“Deliberately insulting religion and religious beliefs provokes hatred, leading to further polarization and fragmentation of humanity.” (Prime Minister Imran Khan) Islamophobia, a major challenge to human coexistence in the 21st century, was first coined in 1901 in France. The term refers to ‘a fear of Islam’ in the Western societies. After the Cold War ended […]
138Shares A vicious attempt to vandalize Baba Ramapir temple was made in Badin earlier this year by a man who was later declared mentally ill by the authorities. The sanctity and deity of the temple was destroyed, thus deepening the despair Pakistani Hindu community finds itself in. The third-largest sacred site for the Hindu community […]
In the 1980s and 1990s, immediately after the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, when Pakistani political environment was highly tense on account of the ideological conflict in the region, Pakistan’s right wing political forces used to express their preference for Republican candidates in US Presidential elections more openly. This was the time when some of the […]