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Sufism under attack in Mohammad Yunus-led BangladeshFundamentalist groups in Bangladesh have increasingly targeted Sufi shrines following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina's government. Over 100 sh...05 Mar, 2025, 12.17 AM IST- Taliban order Afghan girls' schools shut hours after reopeningCrestfallen students, back in class for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August last year, tearfully packed up their belong...23 Mar, 2022, 12.23 PM IST
- Ghost towns and old men in Afghanistan's Panjshir"There is no one left, except the elders, and the poor who cannot afford to leave," said Abdul Wajid, 30, who stayed behind to watch over t...16 Sep, 2021, 09.22 PM IST
- UN-blacklisted Akhund to head Afghanistan govtHailing from the spiritual Taliban heartland of Kandahar, Akhund served as governor of the key province during the group’s brutal first rei...08 Sep, 2021, 06.34 AM IST
- Taliban fire shots to disperse protest in KabulThe Islamists have yet to announce a government, but Afghans -- fearful of a repeat of the group's previous brutal reign between 1996 and 2...07 Sep, 2021, 03.20 PM IST
- 12 injured in attack on a mosque in BangladeshThe incident took place on Friday at the mosque in the Gaibandha district when self-proclaimed Hefazat-e-Islam activists snatched the mic f...10 Apr, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
- Violence breaks out in fresh Bangladesh protests following PM Narendra Modi's visitThe protesters -- mostly from the hardline Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam -- were angry at the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...28 Mar, 2021, 02.21 PM IST
- Bangladesh rules out security threat to PM Modi's visit amid protests by 'few' Left, Islamist groupsPrime Minister Modi will visit Bangladesh from March 26 to 27 to attend the celebrations of the golden jubilee of the country's independenc...21 Mar, 2021, 03.56 PM IST
- German club Darmstadt, Ben-Hatira split after outcry over alleged Islamist-linked groupSOCCER-GERMANY-DAR-BENHATIRA:German club Darmstadt, Ben-Hatira split after outcry over alleged Islamist-linked group26 Jan, 2017, 05.10 PM IST
- Soccer-German club Darmstadt, Ben-Hatira split after outcry over alleged Islamist-linked groupSOCCER-GERMANY/DAR-BENHATIRA:Soccer-German club Darmstadt, Ben-Hatira split after outcry over alleged Islamist-linked group26 Jan, 2017, 05.05 PM IST
- Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina seeks nationwide alert amid Islamist attacksShe spoke hours after suspected militants hacked three traditional 'Baul' mystic singers in a pre-dawn attack in western Chadanga district.17 Jul, 2016, 07.38 PM IST
- Bangladesh safer than Syria for jihadis: Taslima NasreenJihadists have been silencing or threatening voices of sanity because democracy and pluralism are anathema to them. All they want is to est...16 May, 2016, 01.20 PM IST
- Bangladesh gives murdered Japanese Hoshi Kunio a Muslim burial"He was buried in the city's Munshipara graveyard early Tuesday morning," Rangpur city police chief Abdur Razzaq told AFP.13 Oct, 2015, 02.45 PM IST
- Pakistan's former ISI chief Hamid Gul passes awayPakistan's spy agency ISI's former chief Lt General (retd) Hamid Gul tonight passed away after a brain haemorrhage.16 Aug, 2015, 11.37 AM IST
- 100 school teachers face the sack in UK extremist probeAccording to the 'The Sunday Times', the schools were the focus of the Trojan Horse scandal, which saw efforts by hardline Islamists to tak...05 Apr, 2015, 03.14 PM IST
- Islamist fighters in Somalia enter pirate town in hope of bootyHeavily armed fighters of Somalia's hardline Islamist movement, Shabaab militia, have entered the pirate town in hope of spoils from the hi...23 Nov, 2008, 02.30 PM IST
- Bengal's lajja: Taslima leaves for RajasthanA day after the Islamic fundamentalist anger erupted on Kolkata streets over Taslima Nasreen's continued stay in West Bengal, the controver...23 Nov, 2007, 03.16 AM IST
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