By Namta Gupta New Delhi, May 11, 2020: Pakistan has reconstituted National Commission for Minorities (NCM) but it is just old wine in a new bottle. Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) in a statement to CurrenTriggers noted that while there are 8 Muslim members, just 10 members are from 5 minority religions of Pakistan. It […]
By Namta Gupta New Delhi, May 10, 2020: The government fo Israel may soon off-air a Christian television channel that was launched on April 29th, 2020, and was aiming to preach to the Jews. Israel has strict rules against conversion bids aimed at under-18s without parents’ permission and conversion activities are, anyways, frowned upon. GOD-TV, […]
By Namta Gupta New Delhi, May 4th, 2020: In Pakistan, a congratulatory video is going viral in which an Islamic Cleric is expressing joy over the conversion of non-Muslims to Islam during Coronavirus. The unidentified cleric tells the anchor in the video: I have good news for you. I have just received a message that a […]
A minority group has shot of a letter dated 23rd April 2020, asking the Pakistani establishment why there are double standards when it comes to human and religious rights of minorities such as the Christians. The letter by Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) comes close on the heels of the current declaration that Mosques would […]
Sri Lanka on Sunday made cremations compulsory for the deaths due to coronavirus, ignoring protests from the Muslims who are saying that it goes against Islam. Out of some 7 deaths, 3 have been of the Muslims and their bodies were created despite protests. In a statement, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said on Sunday that […]
In the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic, Pakistani Hindus and Christians are tackling religious discrimination. The Pakistan Minorities Teacher’s Association (PMTA) shot a letter to the PM of Pakistan Imran Khan asking him to provide food urgently to Pakistani Christians as they are being denied food by welfare group Saylani Welfare Trust Korange (W/22 Stop […]
Pakistani minorities are openly getting insulted ever since India rescinded Article 370, mostly Hindus, but now also the hapless Jews and the Christians. On August 15th, 2019, at about 8.29 pm, Ali Muhammad, Pakistani state minister while ranting in a program on “Capital Talk” of Geo News Channel said that “we have no expectation from […]
A surprising survey taken a month after the terror attack at the Christchurch Mosque reveals surprising details. The survey titled ‘Who do we trust in New Zealand?’ by Simon Chapple and Kate Prickett also noted that there was no evidence of ‘Islamophobia’ in the post-shootings’ responses in the form of any unusual trust deficit displayed […]
Priya Saha, Hindu woman and a human rights activist, who is the organizing secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (HBCUC) met US President Donald Trump on July 19th. In her brief meeting, she told the US President that 37 million people belonging to minority religious groups have vanished from Bangladesh. Her plea […]
Does Islamic law allow a Christian to run for an office and govern Muslims? When Ahmad Zayed, a professor of shari’a at Qatar University, was asked this question by Qatar-based Saudi academic Raed Al-Samhouri he gave a surprising answer. MEMRI translated the interview and also gave out a transcript giving the exchange between the two. […]
