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Pakistan: MQM condemns attacks on Ahmadis, calls for religious harmony
Updated : 12 months ago IST
MQM founder Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the ongoing attacks on Ahmadis and their places of worship in various cities of Pakistan, including Punjab and Karachi. In his latest speech, he denounced religious extremism and urged the public to reject the 'divisive rhetoric' of extremist
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Former WUC President Dolkun Isa's brother sentenced to 20 years in China's
Updated : 1 year ago IST
At 63 years old, Yalkun was an educator at the Aksu Education Institute located in Aksu city, where numerous Uyghur instructors were detained in 2017 during a period characterized by mass arrests of Uyghur educators, entrepreneurs, and cultural figures under the pretext of re-education to co
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CFU calls for global action against China's persecution of Uyghurs during
Updated : 1 year ago IST
According to a CFU report, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made Islamic practices among Uyghurs illegal, calling any expression of them "religious extremism".
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Pak: Sindh rights body highlights religious extremism, stopping constructi
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The residents of the Sindh province in Pakistan currently witness a rise in religious fanaticism. The worsening situation has kept the general public worried and activists concerned over the matter.
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Pakistan: JSFM condemns Shah Nawaz Kunbhar's killing, calls for resistance
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) condemned the killing of Shah Nawaz Kunbhar, declaring his martyrdom a powerful symbol in the struggle for Sindh's rights. JSFM emphasised Sindh's historical resistance to state-sponsored extremism, asserting the region's commitment to peace and human r
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In letter to UN Secy General, Baloch rights group laments Pakistan's impos
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) and Centre for Gender Justice and Women Empowerment (CGJWE), in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has highlighted the systematic imposition of religious extremism on the Baloch community by Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Tragic end for Nazir Masih highlights extremism and government c
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
In a harrowing episode that has shocked the nation, the brutal assassination of 74-year-old Nazir Masih, a Christian elder in Mujahid Colony, Sargodha, serves as a stark reminder of the toxic interplay between religious extremism and governmental inaction.
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World Sindhi Congress General Secy raises concern over religious extremism
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The General Secretary of World Sindhi Congress Lakhu Lohana participated in the Symposium on Religious Extremism and Terrorism in Africa and Asia held in Geneva.
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At Indo-Bangla conference, scholars discuss threats from religious extremi
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"India and Bangladesh have always shared a strong spiritual background, as scholars like Ashraf Jahangir Semnani, Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, Ahmed Raza Khan and Nizamuddin Auliya have followers in both countries, who relentlessly work for establishing peace and are countering terrorism", a
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As Chandrayaan-3 braces to land on moon, here's why Pakistan lagged behind
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
While ‘Chandrayaan-3’ — India’s moon mission is paving its way through the space towards Moon, Pakistan, a country which got independence along with India, is still struggling with a dwindling economy, the huge pile of debt and religious extremism-fuelled politics.
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Religious extremism on minority rights needs to be addressed: Internationa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"I would like to say that we are happy to be resourceful individuals in our capacity to eliminate this crisis in the future. This matter which is right in front of us today is not a mere topic of discussion, but something that is really out there in the world that needs to be addressed, so i
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Amid blasphemy and bankruptcy, religious extremism continues to dominate P
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan is on the verge of bankruptcy and is roiled by several crises such as food shortage, high inflation, shrinking trade, unemployment, power outage, political instability, and growing debt. Yet, the focus has been on making religious punishments more rigorous.
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