By UCAN By Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario A prominent hard-line Sunni cleric’s call for authorities in Bangladesh to officially declare adherents of the Ahmadi sect as “non-Muslims” has triggered a barrage of criticism. Maolana Shah Ahmed Shafi, head of Hefazat-e-Islam (Protectors of Islam), an umbrella organization of radical […]
Source: UCA News By Benedict Rogers, who is East Asia team leader at human rights organization CSW and author of ‘Indonesia: Pluralism in Peril — the rise of religious intolerance […]
1st prize goes to initiative taking prayers from places of worship to troubled areas By JT – Apr 17,2019 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah is photographed with winners […]
In Pakistan, Ahmadis have been subjected to routine violence and discrimination and are not even allowed to call themselves Muslim But in a tiny corner of Micronesia they have finally […]
Johan Eybers2019-03-24 Flowers are placed outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. Picture: Vincent Thian All hell has broken out among religious ministers of the Dutch Reformed […]
By Sibilla Bondolfi This content was published on February 11, 2019 Pakistanis protest the release of Asia Bibi, who was accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed (EPA/RAHAT DAR) […]
Saif-ul-Mulook has been targeted by death threats since his the spectacular acquittal of his client Asia Bibi, a labourer from central Punjab province on death row since 2010. Saif-ul-Mulook fled […]
Source: Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani; @theRealYLH Recently the Government of Pakistan under Herr Imran Khan through NADRA added a fresh new oath to the Computerised National Identity Card […]
ALMATY (Reuters) – An Uzbek imam who ran into trouble for urging President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to lift a school headscarf ban said he has left the mainly Muslim nation […]
By Imad Zafar December 12, 2018 In a recent development, the US government added Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia along with a few other countries to a blacklist of […]
Published November 13, 2018 Azuka Onwuka While watching last week’s three-day violent protests in Pakistan over the acquittal of a Christian lady, Aasiya Noreen (commonly known as Asia Bibi), by the Supreme Court over accusation of blasphemy against Islam, some things were going through my mind. I wondered if Pakistan […]
July 24, 2018 Pakistani politician Imran Khan, chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, addresses his supporters during an election campaign in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 23, 2018. Pakistan holds general elections […]
The Jakarta Post | Mon, June 18 2018 PREMIUM Children’s voice: Barahim, a 9-year-old boy who lives with his parents at Wisma Transito in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, holds up […]
Masjid Mubarak, a 100 years old mosque, was attacked during the night by a violent mob. Next door house was also damaged. Local administration, police officers, journalists were at the […]
Regional Rights Group Warns of Religious Hatred, Vigilantism Imperiling Democracy Phelim Kine Deputy Director, Asia Division PhelimKine Expand Muslim protesters hold an anti-LGBT rally outside a mosque in the provincial […]
BY K K Shahid Such labels should not be used if the communities in question do not endorse them On both local and international media Krishna Kumari Kohli is […]
WRITTEN BY Jollof Media Network March 7, 2018 Imam Drammeh A prominent Gambian Islamic scholar has warned the government of President Adama Barrow not to grant a television […]
Reuters International This content was published on December 21, 2017 Mobile brigade policemen on motorbikes ride through the business district ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta (reuters_tickers) JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police appealed on Thursday for tolerance and respect for […]
Arab News | Published — Sunday 12 November 2017 GENEVA: Prominent thinkers, authors, diplomats and other personalities gathered to see the Muslim World League (MWL) launch the “Role of Religions […]
By niniek karmini, associated press JAKARTA, Indonesia — Nov 7, 2017 Indonesia’s top court has overturned a law that denied recognition and legal rights to followers of indigenous faiths in a surprise advance for religious freedom in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. The Constitutional Court, in a unanimous ruling […]