Just days after Kolkata police arrested a Muslim police officer over allegations that he sexually molested a woman civic volunteer during Hindu festivities, another Indian Muslim sportsman has brought disgrace to the country’s international image. Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh, a 40-year-old Indian para swimmer, has returned to India after Japanese police detained him over allegations that he […]
India: Muslim Police Officer Accused of Inappropriately Touching Woman During Hindu Festivities Arrested
Kolkata Police arrested 50-year-old Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Kabirul Hasan Mondal after a 21-year-old woman civic volunteer accused him of sexual harassment during the city’s Durga Puja festivities. Media reports identify the accused as Kabirul Hasan Mondal, although some outlets refer to him as Kabirul Islam. He serves in the Kolkata Armed Police’s Third Battalion, B […]
Saudi Arabia’s Sharia Court Sentences Sri Lankan Hindu to Death on Blasphemy Charges
A 24-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil man is facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia after a court convicted him over a Facebook comment allegedly insulting Islam and the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The case involving Anojan Sivarasa, a migrant worker from Narpittimunai in Kalmunai in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province, has triggered diplomatic efforts from Colombo, appeals […]
Pakistan: Three-Year-Old Girl Sold Into Marriage to 60-Year-Old
A shocking case that has sparked widespread discussion across South Asia over the past week has emerged from Pakistan’s Balochistan province, where the parents of a three-year-old girl sold her in marriage to a 60-year-old man for Rs 2.5 million ($9,000 USD). The incident took place in Chaman, a border city near Afghanistan. Local reports […]
India: Six Hindu Women Complain Against Muslim Man Over Stalking, Harassment and Pressure to Convert
Six Hindu women working for private companies in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India, have approached the Amahiya police, accusing a man identified as Saif Pathan of repeatedly stalking and harassing them, and allegedly pressuring them to convert to Islam. The women submitted a complaint after, according to their allegations, Pathan continued approaching and following them, despite […]
Mozambique: Islamic State-Linked Jihadis Launch Multiple Attacks Throughout September
On September 3, Islamic State-linked jihadis attacked a safari camp in northern Mozambique’s Niassa province, killing one person, abducting workers, and forcing thousands of people to flee the surrounding area. The attack took place in the Marangira area of Marrupa district, near the border with Cabo Delgado, where Mozambique has faced an Islamic State-linked insurgency […]
Pakistan: Muslims Abduct Four Hindu Girls in Sindh
The abduction of four Hindu women and girls in Pakistan, including three minors, has once again put the safety of Hindu women in the country under scrutiny and drawn attention to the vulnerability of Pakistan’s Hindu minority, particularly women and girls in Sindh, where rights groups have documented repeated allegations of abduction, forced conversion and […]
India: Three Muslim men Arrested for Abducting and Raping Minor Hindu Girl on Janmashtami, Birthday of Krishna
Young Hindu girls have faced violence and exploitation at the hands of predatory Muslims across the Indian subcontinent for centuries. Sadly, despite political independence and successive changes in government, this brutality has not ended in modern India. Even under governments that claim to champion Hindu interests, cases of Muslim men committing acts of violence against […]
India: Muslim Gym Trainer With a Long Criminal Record Stabs Hindu Woman to Death
A 26-year-old Muslim gym trainer identified as Mohammad Imran, alias Aqib, strangled and stabbed a 21-year-old Hindu woman to death inside her home in West Delhi on August 26, after weeks of alleged harassment and threats. Police identified the victim as Muskan Sharma, a Delhi University student and part-time model and content creator, and arrested her […]
Islamic Jihad Group Issues Fresh Threats to Kashmiri Pandits, Warns of Dire Consequences for Resistance
In one of the most disturbing developments reported from Jammu and Kashmir this week, Islamic jihadists have issued fresh threats against Kashmiri Pandits, reviving fears of the violence and displacement that drove the community from its homeland in the early 1990s. A little-known Islamic jihad group calling itself the United Liberation Council (ULC) issued several […]