Poor minority representation in Parliament just tip of iceberg by News Desk October 13, 2022 in News In a fiery speech at the Parliament, Senator Danesh Kumar brought attention to just some of the […]
Father William Siraj killed while on his way home after celebrating Sunday Mass in Peshawar while no group claimed responsibility Associated Press in Peshawar Mon 31 Jan 2022 18.27 GMT […]
INDONESIA 29/12/2021 Nurhadi Sucahyo As the name implies, the Religious Harmony Forum (FKUB) was formed to maintain good relations between religious adherents in Indonesia. However, the burden of administrative tasks, especially […]
PAKISTAN Church leaders demand justice for women from religious minorities Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore Wajahat Masood, chairman of the Peoples’ Commission for Minorities’ Rights, speaks about forced conversion of non-Muslim girls […]
Youth dismiss violent extremism but are prone to intolerance: Survey Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim spoke out against mandatory hijab rules in schools after a video of a father […]
by Qasim Rashid March 18, 2021 Last year the U.S. State Department labelled Pakistan a country of particular concern over its increasing persecution of religious minorities. This label is the […]
Source UN HRC Posted 4 Mar 2021 The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his report on countering Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred to eliminate discrimination and intolerance based on religion or belief. The Council also concluded […]
PTI Updated Aug 23, 2020 | “This extraordinary moment calls on all of us to work together as one human family to defeat a disease and put an end to […]
Ewelina U. Ochab Contributor On May 5, 2020, Pakistan’s federal cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, established the National Commission for Minorities (the Minorities Commission), six years after a 2014 judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan called for the creation of such a body. The 2014 ruling of the […]
Daily Times Maria Malik July 12, 2019 Pakistan has an overwhelmingly Muslim community, which accounts for 90 per cent of its 142 million inhabitants. The Muslim population however belongs to several doctrinal groups. Sunnis are in the majority amongst Muslims, with Shia Muslims and Zikris facing discrimination. In 1974, […]
Last year Pakistan was put in Special Watch List category on Religious Freedom mainly because of the deterioration in religious freedom in the country. The US has asked Pakistan to […]
April 2, 2019 6 Min Read Rushan Abbas, founder of the Campaign for Uighurs, speaks at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus’ reception at Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on […]
Source: The Guardian By Martin Patriquin Bill 62 is the fruit of over a decade of institutionalized animus directed towards the province’s religious minorities The government of Quebec, Canada’s second-most populous […]
The white stripe in Pakistan’s national flag is meant to represent the space for minorities in the country. Many gave forgotten this founding principle Parveen Akhtar @DrParveenAkhtar The Independent […]
On the anniversary of his inauguration, it’s clear that as long as the current president is in charge, things are going to be scary for brown people, LGBT+ people, religious […]
By EurAsian Times – December 30, 2018 Ahmadiyya Muslims have been severely persecuted in Pakistan and declared as Non-Muslims. However, on a religious trip to India, nearly 5,000 Pakistani Ahmadiyya […]
Source: Independent By Qasim Rashid Blasphemy laws began in Christian countries, and started appearing in Muslim majority countries after British imperialism. But if we go back to the Quran, we can […]
COMMENTARY / INSIGHT Why the Atif Mian controversy is bad news for Pakistan’s minorities Mian is a distinguished economist and professor but he is also a member of the Ahmadiyya […]
09/11/2018 BY WAQAR NAWAZ Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus, released the following statement today in honor of the annual Muslims […]
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Published July 20, 2018 An unprecedented move removing rental fees for places of worship gives a sigh of relief to the country’s ethnic and […]