According to authorities on Wednesday, two women who killed their madrassa instructor on the grounds that she had committed blasphemy have been condemned to death. Blasphemy is such a violent accusation that even unverified claims of offending Islam have sparked violent vigilantism. Northwest Dera Ismail Khan city “three female students allegedly slaughtered their local female […]
Monday saw the funeral services for Muhammad Faheemuddin, 58, a German of Pakistani descent who was fatally stabbed in his Ulm, Germany, home on Friday. He was buried at the Sakhi Hasan cemetery. The relatives and neighbors of the deceased say that racial and religious prejudice was the driving force behind the attack. On Friday, […]
President Vladimir Putin, who won 88% of the vote in the 2024 Russian presidential election, cautioned the West in his victory speech early on Monday that a direct confrontation between Russia and the nations that make up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), led by the United States, would accelerate the outbreak of World War […]
According to a fact-finding mission ordered by the UN, Iranian women continue to face systemic discrimination, and Mahsa Amini’s death while in the morality police of Iran was declared illegal and the result of violence. The murder of Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman of Kurdish descent, in September 2022 while she was being held for […]
Five women and three children were killed in two airstrikes that Pakistan carried out within Afghan territory, according to the Taliban in Afghanistan. A spokesperson for the group denounced the bombings as an infringement on its sovereignty. The strikes occurred as the neighboring countries argued about who was to blame for the most recent militant […]
Authorities in western India have opened an inquiry into allegations that far-right Hindu nationalists attacked international college students who were praying during the holy month of Ramadan, CNN reported. This episode occurs in the run-up to an important general election, amid simmering religious tensions. Conflicts broke out at Gujarat University on Saturday when students from […]
On Saturday, the second day of an election that President Vladimir Putin has accused Kyiv of attempting to sabotage, a drone strike destroyed an oil refinery and two people were killed by a Ukrainian missile attack that occurred in western Russia. Voting in the three-day presidential election has been clouded by the war in Ukraine, […]
A family court in Lahore on Saturday condemned a man to seven months in prison and fined him Rs 500,000 for getting married again without his first wife’s permission. Judge Adnan Liaqat reiterated in his ruling that “Muhammad Aurangzeb Khan accused is held guilty and convicted for the offence under section 6(5) of the Muslim […]
The parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta, has suspended Palestinian journalist Motaz Azaiza Facebook account. Azaiza made this announcement on his Instagram Story and feed. According to Motaz, he was notified by Meta of his account suspension and given a 180-day window to challenge the decision, failing which his account would be permanently […]
Seven troops were killed in a terrorist attack in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, on Saturday, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Among them were a lieutenant colonel and a captain. The assault also claimed the lives of at least six terrorists. According to the ISPR, soldiers stopped the first attempt to break into the […]
