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Ambulance workers load the body of Mashal Khan into an ambulance after a mob beat him to death in Mardan, Pakistan. Photo: Reuters

Pakistan, South Asia

Student’s brutal murder shows Pakistan’s failure as a state

by F.M. Shakil April 18, 2017February 18, 2020

A recent anti-Trump demonstration in New York City (Midtown Manhattan). Photo: Asia Times/Doug Tsuruoka

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Trump’s Middle East supporters

by Barak Barfi April 11, 2017April 11, 2017

Pope Francis has 'mastered the art of containing people without making structural changes.' Photo: Reuters

European Union, France, Middle East, World

Married priests and female deacons?

by Verónica Giménez Béliveau April 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Supporters of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam religious party shout slogans as they protest the execution of Mumtaz Qadri – the man who assassinated Punjab governor Salman Taseer after he called for the pardoning of a Christian woman sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad – in March 2016. Photo: Reuters

Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

#HangAyazNizami is what comes of caving in to clerical rule

by Kenny Hodgart March 31, 2017February 18, 2020

A paramilitary soldier stands guard outside the High Court in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, in September, 2010. Tens of thousands of police were put on the streets as the court ruled on a centuries-old religious dispute between Hindus and Muslims. Legal rows surrounding the 16th century Babri mosque, which was attacked by Hindu activists in 1992, continue to rumble on. Photo: Reuters / Adnan Abidi

India, South Asia

India’s fractious Babri mosque-Ram temple legal rows roll on

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2017February 18, 2020

A model of the proposed Ram temple, which Hindus want to build on the site of the demolished Babri Mosque, is pictured in Ayodhya in 2010. Photo: Reuters

India, South Asia

India’s chief justice wants to ‘mediate’ in temple row

by Asia Times staff March 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Nepali woman Pabitra Giri prepares to sleep in a Chhaupadi hut during her menstruation period in Surkhet District, 520km west of Kathmandu.Photo: AFP

Middle East, Nepal, South Asia

Hindu ritual forces Nepali women into monthly exile

by Agence France-Presse March 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Potential? Who knows the opportunity costs to the US of turning its back on the potential of the world's youth. Photo: Reuters

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Travel bans to alt-facts: the descent into irrationality

by Bassem Hassan March 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R) gestures to King Salman of Saudi Arabia following a tree planting ceremony at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia March 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Darren Whiteside

AT Finance, China, Greater Bay Area, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, World

More Saudi luxury than largesse for Indonesia

by John McBeth March 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Like their two heavyweight wrestlers seen here battling it out for gold at last year's Olympics, Egypt and Iran have been great rivals for centuries. But they have also proved great sources of stability and repositories of civilization. Photo: Reuters

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, World

Egyptian-Iranian détente a boon for the region and beyond

by Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Yassin El-Ayouty March 1, 2017March 3, 2017

Thailand's King Rama X Photo: AFP / Thai Royal Bureau

AT Finance, Thailand, World

How Thailand’s monks became proxy warriors

by Jeremy Luedi February 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Thai police block Buddhist monks at the gate of Dhammakaya temple. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Thailand

Police search Buddhist temple for wanted monk

by Agence France-Presse February 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Daikokuten is a household Buddhist deity in Japan associated with prosperity. Photo/Asia Times.

Uncategorized

Does contemporary Japan need religion?

by Peter Langan February 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Smart prayers. Devotees offer butter lamp to celebrate the Shreepanchami festival at Saraswati temple. Photo: Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal, South Asia

Slideshow: Devotees at two religious festivals in Nepal

by Asia Times and Reuters February 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Of the 30-odd tombs, only three are left now. The low wall dividing the cemetery for construction purposes is seen behind. Photo: Asia Times

AT Finance, India, Israel, Middle East, South Asia

Gentiles in fight to save Kerala’s rare Jewish monuments

by Asia Times staff February 3, 2017February 18, 2020

The gallery and the ceiling featuring motifs at Kadavumbagam Synagogue. Photo: Asia Times

European Union, India, Israel, Middle East, South Asia, World

Spirits are high for Kerala synagogue’s future

by Asia Times staff February 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Love is blind. Ashiq Nath poses with a cobra in Jogi Dera, the snake charmers' settlement. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi

India, South Asia

Snake charming is child’s play in an Indian village

by Reuters January 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo courtesy of Varmakalai Asan Gopalakrishnan.

China, India, Middle East, South Asia

Varmakalai – the ‘deadly’ art that’s dying

by Anusha Venkat January 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Hindu women sit around fires to keep warm before taking holy baths at Saali River during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival at Sankhu in Kathmandu, Nepal, January 12, 2017. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2YKYD

India, South Asia

Slideshow: India’s spectacular religious festivals

by Asia Times staff and Reuters January 15, 2017February 18, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte speaks in front of housewives and mothers, involved in the anti-illegal drugs campaign at Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga on December 22, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines, World

Catholic church withers under Duterte’s heavy hand

by David Hutt January 13, 2017February 18, 2020

A man decorates a Christmas tree at the St. John Cathedral Church ahead of Christmas celebrations in Peshawar, Pakistan, December 24, 2016. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Breathing without living: the plight of Christians in Pakistan

by Altaf Khan January 13, 2017February 18, 2020

This screen grab taken on January 4, 2017 from a YouTube video originally taken by Myanmar Constable Zaw Myo Htike (pictured at far L - looking at camera) shows a policeman (back L) kicking out at a Rohingya minority villager seated on the ground with others, in the village of Kotankauk during a police area clearance operation on November 5, 2016.A commission probing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State on January 4 denied security forces had abused Rohingya, days after a video emerged showing police beating civilians from the Muslim minority. Photo: AFP/YouTube/ Zaw Myo Htike

AT Finance, Myanmar

Policemen arrested for beating Rohingyas, filming it

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese Christians attend Christmas Eve mass at a Catholic church in Beijing, on December 24, 2016. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao

Beijing, China, Taiwan

Chinese Catholics must “Sinicise”: Communist Party official

by Ben Blanchard December 30, 2016February 18, 2020

The rise of Malaysian jihadis is a worry for the nation's moderate Muslim leaders. Photo: Reuters

Jordan, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Erdogan’s strange silence on ISIS’ burning of soldiers

by Oliver Tempest December 26, 2016February 18, 2020

Rohingya Muslims who fled from violence in Myanmar take shelter at Leda unregistered Rohingya camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Photo: AFP/Zakir Hossain Chowdhury

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Muslim found beheaded after talking to Myanmar journalists

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey December 24, 2016February 18, 2020

Saja Mashgar, 8, sports a hijab while reading a workbook during Arabic language class at Masjid Al-Salaam, a mosque and Islamic community center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., November 13, 2016. REUTERS/Brittany Greeson

European Union, France, India, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The Muslim Reform Movement: Even more necessary a year in

by M. Zuhdi Jasser December 6, 2016December 6, 2016

Uncategorized

Kurdish filmmaker begins one-year jail term in Iran

by Ben Richardson November 24, 2016December 13, 2016

Muslim rebels captured after a battle with British colonial troops, during 1921 Moplah uprising. Photo: Wikipedia

Middle East, Turkey

The Moplah Rebellion of 1921

by Asia Times staff November 22, 2016February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, India, Middle East, South Asia, Turkey, World

Awakening to the religious divide in Kerala

by Anita Nair November 22, 2016February 18, 2020

A Muslim protester carries a broken police shield in front of burning trucks during a protest against Jakarta's incumbent governor Basuki (Ahok) Tjahaja Purnama on November 4, 2016. Photo: Reuters via Antara Foto/Wahyu Putro

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, World

Indonesia president blames ‘political actors’ for Muslim riot

by Reuters November 4, 2016February 18, 2020

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Student’s brutal murder shows Pakistan’s failure as a state

Trump’s Middle East supporters

Married priests and female deacons?

#HangAyazNizami is what comes of caving in to clerical rule

India’s fractious Babri mosque-Ram temple legal rows roll on

India’s chief justice wants to ‘mediate’ in temple row

Hindu ritual forces Nepali women into monthly exile

Travel bans to alt-facts: the descent into irrationality

More Saudi luxury than largesse for Indonesia

Egyptian-Iranian détente a boon for the region and beyond

How Thailand’s monks became proxy warriors

Police search Buddhist temple for wanted monk

Does contemporary Japan need religion?

Slideshow: Devotees at two religious festivals in Nepal

Gentiles in fight to save Kerala’s rare Jewish monuments

Spirits are high for Kerala synagogue’s future

Snake charming is child’s play in an Indian village

Varmakalai – the ‘deadly’ art that’s dying

Slideshow: India’s spectacular religious festivals

Catholic church withers under Duterte’s heavy hand

Breathing without living: the plight of Christians in Pakistan

Policemen arrested for beating Rohingyas, filming it

Chinese Catholics must “Sinicise”: Communist Party official

Erdogan’s strange silence on ISIS’ burning of soldiers

Muslim found beheaded after talking to Myanmar journalists

The Muslim Reform Movement: Even more necessary a year in

Kurdish filmmaker begins one-year jail term in Iran

The Moplah Rebellion of 1921

Awakening to the religious divide in Kerala

Indonesia president blames ‘political actors’ for Muslim riot

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