Author, activist, journalist, politician, scholar – these are some of the many hats that Farahnaz Ispahani wears. But it is her close proximity to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and her journalistic perspective that provided the mooring for her just published book Purifying the land of the pure, which she says is her attempt at explaining why Pakistan’s minorities feel insecure.
Are we underestimating the contribution of regular Pakistanis in fostering a climate of violence in Pakistan?
As MP for Rochdale I have seen first-hand the utterly shambolic state of the UK’s asylum system. Every month new Home Office statistics show that Rochdale is hosting more and more asylum seekers – taking in over a thousand while big cities and sprawling Conservative shires refuse to do their fair share.
Police have seized a poster attacking the minority religion of murdered Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah amid growing concern about alleged "hate preaching" at Scottish mosques.
2015 proved to be yet another taxing year for Jamaat-i-Ahmadiyya (JA). Over the year, two Ahmadis were killed, the houses of scores of others were set ablaze and a concerted anti-Ahmadiyya campaign continued relentlessly, a JA annual report issued on Monday stated.
Police have seized a poster attacking the minority religion of murdered Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah amid growing concern about alleged "hate preaching" at Scottish mosques.
The mosque accused of fomenting anti-Ahmadi persecution in Scotland hosted annual conferences for a group which has advocated the execution of members of the Muslim sect. The institution is also linked with posters that have accused Ahmadi of "abusing" Islam. One such flier was removed by police from a Glasgow shop on 12 April.
Year 2015 proved to be another harsh year for Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community.
Pakistani children learn to hate non-Muslims from the first day of school, according to a new report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
David Cameron has described the murder of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah as shocking. The Prime Minister also appealed for groups to work together to combat extremism.
