Topic: South Asia
KARACHI (Reuters) - A girl in a long black shirt screams incoherently, banging her head against a wall at a Sufi shrine in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Sania Haneef's family says she is possessed by a demon.Doctors could not help, so ...
India's Missionaries of Charity order said it would pray for British writer Christopher Hitchens' soul, despite his aggressive campaign against its Nobel prize-winning founder, Mother Teresa."We will pray for him and for his family," spokeswoman Sister Christie told AFP on Friday, upon ...
When Bangladesh became an independent nation after a bloody nine month battle with Pakistan that ended 40 years ago Friday, Narayan Chandra Das, a Bengali Hindu, had high hopes for his new country.As a Hindu, Das had been branded an "agent of ...
Afghanistan said Sunday the death toll from bombings targeting the Shiite Muslim holy day of Ashura, which raised fears the nation could face an eruption of sectarian violence, has climbed to 80.The coordinated attacks struck in Kabul and the northern city of ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Uzbek President Islam Karimov on human rights and thanked him for supporting US troops in Afghanistan, during a visit to the strategically-located ex-Soviet state.US ties with Uzbekistan have for years been a delicate balancing act ...
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Tajikistan on Saturday that efforts to crack down on religious freedom might backfire and increase sympathy for radical views that could threaten stability in the Central Asian country.Clinton, who met Tajik President ...
Indian police said Thursday they had foiled a planned bombing attack in New Delhi after seizing a car laden with explosives ahead of a key Hindu festival.More than five kilograms (11 pounds) of explosives were recovered on Wednesday evening from the car ...
Hundreds of people staged rallies across Pakistan on Friday demanding the release of a police commando sentenced to death for killing a provincial governor who wanted to reform controversial blasphemy laws.The Pakistani anti-terror court on Saturday found Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, one ...
"Are women allowed to do a full body wax?" Just an everyday question for the "fatwa" desk at Darululoom Deoband, a famed cradle of conservative Islamic thought in north India.Hundreds of queries seeking guidance on every aspect of social and religious life ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly condemned Friday's attack on a Pakistan mosque that killed 48 people and wounded more than 100 during Ramadan prayers."The slaughter of worshippers as they gathered at a mosque for Ramadan's Friday prayers underscores the brutality ...
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