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  • Feas of sacrifice under police protection in Karachi, Pakistan
    Ahmadis persecuted in Pakistan

    Sacrificial animals – a political issue

    In 1974, Ahmadi Muslims were declared a non-Muslim minority by the Pakistani parliament. Since then, it has become much harder for them to perform their religious duties

  • Rohingya refugee sings for Ian Brennan's "Once We Had A Home" album
    Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan

    Recording Rohingyas' raw emotion

    Brennan's "Once We Had A Home" is a searing document of the reality faced by Rohingya refugees squeezed into the massive Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border

  •  The storefront where a bomb exploded 20 years ago, the shop window filled with portraits of people
    Germany's multicultural society

    Racism 'on the rise' 20 years after NSU bombing

    On 9 June 2004, a nail bomb exploded in the heart of a bustling Turkish community in Cologne. German officials quickly rejected the notion that the attack was motivated by racism – and they accused the victims instead

  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wearing a saffron cap, greets supporters from an open vehicle
    General election in Modi's India

    "Muslims are the principal target"

    With elections on 19 April, India looks set to re-elect Narendra Modi's BJP party, greenlighting an ongoing process of Hinduisation on the subcontinent. The persecution of Muslims and other minorities will intensify. Yet India has little to fear in the way of criticism from its Western allies, says political scientist Achin Vanaik

  • Several rows of German army recruits wearing ceremonial service uniforms stand in formation with their backs to the camera, November 2023
    Islam in Germany

    Muslims in the German military set to get their own chaplaincy

    Soldiers of the Islamic faith in Germany's armed forces have long lacked the pastoral care available to their Christian and Jewish counterparts. What was once seen as politically impossible is about to change.

  • Fans of Muslim Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan gather outside a cinema showing his latest blockbuster film "Dunki"
    Culture unites where politics divide

    Bollywood – bringing India and Pakistan closer together

    Indian movie stars, especially from Bollywood, have huge fan bases in Pakistan – despite the bitter political rivalry between the neighbouring nations. What's driving this popularity?

  • A group of Kashmiri Muslim men attending Friday prayers
    India's pro-Israel shift

    Muslims barred from supporting Palestinians

    From Western capitals to Muslim states, protest rallies over the Israel-Hamas war have made headlines. But one place known for its vocal pro-Palestinian stance has been conspicuously quiet: Indian-controlled Kashmir

  • State-issued invites sent to guests of this week's G20 meeting referred to India's president, Droupadi Murmu, as "President of Bharat". Is the country of more than 1.4 billion now to be called by its ancient Sanskrit name?
    Is it India? Is it Bharat?

    Modi government pushes for Sanskrit name

    It began with a dinner invitation. How it ends could affect more than a billion people. State-issued invites sent to guests of this week's G20 meeting referred to India's president, Droupadi Murmu, as "President of Bharat". Is the country of more than 1.4 billion now to be called by its ancient Sanskrit name?

  • Although Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nine years in office have included plenty of worthy achievements, unfortunately they have also featured flawed policies in a wide range of areas.
    India and the BJP

    The Modi decade

    From the expansion of India's infrastructure to rapid technological diffusion, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nine years in office have included plenty of worthy achievements. Unfortunately, writes Shashi Tharoor, they have also featured flawed policies in a wide range of areas

  • Turtuk is one of the northernmost villages of India where Balti people, an ethnic group of Central Asian descent, have lived for many centuries

    The Balti people of Turtuk

  • Narendra Modi and Hindutva

    Why violence towards India's minorities is increasing

    To what extent is Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government endangering India's founding principle as a secular state? Sonja Hegasy spoke to social anthropologist and political analyst S. M. Faizan Ahmed in Delhi

  • The Balti people of Turtuk

    Nestling in the Karakoram range in remote Baltistan on the Indo-Pakistan border lies the historic and storied village of Turtuk, once an important stopover on the ancient Silk Road. By Sugato Mukherjee

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