UN agency says 80,000 Rohingya Muslim children are starving after military violence
More than 80,000 Rohingya Muslim children in Myanmar are starving and are in need of vital medical treatment for malnutrition, a United Nations agency...
Israel refuses to stop selling weapons to Myanmar
Israel has refused to stop selling weapons to the Myanmar government after the United States and the European Union have imposed an arms embargo...
India’s Hindu nationalist leader says Muslims should be “steralised”
The leader of an Indian Hindu nationalist party made a public statement saying Muslims and Christians should be sterilised in order to check their...
Rohingya women at Bangladeshi refugee camp describe mass rape by Myanmar army
Rohingya Muslim women in a Bangladeshi refugee camp describe the harrowing stories of how they were raped and tortured by the Myanmar army and...
Pakistani man jailed for six months for remarrying without first wife’s consent
A Pakistani court has jailed a man for six months for marrying a second woman without his first wife's permission.
Judicial magistrate Ali Jawwad Naqvi...
China says “de-radicalisation” concentration camps for Muslims “are worthy of praise”
A senior Chinese diplomat told foreign envoys last week that China’s de-radicalisation and counter-extremism programmes in the Xinjiang region "are worthy of praise".
China is...
Several deaths reported as clashes continue in Pakistan
Many deaths have been reported in Pakistan amid continuing clashes between security forces and an Islamic group which is demanding the expulsion of the French...
Sri Lankan Muslims living in fear as mosques and businesses attacked
Mosques and Muslim-run businesses have been attacked in Sri Lanka in the worst bout of anti-Muslim violence since the deadly Easter Sunday bombings.
The mosques and...
Sri Lankan MP calls for burqa ban in wake of Easter Sunday terror attacks
A Sri Lankan MP has called for a ban on Muslim women wearing the burqa in the wake of the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, which...
Bangladesh hangs two opposition leaders over 1971 war crimes
Two Bangladeshi opposition leaders were executed yesterday for alleged war crimes committed during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan...
