Stuck in limbo in Kosovo camp, Afghan evacuees await entry to the U.S.
Ben Fox, Associated PressL World Jun 5, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — For some Afghans who were evacuated as their country fell to the Taliban last summer, the journey to the United […]
Plan to construct Hindu temple in Bekasi met with protest
Vela AndapitaThe Jakarta Post Jakarta / Tue, May 7, 2019 / 06:45 pm Hindus from Greater Jakarta pray at the Aditya Jaya Hindu temple in Rawamangun, […]
36 dead, over 1,000 injured in clashes between Egyptian protesters – National Ambulance Service
Mohammed Sultan, deputy head of Egypt’s national ambulance service said that 36 people were killed on Friday during violent clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed President Morsi. 1,138 more […]
Hefajat leader -‘Siege was designed to oust govt’
Source: The Daily Star A top leader of Hefajat-e Islam has told a court in Dhaka that the group’s May 5 Dhaka siege programme was designed to oust the Awami League-led alliance government, according to court sources. The BNP-led 18-party opposition combine financed the programme, Hefajat Secretary General Junaid Babunagari […]
Bangladesh Islamists hold mass protest for blasphemy law
Source: AFP DHAKA — At least 100,000 hardline Islamists demanding a new blasphemy law blocked major highways on Sunday cutting off the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka from the rest of the country, police said. Chanting “Allahu Akbar!” (“God is the greatest!”), activists from Hefajat-e-Islam marched down at least six highways, […]
Is Bangladesh’s Shahbag the Next Tahrir Square?
Source: The World Policy Blog By Nayma Qayum During the past week, thousands of Bangladeshis have gathered at Shahbag, a neighborhood in Dhaka, demanding justice for the war crimes of 1971. The protests emerged after an international tribunal sentenced Abdul Qader Mollah, assistant secretary general of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami […]