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Muslims and Christians in Tamil Nadu constitute a crucial vote bank for both the AIADMK and the DMK, but with two weeks to go for the April 6 election they appear to favour the latter. The Tamil Nadu Jama’athul Ulama Sabai on Tuesday openly backed the DMK-led alliance. The Tamil Nadu Bishop Council on Saturday decided to back a ‘secular front’ and to make an announcement on Wednesday. Community leaders have conveyed their concerns over conflicts between groups on construction or renovation of religious places in the state, and alleged ‘harassment’ of minority educational and charitable institutions. “Today, people are…

VIDEO: Exclusive tour inside Nashville SC’s preview stadium centerNashville Soccer Club gives an exclusive tour of the club’s stadium preview center. The tour will give fans an inside look at the innovative concepts that will be in the stadium.Mike Fant, Nashville TennesseanThe Metro Council is in the midst of a push to diversify Nashville’s commissions and boards.But last week the council of voted down a Black woman nominated to serve on the Fair Board, exposing divisions among council members and community groups about how best to accomplish the task.Former council member Sandra Moore was one vote short in securing a seat on the commission…

Members of Indian-American community protest Windy City’s resolution on India’s Citizenship Amendment ActMembers of the Chicago Indian American community traveled via trolley to distribute flyers to Chicago’s 49th and 50th ward residents opposing Chicago City Council resolution R2020-583 on March 22, 2021. The resolution speaks against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act. Photo credit: Vandana JhinganA prominent group of Chicago area Indian Americans held a press conference on March 14 to address Chicago City Council resolution R2020-583. Resolution R2020-583 proposed by the Chicago City Council classifies the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed in December 2019 as discriminatory because it uses religion-based…

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On March 18 we reported how hundreds of supporters of an extremist Islamist group attacked and vandalized about 80 houses of Hindus in the northeastern Sylhet division, Bangladesh. The brutal attack was planned after a young Hindu man criticized Joint-Secretary General Mawlana Mufti Mamunul Haque in a Facebook post. A young Hindu man from Noagaon, Shalla Upazila was enraged by Mawlana Mamunul Haque’s speech and made a Facebook post criticizing it which he uploaded on Tuesday. Upon discovering the post, Hefazat leaders staged a protest on March 16 (Tuesday) night alleging attempts to incite communal violence. Though the police had arrested…

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Thousands of Hefazat-e-Islam followers gathered in Noagaon village of Shalla upazila in Sunamganj to vandalize the houses of Hindu community on March 17, 2021 Dhaka Tribune The law enforcers have arrested 33 people so far in connection with the attack In the attack led by Hefazat-e-Islam supporters on Hindu houses at Noagaon village of Shalla upazila of Sunamganj on Wednesday, 89 houses and eight temples were damaged in total.The information was revealed by the Upazila Parishad (UP) chairman’s office in a statement on Monday.According to the statement, an invaluable touchstone idol was also stolen from the altar of Asim Chakraborty’s…

SYDNEY: Australia’s parliament debated on Monday (Mar 22) a motion to condemn “systematic breaches” of human rights by China, saying other legislatures had described as genocide its actions towards Uighurs in the far western region of Xinjiang.Parliaments in Canada and the Netherlands drew rebukes from Beijing after they passed non-binding motions in February that said the treatment of China’s Uighur Muslim minority constituted genocide. Advertisement Advertisement “The most egregious, systematic abuse of human rights in the world is occurring in Xinjiang,” said Kevin Andrews, a lawmaker of Australia’s ruling Liberal party, moving a private member’s motion that drew support from…

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President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses members of the Akorino during a conference at Kasarani Stadium in 2019. [File, Standard] As the country prepares for next year’s General Election, the Akorino church has once again been thrown into the limelight. Every once in a while, politicians pitch camp at the church seeking votes from the faithful.   Started in the 1920s, the church which is currently estimated to have about one million followers, continues to attract the attention of political bigwigs who have always sought its support every election year. According to political pundits, the Akorinos’ role during the pre-independence period and their…

The police have arrested three more suspects for their alleged involvement in the attack on and looting of houses of the minority Hindu community at Noagaon under Sulla upazila in Sunamganj. The Sunamganj police said that with the latest arrests, they had so far held 33 people, including Dirai Sarmangal union council member Shahidul Islam Swadhin, the prime suspect. Sunamganj additional superintendent of police  Shaheb Ali Pathan said that they had sought court’s permission to take all the arrestees in custody for various periods for interrogation. The district police superintendent, Mizanur Rahman, said that they were also investigating the role…

In 1960, in Sharpeville, South Africa, police opened fire at people protesting against apartheid laws, killing 69 people. Out of this tragedy came the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – which is today, 21 March – and the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.We are also nearly a year to the day into the first coronavirus lockdown. The last year has been tough on all of us but the effects of the pandemic have been felt acutely by Black, Asian and ethnic minority people. In the first wave of the pandemic, Black…