For several weeks, a group of Muslim women at a college in India’s southern state of Karnataka has been barred from attending classes while wearing headscarves. Activists and experts said barring students from wearing hijab is an attack on the “symbols of faith.” The move comes as students globally marked World Hijab Day on Tuesday. […]...
Rohingya Muslims living in refugee settlements in Bangladesh say the Feb. 1, 2021 military coup in Myanmar is a barrier to sustainable repatriation. Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung Suu-Kyi was ousted and jailed in the coup, along with many of her party’s leaders. Refugee Mayyu Khan said escalating tensions have made re...
On Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary Sunday, the Hindu Mahasabha paid tribute to his assassin Nathuram Godse and co-accused Narayan Apte. The right-wing group observed “Godse-Apte Smriti Diwas” in Madhya Pradesh’s city of Gwalior. Leaders sought to express anger over the duo’s arrest on Jan. 30, 1948.The group also bestowed the “Godse-Apte Bh...
A new book about Mahatma Gandhi’s killer, titled “Gandhi’s Assassin,” reveals that Ramachandra Vinayak Godse was a member of the RSS Hindu nationalist group. Gandhi, who led a nonviolent movement for India’s independence and advocated for Hindu-Muslim unity, was assassinated on Jan. 30, 1948 by Godse. Godse was a member of the Rastriya Swayams...
Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani, the senior-most cleric in Iran, served in key constitutional bodies. TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Top Iranian clerk Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani, regarded as the senior-most jurist in the Shia-majority country, passed away early Tuesday at the age of 103. Golpaygani, a formidable figure in Iran’s religious seminary of Qom,...
Save the Children says collapse of health system, driven largely by western countries’ freeze of Afghan foreign exchange, comes at deadly cost for children. KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Pneumonia cases are soaring in Afghanistan, killing children who are unable to access healthcare facilities, Save the Children, a leading humanitarian organ...
“Midwives,” a film about a Buddhist midwife and her Muslim apprentice, has earned one of the prestigious Sundance Film Festival’s major awards. On Friday, it won the Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Vérité Filmmaking. It features the story of two midwives. Hla, is Buddhist and part of the majority population in Burma. Her apprentice, [&h...
Bangladeshi scientists are claiming a breakthrough after developing a special rice variety that is resistant to floods and salinity. The milestone has the potential to improve food security in the region. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Mirza Mofazzal Islam, who led the team of scientists, said the new rice variety will come to the rescue of [&hel...
The Indian government bought Israeli spyware Pegasus in 2017 as part of a $2-billion package for weapons including a missile system, the New York Times reports. The year-long investigation revealed the FBI had bought and tested the spyware for years with plans to use it for domestic surveillance. That’s until the agency decided last year [&hel...
The United Arab Emirates intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early this morning, during the Israeli president’s official visit to the country. No damage was caused by the attack, the UAE’s defense ministry said in a statement on Twitter. It added that debris fell in an unpopulated area and there [&hell...
