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, […]
New Delhi, May 8th, 2020: White House heard the Vedic Hindu Prayer at the National Day of Prayer in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington D.C on May 7th, 2020. The National Day of Prayer is an annual event formally enacted in 1952 celebrating faith and prayer in America’s life. Now, when […]
By Namta Gupta New Delhi, May 6th, 2020: A Muslim man was arrested on May 5th, 2020 for abusing a non-Muslim Asian expatriate in Saudi Arabia, reported the Saudi Press Agency. The report cites an official source at the Public Prosecution of Saudi Arabia saying that the ‘Monitoring Center of the Public Prosecution watched a […]
By Namta Gupta Three Hindus lost their job in Gulf, over allegations of insult to Islam, after a campaign by Indian Muslims on social media. In March this year, first it was just chef Trilok Singh who was sacked for backing Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 after he ran into an argument with an anti-CAA activist. […]
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 […]
By Namta Gupta In Bangladesh, Hindus have been told by a voluntary group to embrace Islam while giving them some ration supplies. In short, even pandemic like coronavirus is failing to stop coerced conversions. The group named Bangla Aid also tried to use duplicitous tactics by claiming to the vulnerable Hindus that Muslims are being […]
Sitangshu Guha is a senior journalist and human rights advocate based in the United States, here, he narrates what he and his family had to bear at the hands of Pakistani Military before the liberation of Bangladesh: I guess it was hidden in my brain for a long time. Nobody ever asked me, nor did […]
In 2014, World woke up to the plight of Yazidis when the Islamic State terrorists murdered and maimed, and raped the Yazidi men and women. Several Yazidi Children saw their parents murdered by the Islamic State while many died due to thirst and hunger. The slaughter shook the world and it was expected that Yazidis […]
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 […]
