On December 10th, India’s right wing party Shiv Sena asked India’s PM Narendra Modi to bring changes in Shariah law practiced by Muslims in the country days after the Allahabad High Court termed the practice of triple talaq as ‘cruel’. The request for a reformation of Islamic Law is argued to be in the interest of Muslim women. An editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana said; “The Allahabad High Court had…

On the 22nd November, Pakistani media reported on a recent report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) entitled, “Teaching Intolerance In Pakistan - Religious Bias in Public School Textbooks”. In the name of so-called ‘Religious Tolerance’, the report recommended that overemphasis on Islam as being the “only correct” faith must be eliminated from school textbooks.

Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims from the Rakhine state are fleeing a brutal military crackdown by the conscienceless Myanmar army that followed an attack on border guards on October 9th which was blamed on so-called Rohingya militants.

A recent shocking report prepared by a non-government organization (NGO) stated that 44 to 53% of students in elite private schools in Islamabad were addicted to drugs. Students claimed they obtained the intoxicants from fellow pupils, street vendors or even teachers.