Local tourist killed in Pakistan’s Swat over blasphemy allegations | Religion News

Local tourist killed in Pakistan’s Swat over blasphemy allegations | Religion News

Islamabad, Pakistan – A 36-year-old man has been killed and his body burned in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after he was accused of desecrating the Quran, the holy book of Muslims. The incident occurred on Thursday evening in Madyan, a town in the Swat district, a popular tourist…

China accused of erasing religion, culture from Uighur village names | Uighur News

China accused of erasing religion, culture from Uighur village names | Uighur News

Rights groups’ analysis of official data from 2009-2023 shows some 630 villages in Xinjiang had their names changed in this way. China has “systematically” changed the names of hundreds of villages with religious, historical, or cultural meaning for Uighurs to names that resonate with the ideology of the Chinese Communist…

Muslims observe Eid al-Adha in the shadow of Israel’s war on Gaza | Religion News

Muslims observe Eid al-Adha in the shadow of Israel’s war on Gaza | Religion News

Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the feast of sacrifice, which commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God, before God offered a sheep in his place. As part of the festival, which follows the annual Hajj pilgrimage, worshippers…

Photos: Nomadic Muslims throng forest shrine in scenic Kashmir | Religion News

Photos: Nomadic Muslims throng forest shrine in scenic Kashmir | Religion News

The road to the Baba Nagri forest shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir was a colourful spectacle. Tens of thousands of men in vibrant attire, henna-dyed beards and bright headgear thronged around the Muslim shrine nestled at the base of a mountain, to pay their respects last week. Worshippers raised their hands…

Four anti-Muslim claims dominating India’s election: What’s the truth? | India Election 2024 News

Four anti-Muslim claims dominating India’s election: What’s the truth? | India Election 2024 News

In April, as India was preparing for the first phase of its mammoth seven-stage national election that will conclude with results on June 4, pollsters asked voters what issues they were most concerned about. Jobs and inflation ranked the highest in their responses. But as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and…

Modi’s BJP wants the votes of India’s ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims. Will they bite? | India Election 2024 News

Modi’s BJP wants the votes of India’s ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims. Will they bite? | India Election 2024 News

Patna and Naihati, India – Earlier this month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of the country’s Muslims in a televised interview, denying that he had made hate speeches against the minority community in his campaign rallies. In several rallies Modi addressed as India holds its mammoth general election, he…

Has India’s Muslim population really exploded? | India Election 2024 News

Has India’s Muslim population really exploded? | India Election 2024 News

New Delhi, India – The share of Indian Muslims in the country’s population has soared by more than 43 percent since 1950: That’s the key takeaway from a new working paper published by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC). Amid India’s heated national election campaign, as Modi has…