Bangladesh prof killing: Taslima Nasreen says Islamists killing secular people as atheist bloggers already left country
Addressing a rationalist conference in the Estonian capital of Tallin, the author called for pressurising the Bangladesh government to protect the rights and lives of atheist bloggers.
Apr 24, 2016, 18:48 PM IST
Quran is unscientific, ideas that can't survive criticism, ridicule must be weak: Taslima Nasreen
The Bangladeshi author claimed that religion is incompatible with human rights and particularly women's rights. “People say Islam is a religion of peace, but my life experience is the opposite,”she said.
Apr 24, 2016, 18:24 PM IST
Gurudwara attack: It's an act of terrorism, German police have arrested one person, says India
The attack, believed to be carried out by Islamists, took place in Germany's Essen city. Authorities said it's an "entirely new" strike targeting the Sikhs.
Apr 22, 2016, 17:51 PM IST
Islamic State in retreat around east Libyan city - military
Islamic State fighters retreated from long-held positions around the port city of Derna on Wednesday, military forces in eastern Libya said, as troops loyal to the government in the region pressed on with an offensive in Benghazi.
Apr 21, 2016, 05:19 AM IST
Secular student activist hacked and shot to death in Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi law student, who posted comments against radical Islamists on Facebook, was hacked by machete-wielding militants before being shot dead from close range here, the latest in a series of brutal attacks on secular bloggers and activists in the Muslim majority country.
Apr 07, 2016, 17:54 PM IST
Qadri supporters continue siege of Islamabad
Hundreds of Islamists on Monday continued the siege of the heart of the Pakistani capital to denounce the hanging of the commando who assassinated the Punjab governor for alleged blasphemy.
Mar 28, 2016, 16:33 PM IST
Most Muslims justify terror attacks by Islamic terrorists: Taslima Nasreen
Showing anguish over recent terrorist attack in Belgium, noted author and activist Taslima Nasreen on Wednesday made a strong remark, stating Islamists would kill everyone who is not Islamist.
Mar 23, 2016, 20:47 PM IST
3 Islamists sent to police custody over Hindu priest's murder in Bangladesh
With the arrest of the three members of the outlawed Jamaat'ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), police claimed to have completely solved the murder case.
Feb 27, 2016, 22:12 PM IST
Suspects give vital info on Hindu priest murder: Bangladesh police
Three suspected Islamists arrested over the brutal murder of a top Hindu priest in Bangladesh near the Indian border gave out "important information" about the first attack against the minority community, authorities said on Wednesday.
Feb 24, 2016, 21:44 PM IST
Crazy Islamists want no Hindus in Bangladesh, says Taslima Nasreen
The Hindus comprise about 10% of the Muslim-majority Bangladesh's 160 million population.
Feb 22, 2016, 17:43 PM IST
Saudi executes two Yemeni drug traffickers
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed two Yemenis convicted of trying to smuggle hashish, bringing to 62 the number of people it has put to death this year.
Feb 17, 2016, 15:22 PM IST
Egypt court cancels death penalty to 149 Brotherhood activists
Death sentences of 149 activists of the banned Muslim Brotherhood were revoked on Wednesday by Egypt's highest court which also ordered a retrial in the case in which the defendants were accused of killing 13 policemen and attacking a police station in 2013.
Feb 03, 2016, 20:42 PM IST
Egypt court overturns death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists
An Egyptian appeals court overturned on Wednesday death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists accused of killing policemen in a mob attack on their station, a judicial source said.
Feb 03, 2016, 14:21 PM IST
Boko Haram launches fresh deadly attacks in Nigeria, Chad
Dozens of people were feared killed when Boko Haram Islamists armed with guns and explosives attacked a village in northeastern Nigeria, officials said on Sunday.
Jan 31, 2016, 23:15 PM IST
Muslim cleric vows to behead anyone who speaks against Islam - Watch
A Muslim cleric stirred a controversy recently when he announced on live TV that he would behead any person who speaks against Islam.
Jan 07, 2016, 11:46 AM IST
Egypt sentences seven to death for killing policemen
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced seven Islamists to death for killing 25 policemen in the country's Sinai peninsula in 2013.
Nov 14, 2015, 18:54 PM IST
Publisher of atheist Bangladesh blogger's books hacked to death
Bangladeshi publisher, Faisal Arefin Dipan, who worked with slain atheist writer and blogger Avijit Roy, was on Saturday hacked to death in his third-floor office in central Dhaka locality of Shabagh.
Oct 31, 2015, 20:51 PM IST
Saudi-led coalition airdrops arms for Yemen loyalists
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has dropped arms and ammunition to pro-government fighters in Taez, the central city besieged by Shiite Huthi rebels, military sources said today.
Oct 29, 2015, 00:59 AM IST
Egyptians trickle to polls in parliamentary runoffs
Egyptians trickled to the polls on Tuesday in just over half of the country's 27 provinces in parliamentary runoffs that are part of an election process dubbed as the final transition to democratic rule but that apparently failed to inspire voters.
Oct 27, 2015, 21:48 PM IST
20 shot dead by suspected Islamists in NE Nigeria: locals
Twenty people have been shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen.
Oct 22, 2015, 06:18 AM IST
