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Tag: Religious Intolerance

Posted inOpinion

Déjà vu in France: change in attitudes needed

by Chandra Muzaffar November 3, 2020November 3, 2020

As events unfold in France centering on Islamophobia, there is a feeling of déjà vu. We have witnessed a similar sequence of events a few times before.  There is some provocation or other targeting the Prophet Muhammad initiated by a non-Muslim group or institution. Predictably, Muslims react. In the midst of demonstrations and rallies, an act […]

Men listen to speeches on the grounds of a mosque and madrassa complex on the outskirts of Rabwah in Pakistan. Photo: Reuters / Saad Sayeed
Posted inChina, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Why Pakistan is blacklisted for religious rights violations

by Imad Zafar December 12, 2018
Pope Francis visits a favela in Brazil during World Youth Day 2013. Photo: Wikipedia
Posted inChina, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Missionary teachers in North Korea hit by US travel ban

by Todd Crowell October 18, 2018
Atif Rehman Mian has been hailed one of the best young economists in the world.
Posted inMiddle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Bigotry pollutes Naya Pakistan’s atmosphere

by Turyal Azam Khan September 10, 2018
TO GO WITH AFP STORY INDONESIA-RELIGION-RIGHTS-ISLAM-AHMADIYAH, FOCUS BY ARLINA ARSHAD
This picture taken on April 9, 2013 shows cleric of the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect, Rahmat Rahmadijaya, speaking through a door during an AFP interview at Al Misbah mosque in Bekasi.  A group of minority Ahmadiyah Muslims in Indonesia have been holed up in a mosque since authorities shuttered it earlier this month, in a stand-off that starkly illustrates the growing religious intolerance sweeping the country.   AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY / AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY
Posted inMiddle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Judicial discrimination against Ahmadis harms Pakistan

by Busharat Jamil July 23, 2018
A boatload of Syrian and Iraqi refugees nears the Greek Island of Lesbos. The Syrian civil war highlights the global crisis involving refugees and migrants, a crisis the author believes requires a new international migration system that recognizes all types of population movement between countries. Photo: Ggia/Wikipedia Commons
Posted inEuropean Union, France, Germany, Italy, Middle East, World

Europe’s left turns right on immigration

by Michael Bröning June 23, 2018
Many Sikhs live in the US, with about 50,000 of them living in Washington state. Photo/AFP/Files
Posted inGermany, India, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Sikhs, Christians detained in US say they faced ‘religious persecution’ in India

by Asia Times staff June 20, 2018February 18, 2020
Indonesian Muslims take part in a morning prayer celebrating the Eid al-Fitr festival in Tangerang on June 15. The Widodo government is concerned about radicalization of youths and rising intolerance among young people. Photo: AFP/ Demy Sanjaya
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, World

A youthful intolerance takes hold in Indonesia

by John McBeth June 19, 2018February 18, 2020
A Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) supporter holds a portrait of party leader Nawaz Sharif during a convention in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on March 11, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood
Posted inPakistan, South Asia, World

Attack on Pakistan’s interior minister: the lynching of society

by Imad Zafar May 7, 2018
National flags of India and Pakistan. Photo: iStock
Posted inAustralia, India, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan and India should pursue a different kind of ‘love jihad’

by Wasif Malik April 23, 2018April 23, 2018
Sri Lanka's Special Task Force and police officers stand guard near a burnt house after a clash between two communities in Digana, in the central district of Kandy, Sri Lanka, on March 6, 2018. Photo: Reuters
Posted inChina, India, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, World

Avoiding ‘religious’ violence in Sri Lanka

by Asoka Bandarage March 30, 2018
The headquarters of the Tamil Nadu state government in Chennai, which has been criticized over its growing pollution problem. Photo: iStock
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Hindutva takes on Tamil nationalism

by Ana Pararajasingham February 16, 2018
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the Opening Plenary at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Denis Balibouse
Posted inIndia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Modi at Davos: his rhetoric differs from his actions

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan January 25, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on October 13, 2016. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

How Asia’s ‘people of the year’ muddled through in 2017

by David Simmons December 30, 2017February 18, 2020
A woman shouts during a protest against the mob lynching of Muslims who were accused of possessing beef in Mumbai on July 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia, World

The ugliness behind long-standing anti-Muslim bias in India

by Saif Ahmad Khan December 27, 2017December 31, 2017
Activists at the 'Not in My Name' protest against vigilante violence in Mumbai in early July, 2017. Photo: PTI
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Flames of communal hatred in India spreading widely

by Khalid Ibn Muneer December 14, 2017
Posted inAT Finance, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, World

Indonesian millennials lean towards xenophobia

by John McBeth November 18, 2017February 18, 2020
Rohingya refugees travel on a truck to Kutupalang makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on September 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Danish Siddiqui
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Sri Lanka’s communal divide takes toll on Rohingya refugees

by Munza Mushtaq September 26, 2017September 26, 2017
Buddhist monks and others protest as a Malaysian NGO's aid ship carrying food and emergency supplies for Rohingya Muslims arrives at the port in Yangon on February 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Rohingya issue shines spotlight on Malaysia’s refugee policies

by Josh Hong September 26, 2017
A Rohingya man carrying his belongings approaches the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Bandarban, an area under Cox's Bazar authority, Bangladesh, August 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Thailand, World

We are failing the Rohingya: what to do about it, and why

by Ted Gover September 20, 2017

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