Author: Priya Saha

The crucial element is the non-negotiable right of a child to education and there is no need to get drawn into endless debates about politically charged discourses. In Karnataka, a piece of cloth, the hijab, has become the hot spot of religious, political, educational and cultural turmoil. While most arguments for or against have almost been exhausted, I would like to look at the hijab from the lens of the director of a premier law college in Bengaluru. First of all, the location of the hijab issue is crucial. If it was a standalone issue, it would not have generated…

Convicted fugitive and funder of Islamic State (ISIS) Shahid Uddin Khan has hired British Torey Party’s MP Stephen William Hammond as his cohort in Khan’s nefarious agenda against Bangladesh. Since 2010, terrorist Shahid Uddin Khan has been maintaining connections with British politician and currently Torey Party’s MP Stephen William Hammond. According to media reports, Shahid Uddin Khan has also business relations with British Conservative Party politician Stephen William Hammond, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wimbledon since 2005. On 4 September 2012, Hammond was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, with responsibility for buses, rail and shipping. He lost…

Nearly 800 Uyghurs are being held in a detention camp in Manas county in northwestern China’s Xinjiang, said an official from the area who previously worked at the facility. Manas county (in Chinese, Manasi) is part of the Changji Hui (Changji Huizu) Autonomous Prefecture and covers an area of nearly 9,200 square kilometers (3,550 square miles). The camp is divided into two adjacent sections, with one housing about 500 male detainees and the other holding about 270 women — all of whom are ethnic minority Uyghurs, said the official, who did not give his name but said he worked at…

PHNOM PENH : A Southeast Asian special envoy is due to visit Myanmar from March 20-23, a Cambodian foreign ministry spokeperson said, in an effort to initiate a peace process in a country gripped by conflict triggered by a coup a year ago.Prak Sokhonn, the foreign minister of Cambodia, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), last month urged Myanmar’s ruling generals to allow him to meet all stakeholders there, including its outlawed opponents.Following the military’s deadly crackdown on months of strikes and protests against its coup, heavy fighting has raged in several regions of Myanmar…

Bangladesh (MNN) — Christians make up just 0.3 percent of the population of Bangladesh. And it’s difficult for that number to grow. Persecution Peter Mazumder is the national director of Asian Access in Bangladesh. He says sharing the Gospel is constitutionally protected in Bangladesh, but it still often brings persecution, especially from Muslim groups. “Over the last three years, 11,300 Christians have been displaced from their houses. Fundamentalist groups will even burn the houses.” Police have watched many of these attacks but did nothing to stop them. “This is a common phenomenon,” Mazumder says. “When people come to the Lord…

FE REPORT | Published: March 04, 2022 09:00:44 Chinese Ambassador to Dhaka Li Jiming said People’s Republic of China and Communist Party of China respect and protect human rights of all people, including those in Xinjiang. “However, Xinjiang-related issues have nothing to do with human rights, ethnic groups or religions, but everything with fighting against violent terrorism, separatism and extremism,” he said while speaking as the chief guest at a webinar on Thursday. Bangladesh-China Silk Road Forum (BCSRF) organised the webinar – “Western Countries including USA are playing Xinjiang card against Chinese Sovereignty”. He said unlike what some of the…

Future of non-Hindu communities in India DISCRIMINATION, persecution, exploitation and mass killings of the non-Hindu minorities has been a routine matter in Republic of India for the last many decades.All these despotic acts of India are well documented and known to everyone in India and at global level.The media and human rights organizations have documented all these Indian activities and have been highlighting them in their reports covertly as well as overtly.Nevertheless, the international power centres have not paid attention towards massive human rights violation and Indian oppression against its minorities.Indeed, they are doing so deliberately, since the western world…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has expressed deep concern for the safety of religious minorities in Ukraine as Russia continues its violent invasion of the country.USCIRF Chair Nadine Maenza told Fox News Digital that in addition to the ongoing nationalist, secular struggle for sovereignty Ukrainians are fighting, the aftermath of the conflict will most likely bleed into the realm of religion.”Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion is destroying lives, separating families and devastating communities across Ukraine,” Maenza told Fox News. “As this horrific tragedy unfolds, there is significant…

All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and opener Tamim Iqbal returned as Bangladesh named an 18-man squad on Thursday for their two-match Test series against South Africa in March-April. BREAKING | PROTEAS GREAT TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST CSA Shakib skipped Bangladesh’s previous Test series against New Zealand and reportedly asked for leave to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament. But he went unsold in the IPL auction, paving his return to the Test side. Opening batsman and one-day captain Tamim has also returned after missing the home series against Pakistan in November and the New Zealand tour in January due to…

For the first time in 47 years, a British-era temple has been reopened for prayers in Rajshahi city’s Khojapur area on Tuesday night. The first few days after its opening has been marked by the gathering of large groups of devotees, who on Tuesday night observed the Hindu religious festival of Maha Shivratri at the temple. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel. The temple, called Khojapur Sarbojanin Shib and Kali Matar Mondir, had been shutdown over land issues, said Monoranjan Sarker, convener of the temple’s governing body. “No religious festival was held at the temple…

A human rights expert has warned that a Russian victory in Ukraine would prove a “catastrophe” for religious freedom, considering Russian President Vladimir Putin’s record and the record of the pro-Putin breakaway regions in Ukraine.”If Ukraine falls, it will be a complete religious freedom catastrophe for countless faith communities,” Tina Ramirez, president and executive director of the Richmond, Virginia, based human rights nonprofit Hardwired Global, told Fox News Digital. “For evidence, we need look no further than what is already the case in Russia itself and in the Russia-controlled Ukraine regions Luhansk and Donetsk.”RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE: LIVE UPDATES”Media sources, religious…

Publicis Groupe UK has launched a scheme offering young people from marginalised communities paid internships and job opportunities in data and commerce roles.The six-month paid internship is designed to give school leavers, who come from ethnic minority and low social mobility backgrounds, a route into design and engineering jobs that previously required a degree. These roles might be in data science, data engineering, commerce, analytics or software.Publicis Groupe UK has partnered Open to create and deliver the programme. Open is a joint venture between Livity and Hidden, which is designed to replace traditional graduate schemes.Ten interns will complete two weeks…