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Yunus rule marked by rehabilitation of Jamaat; Institutional capture by radicals and attacks on minorities: ReportSince August 2024, Bangladesh has seen a surge in extremism following the interim government's rise, marked by the lifting of bans on Jamaa...- Fanatics target Sufi shrines in BangladeshWhile Hindu, Christian, Ahmadiyya and indigenous communities have faced documented violence and repression over the past year, widespread a...
- For Putin, winning reelection could be easier than resolving the many challenges facing RussiaThe stalemated war in Ukraine, unyielding Western pressure that compounds Russia's economic problems, and intensifying infighting among the...
- Deeply concerned over reports of human rights abuses, religious discrimination in Pak: USThe United States has urged the Pakistani government to uphold the rule of law and the freedoms enshrined in the country's Constitution.
- View: With Pragya Thakur in the fray, Hindutva no longer needs to wear a maskFor the BJP to choose Thakur without waiting until she was cleared of terror charges signals a triumph of religious ideology over law and c...
- General Dyer: The man behind the Jallianwala Bagh massacreHow General Dyer’s open and rabid racism reflected the attitudes of the non-official British who had set up shop in colonial India
- Alwar: Politicians harp on cow vigilantism; Citizens feel stray animals a bigger poll issueWith the poll fever catching up, a casual walk in any part of the city is not possible without the sight of dumps of garbage with stray cow...
- Protesters on the boil in Pakistan against acquittal of Christian woman in blasphemy caseAsia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam in a row with her neighbours.
- Sri Lankan President removes PM Wickremesinghe as law and order minister after communal riotsTensions between Muslim groups and the majority Sinhalese Buddhist community in the country have escalated since the end of the civil war i...
- Assembly elections, GST, high-profile cases mark 2017Two terrorists were killed by the army as it foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashm...
- Yogi Adityanath, PM Modi's pick for UP CM, supports Donald TrumpAnalysts said it was uncertain what type of politics Adityanath would pursue -- which itself added political risk to the equation.
- Muslims from violence-torn Rakhine voice support for Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu KyiMuslims have put their hopes in the NLD even though the party did not field a Muslim candidate on its lists of over 1,100 hopefuls standing...
- Afghan clerics uneasy as civil rights movement gains momentumPowerful religious leaders in Afghanistan are growing uneasy about the challenge to their authority posed by rare civil rights protests in ...
- Ayodhya verdict disappoints hardliners on both sidesThe Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit will begin all over, after the SC on Monday dubbing the Allahabad high court’s verdict on the m...
- Hurriyat leader Geelani detained over provocative speech in J&KThe police detained the Hurriyat leader for a "provocative" speech.
- 1 dead as Hindus, Christians clash again in IndiaNew violent clashes between Hindus and Christians in eastern India left one dead and 12 injured.
- 100 arrests as Christians, police clash in KarnatakaAbout 100 demonstrators who threw rocks and clashed with police in southern India to protest right-wing Hindu attacks on at least 17 Christ...
- Indian PM promises to protect ChristiansPrime Minister Manmohan Singh has promised to protect India's Christians in a letter to the widow of an Australian missionary killed nine y...
- 'Sania hurt Muslims' sentiments'The clergy of Hyderabad yet again advertised its clout over the Congress dispensation in Andhra Pradesh when the state police filed a case ...
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