Rohingya, human rights, Myanmar, Burma, India, Rohnigya killing

Buddhist mob lynches Rohingya man in Myanmar

Buddhist mob lynched a Rohingya man in the Rakhine State capital Sittwe on Tuesday, reported the irrawaddy.com citing the district’s Police Major Win Naung. The report also states that the lynched man was one of seven self-identifying Rohingya Muslims from Dapaing camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Sittwe taken by police to […]

Hindraf, Malaysia, Waythamoorthy, Malaysian Indians, Vashi Sharma, Agniveer

Hindraf: Why impose Islamic laws on non-Muslims?

Malaysia human rights group Hindraf today questioned why Kelantan government decided to impose a 15-minute blanket ban on trading at dusk (Maghrib prayer). Kelantan is a state of Malaysia and this statement was made by a senior politician Mustapa Mohamed. The New Straits Times quoted Mustapa as saying: “The Kelantan state government is duly elected […]

Cousin marriages, Pakistani children, mental retardation, Lysosomal Storage Disorder, genetic disorder, Pakistan, Muslims

Cousin marriages are making Pakistani children ill and are killing them

Forget mental retardation, Pakistani children are facing a shortened lifespan all thanks to the prevalence of cousin marriages in the nation. Experts opine that the trend of cousin marriages between a clan and caste must be discouraged or else Pakistani children would continue to suffer from genetic diseases called Lysosomal Storage Disorder (LSD). Mental retardation […]