Tag: Muslims
Mosques vandalized in India in protest against Bangladesh violence
Leaders of India's minority Muslim community say they have increasingly faced attack since the Hindu nationalist party came to power in 2014
Minority groups in Bangladesh hold hunger strike to protest attacks on...
The protesters demanded justice and asked the government to put a stop to the propaganda that favored a return of sectarian violence
Amnesty International calls for end to violence, discrimination against Muslims in...
The report said discrimination against Muslims has evolved from “a rising series of mob attacks ... into government policies" against Muslims
Protesters shot dead in Bangladesh after Koran ‘desecration’
The government ordered a probe into the violence and "urged everyone to keep religious harmony, peace and security"
Piety or noise nuisance? Indonesia tackles call to prayer volume backlash
Criticizing the loud call to prayer can lead to accusations of blasphemy, a crime punishable by as much as five years imprisonment
Sri Lanka’s Muslim religious scholars warn against report of possible terror...
The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama expressed concern over extremist influences and asked Muslims "to be cautious and vigilant"
Six dead as Thai military battles rebels in restive south
Thailand's three southernmost provinces have been in the grip of a 17-year conflict that has killed more than 7,000 people
Christian refugee denied burial in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camp
There are currently about 200 Christian Rohingya families in the refugee camp in Cox's Bazar
Police in China question Uyghurs for attending Eid prayers
Residents said authorities had taken “many neighbors” in for interrogations, but could not provide an estimate
Pope Francis ‘deeply saddened’ by Baghdad market bombing
The pope offered his condolences to the families and friends of those who died in an explosion at the al-Wuhailat market
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