India’s bubble
Any person possessing or eating beef in the great state of Maharashtra can now be imprisoned for a period of up to five years and fined Indian Rs 10,000. Consider the fact that Pakistan, which is officially an Islamic state, does not criminalise possessing or eating of pork...
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Is safeguarding the life and rights of religious minorities a responsibility of the government? In the context of Pakistan, present or past, it appears not to be the case.
So is the targeted killing and persecution of religious minorities actually a credit to the...
ISLAMABAD: Family rivalry and not religious victimisation claimed Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhattis life, according to investigators.
In an interesting twist, the daylight murder in the capital has been attributed to a property dispute between relatives. Police investigators have...
Opposition parties and minority groups in India's Karnataka state are angry that the Hindu scripture, Bhagvad Gita, must be taught in schools.
The state authorities recently directed schools to teach the Hindu holy book for three hours a week.
Education Minister Visveswara Hegde Kageri said that...
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Minorities :‘Us and them’ – what divides Pakistani identity
By Shayan Naveed
Published: June 9, 2011
KARACHI:
The last two years have seen an alarming rise in terror attacks against minority communities and their...