice QC says outgoing human rights chief’s report on China makes it easier for international comm…
- Asia Pacific, China, Human rights, Islam, Law, Religion, Torture, United Nations, Uyghurs, World news, Xinjiang
Five key points from the UN report on Xinjiang human rights abuses
Damning report cites human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims in north-west Chinese provinceChina has co…
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India ruling party legislator arrested over prophet remarks amid protests
T Raja Singh suspended earlier this week for hate speech after allegedly abusive commentsPolice in the souther…
- Books, Censorship, Culture, Freedom of speech, Islam, Pakistan, Religion, Salman Rushdie, South and Central Asia, World news
What it was like asking for The Satanic Verses in a Pakistan bookshop | Anonymous
As an aspiring writer I loved many exiled authors, from Márquez to Kundera, but with Rushdie the stakes were r…
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On the anniversary of partition, let’s consign the pitiless logic of Hindu v Muslim to the past | Pankaj Mishra and Ali Sethi
Since 1947, India and Pakistan have shared profound affinities across ferociously policed bordersPankaj Mishra…
- Global development, Health, India, Islam, Politics, Prince Charles, Religion, Society, South and Central Asia, UK news, Violence against women and girls, Women, Women's health, World news
Bohra imam’s visit puts British girls at risk of mutilation, warn FGM campaigners
Dawoodi Bohra leader Mufaddal Saifuddin, who is in the UK to preach, is an advocate of the abusive practice wh…
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Bookseller of Kabul becomes asylum seeker in London
Shah Muhammad Rais survived decades of misrule in Afghanistan but finally fled to escape the TalibanHe was mad…
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Delhi police arrest Muslim journalist Mohammed Zubair over tweet from 2018
Journalists demand release of the co-founder of the fact-checking website Alt News after he was accused of ins…