As the world is pre-occupied with the deadly explosion in Beirut, domestic unrest and the coronavirus pandemic, the persecution of minorities in the Muslim world increases as we speak, from Turkey and Syria to Bangladesh and Pakistan. This harsh reality was best illustrated when Sultan Erdogan decided to transform the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. […]
In recent days, headlines in America have been dominated by pundits raising awareness about the widespread racial inequality in America following the brutal murder of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks by white police officers and the subsequent race riots that have occurred across the nation. Both murders were horrific and unjustifiable. However, it is pivotal […]
By Mendi Safadi Another Iranian site has been discovered in Syria near Al Baida en route to Siyaf and it is intended for an attack deep inside of Israel. This is an Iranian nuclear site deep inside the heart of Syria that poses a tangible danger to the Jewish state. The site is located […]
In an interview, Shipan Kumer Basu, President of the World Hindu Struggle Committee, reported that the Sheikh Hasina government has been only praying that Muslims get spared from the coronavirus pandemic yet had no blessings to give to the minority communities within her country: “A number of non-Muslims live in Bangladesh. No prayer was offered […]
After large scale protests have been reported in over a dozen prisons and several rebellions have broken out in prisons across Iran, Pastor Saeed Abedini and a number of other political dissidents wrote a petition to US President Donald Trump. They proclaimed that the United States should help Iran’s political prisoners by increasing American pressure […]
Shipan Kumer Basu, President of the World Hindu Struggle Committee, proclaimed in an interview: “Coronavirus is the latest pandemic that is affecting the international community. So far, there is no official record on how the coronavirus is affecting the people in Bangladesh. We believe that 13 Bangladeshis have succumbed to the illness, but the government […]
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In the wake of Modi’s upcoming visit to Bangladesh, Tithy Sarkar, a student leader in the World Hindu Struggle Committee at Jagannath University, faced death threats. According to the World Hindu Struggle Committee, “Islamist rioters have been protesting Narendra Modi’s visit in Bangladesh on March 17. They do not want to see Modi in Bangladesh.” […]
As we speak, the Hindus of Bangladesh are slowly being ethnically cleansed from the country. Their holy sites are being burned and desecrated. Their people are being murdered. Their women and girls are getting raped. And developments on the ground indicate that with the time, the situation is becoming graver, not better. This month, Muslim […]
Iranian leaders have long boasted that they have taken control of four Arab capitals — Baghdad, Syria, Beirut, and Yemen — simultaneously threatening Israel’s security. Beirut recently began to rise up in mass popular protests against the “regime” and “corruption.” It is no secret to anyone that the “regime” in Lebanon is now fully controlled […]
