The much-covered general elections in Bangladesh culminated in another victory for Sheikh Hasina; with this, the Awami League’s matriarch retained the Islamic republic’s prime ministership for the fifth consecutive term. The comparatively secular image of Hasina and her party might have been a threat to her retaining power in Bangladesh, which has suddenly seen a […]
Pakistan: Muslims chant ‘religious slogans’ as authorities demolish Hindu temple
The plight of non-Muslims in Muslim countries is almost universally ignored. Authorities are too busy condemning Israel to pay any attention. “Pakistan demolishes Hinglaj Mata Mandir in Sindh, disturbing videos emerge,” Republic World, November 24, 2023: Pakistani authorities on Thursday demolished a Hindu temple, in another case of rising persecution against minorities in the country. […]
Pakistan: Muslim landlord demolishes Hindu houses, temples; burns down entire Hindu village
The Hindu community in Pakistan has been facing the wrath of Islam since the creation of the country in 1947. It appears that every day, for the past 75 years, they have been paying a penalty to the people and the government of the country for being Hindu and deciding to stay in their ancestral […]
Hindu festival of Durga Puja in Bangladesh: Broken idols and vandalized temples
Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh have gone through challenging times during their recent religious celebrations of the Durga Puja. “Unidentified miscreants” committed incessant attacks on Hindus and their religious establishments days before the Durga Pujas. One of the initial attacks took place in the Faridpur district in September. Locals found the Hindu temple at Tambulkhana Bazar […]
Bangladesh: Muslim with Qur’an found inside Hindu temple, Muslim mobs rioted over Qur’an in temple in 2021
In 2021, Muslim mobs rampaged in Bangladesh, attacking 88 Hindu temples because a Qur’an was found in one. Other Muslims have tried to replicate this violence by repeating its provocation. We are told that Md Shah Alam is mentally ill, and that may be true. He also may have been trying to incite more anti-Hindu […]
Pakistan’s prime minister: ‘We are waiting all Hindus to be persuaded to the enlighten truth of Islam’
This man is the prime minister of Pakistan. What chance do the remaining Hindus in that country have of getting equal justice under the law? “Waiting for all Hindus to be persuaded to convert to Islam: Old tweet of Pakistan’s caretaker PM goes viral,” OpIndia, September 24, 2023: Pakistan, which has a tainted history of […]
Spike in hate crimes makes Bangladesh unlivable for Hindus throughout August and September 2023
With Hindu girls getting abducted, boys killed, and temples attacked, the list of anti-Hindu atrocities in Bangladesh has grown significantly through August and September. While Islamic violence incessantly terrorizes Hindus in the Muslim-majority nation, it has also become regular and commonplace enough not to raise the eyebrows of those who are seated in the corridors […]
Pakistan: 11-year-old Hindu girl abducted at gunpoint, 28-year-old Muslim man forces her to convert to Islam
This is becoming increasingly routine in Pakistan. Minority Hindu and Christian girls are kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam before a forced marriage to the perpetrator. O prophet, indeed, we have made lawful to you your wives to whom you have paid their dowries, and those whom your right hand possesses of those whom Allah […]
Pakistan: Muslim mob swarms another Christian, shoots him to death
A little over a week after Muslims set fire to a total of 21 churches and 40 Christian homes on false accusations of Qur’an desecration by two Christian men comes more news of a Muslim mob swarming a Christian man on accusations of blasphemy. They shot him to death. After the massive publicity surrounding the riots, Pakistan made a […]
Pakistan: Hindu man arrested for making ‘objectionable statements about the Muslims and Islam’
A glimpse into the future of the West, which is coming more quickly to Sweden and Denmark than to other countries, but is coming just the same. “Hindu man arrested on charge of blasphemy in Rahim Yar Khan,” Dawn, August 14, 2023: RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police have arrested a Hindu man on charge of blasphemy […]