From the names of the people in these two separate incidents, it appears that this is an ongoing dispute in which the Muslim neighbors of these Hindus have become murderous. The core issue seems to be a dispute over land. Note that it is almost always a dispute over land that leads to conflict between […]
Pakistan: 150-year-old Hindu temple demolished, mayor falsely claims demolition didn’t happen
“War is deceit.” (Bukhari 4.52.268). “Historic Hindu Temple Demolished in Karachi, Mayor Vainly Tries to Deny It Happened,” by Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter, July 25, 2023: It takes a notable degree of effrontery to deny that a demolished building has been destroyed. Yet, this is what the controversial Mayor of Karachi, Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui, whose […]
Pakistan: Muslims attack two Hindu temples in 24 hours
In less than 24 hours, two Hindu temples were attacked and torn down in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. While such barbaric actions are not unheard of in the South Asian countries of Bangladesh and Pakistan, one would imagine that the Pakistanis, shaken with poverty and financial breakdown, would channel their energies towards something productive. […]
Bangladesh: Muslims kidnap minor Hindu girls; celebrate in social media post saying ‘Mission done’
Instances of Muslims kidnapping Hindu girls, mostly minors, are at an all-time high in Bangladesh, with neither the Bangladeshi government nor international authorities making any attempts to stop this practice. In the latest news report from the Comilla District of the Muslim-majority country, two men have abducted two Hindu girls from a street near their […]
Syria: Assad seeks non-Muslims to help end his ‘pariah status’
The only way that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can begin to encourage “a wider range of religions” to end his “pariah” status is to end Islamic supremacy in his country and encourage the freedom of religion, and that’s highly unlikely, because Iran supports Syria financially and “Tehran has continued to use Syrian ports—particularly the port city […]
Pakistan: Islamic State jihadis murder Sikh in targeted killing because he was a ‘polytheist’
“Then, when the sacred months have passed, kill the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them, and besiege them, and prepare for them every ambush.” (Qur’an 9:5) “Islamic State group claims killing Sikh man in Pakistan’s northwest,” Associated Press, June 25, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Gunmen shot and killed a member […]
Pakistan bans Hindu Holi festival to ‘uphold values of Islam’ after student celebration video goes viral
UPDATE: The ban has now been removed: Known as the “festival of love,” Holi is regarded as “one of the most revered and celebrated festivals of India,” but when a video of students celebrating the festival went viral at Islamabad University, Pakistan banned it at all its universities, in order to “uphold the cultural and […]
‘In Pakistan, there is no difference between meat and women’
The Qur’an teaches that Infidel women can be lawfully taken for sexual use (cf. its allowance for a man to take “captives of the right hand,” 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, 70:30). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their […]
Bangladesh: Muslims assault Hindu family, ransack its home
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60) “Hindu family blocked, Home vandalised, Hindu name of a site Islamised in Bangladesh,” by Ratri Bose, Hindu Post, May 29, 2023: A case has […]
Bangladesh: Another Hindu framed in bogus blasphemy case
Bangladesh’s judiciary is at it again. This time a court in the Islamic country has sentenced a Hindu man, Titu Roy, to 10 years of imprisonment over charges of blasphemy. Roy has also been ordered to pay a fine of fifty thousand Bangladeshi taka ($467) or an additional five months imprisonment if he fails to pay the […]