Indian police crack 2011 Mumbai terrorist bombing case

When terrorists rampaged through the city of Mumbai in 2008 most of us watched in horror the unfolding scenes of carnage. Only three years later, on July 13, 2011, another…

Iran targets Baha’i cemetery for destruction

In what appears to be another act of aggression against the Baha’i minority of Iran, authorities there are attempting to repossess a Baha’i cemetery, which will then be bulldozed. According…

Sri Lanka deports Islamic radicals

The Buddhist flag, created in Sri Lanka and first hoisted in the Buddhist nation in 1885.  The predominantly Buddhist nation of Sri Lanka has ordered a group of 161 foreign…

Libya’s draft election laws biased against women

The ousting of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi in 2011 was meant to usher in a new era of pluralism and freedom. However, as has occurred in Egypt, reactionary Islamists have…

India: Muslims slaughter pregnant cow in Hindu temple compound

A tense atmosphere has prevailed in Perumbavoor, a satellite town of Kochi city and a municipality in the Indian state of Kerala, after a group of Muslims slaughtered a pregnant…

Tunisian TV executive to stand trial for “blasphemy” over animated movie

Nabil Karoui, owner of the Tunisian Nassma TV station is set to stand trial for “violating sacred values” and “disturbing the public order.”He faces up to three years in jail…

Atheist arrested in Indonesia for writing “God does not exist” on Facebook

An Indonesian civil servant is facing five years in jail for writing “God does not exist” on a Facebook page, “Ateis Minang” (“Minang Atheists”), that he moderated. The 31 year-old man, who…

Iran: actress should be “put to death” for nude pics

The Western media has been reporting that Iranian-born actress Golshifteh Farahani has been told not to return to Iran because of her recent nude photo shoot published in Madame Le…

Maldives removes “offensive” monuments

An “offensive” monument given to the Maldivesby Sri Lanka. The Maldives republic is currently removing monuments it was given by the South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation when the island…