Several socio-cultural organisations on Wednesday joined the continued protest at the government鈥檚 decision to cancel the positions of music and physical training teachers in government primary schools, following criticisms from Islamist groups...
Several thousand members of a hard-right Pakistan Islamist party began marching towards the capital on Saturday, after violent clashes with police during anti-Israel protests in the eastern city of Lahore.
A GROUP of people said to be connected to diverse Islamist parties and groups on September 5 attacked a shrine, known as Nura Paglar Darbar, at Goalanda in Rajbari. The attackers vandalised the shrine, exhumed the body of Nura Pagla, whose given name is Nurul Haque Molla, who died on August 23 and was buried in a grave on raised ground, and burnt it. The clash...
Several Islamist and other political parties joining the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami鈥檚 rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Saturday called for unity among the Islamist parties towards introducing Islamist rule in the country...
The screening of newly released film titled 鈥楾aandob鈥� halted on Tuesday afternoon at Auliabad in Tangail鈥檚 Kalihati due to security concerns amid protests allegedly by a local Islamist group...
THE recent surge in violence against women perpetrated by Islamist groups or mobs acting as 鈥榯awhidi janata鈥� alongside the government鈥檚 failure to adequately respond is gravely concerning. After the July uprising, in which women and girls from diverse backgrounds actively participated and which they often led, it was hoped that women鈥檚 democratic aspirations...
THE ongoing debate surrounding the Women鈥檚 Affairs Reform Commission in Bangladesh has largely centered around a handful of its 433 recommendations, particularly those deemed controversial by Islamist groups, rather than the full scope of reforms proposed. Much of the coverage 鈥� whether in news reports or opinion pieces 鈥� has focused less on what the...
More than 70 members of the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab were killed during an army operation with local forces in Somalia, the information ministry said on Tuesday....
Another inter-district girls鈥� football match was halted amid protests by leaders and activists of Islami Andolan Bangladesh at Taraganj in Rangpur Thursday afternoon...
Syria鈥檚 new prime minister said the Islamist-led alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will 鈥榞uarantee鈥� the rights of all religious groups and called on the millions who fled the war to return home...
A Syria war monitor said Monday that overnight Israeli strikes targeted military positions and depots in several parts of the country, after Islamist-led rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad...
Syrian government forces launched a counterattack against Islamist-led rebels around the key city of Hama on Wednesday after suffering a string of staggering losses, a war monitor said...
The government on Saturday cancelled the recently formed textbook review committee following criticism from different Islamist parties and groups.
If they had tried to do this a few years ago, the group of Iraqi women enjoying a night out in Mosul would probably have risked severe punishment.
A judge on Tuesday sentenced Anjem Choudary, one of the UK鈥檚 most recognised radical Islamist preachers, to life jail after he was found guilty of directing a banned...
