Islam

What Happened to the Hindu Teen Attacked for "Blasphemy" in Bangladesh?

Just a month after the student protests in Bangladesh forced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina out of power and the creation of an interim government under Muhammad Yunus, a new controversy emerged after a young Bangladeshi Hindu boy was claimed to have been beaten to death by an angry Islamist mob after he allegedly posted derogatory statements against an important religious figure.

'Islamic Republic Loyalists' Gang-Rape Iranian Dissident in Germany

Four men believed to be “Islamic Republic loyalists” were arrested in a western German town for attempting to gangrape an Iranian dissident in an attack that shocked the city, according to reports by the German media.

The Netherlands Stands Up to Pakistani Islamist Cleric’s Threats

A Pakistani Muslim religious leader was arrested and accused of calling for the murder of Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the far-right Dutch political party that won the 2023 general elections in the Netherlands, where his party, the Party for Freedom (PVV), won 37 seats in the House of Representatives.

BBC Scandal: 'Highly Respected' Imam Praised Hamas Attack on Israel!

Critics raised their concerns with the BBC after a presenter introduced a controversial British Islamic scholar and jurist as a “highly respected” religious figure, who also sparked outrage for several inflammatory statements in the past, including one where he supported the October 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel that killed 1,200 hostages and took hundreds hostage.

The Worrying Rebirth of Bangladesh's Islamist Party

The Bangladeshi interim government, led by entrepreneur and Nobel Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, overturned a ban on a controversial Islamist political party imposed by former Prime Minister Sheik Hasina, who was ousted last August following massive nationwide protests against her authoritarian rule.

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