Saying ‘terrorism has nothing to do with Islam’ is as problematic as saying ‘all Muslims are terrorists’. Both these statements provide sweeping generalization for a complex issue
South Asia Citizens Web
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The left in the West needs to accept that there is an extremism problem among Muslims | Umer Ali
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India: #SpareTheHandwaraGirl - An appeal by a group of concerned Kashmiri professionals and students
22 April 2016’We appeal to eminent people in and outside Kashmir...to come forward to help the girl and her family find a temporary shelter outside the valley’
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Bangladesh’s shameful response to religion critic killings | Paul Fidalgo and Michael De Dora
22 April 2016An innocent young man is brutally hacked to death in the street by marauding thugs with machetes, and the government’s response is to effectively blame the victim. This is the outrageous and absurd situation in the supposed democratic state of Bangladesh, where a bloody campaign of terror is being waged against secularists and atheists who have criticized radical Islam.
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Nepal: Kanak Mani Dixit, Prominent journalist and public figure detained - Statements by Federation of Nepali Journalists and by Himal SouthAsian
22 April 2016Himalmedia co-publisher Kanak Mani Dixit was detained on Friday [22 April 2016] afternoon from near his office in Patan Dhoka in Kathmandu on the direct orders of the Chairman of the Commission to Investigate the Abuse of Authority (CIAA).
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The Us Versus Them War Against American Scholars of India | Elizabeth Redden
22 April 2016Highly respected professors face intimidation, threats and smear campaigns for deviating from the views of the Hindu right.
