communal violence
POETRY / Dawn of new(?) air
But talks of harmony flood your nose. / Harmony, harmony, harmony—you want it so bad, / and so you put words in our mouths
Will the law enforcement agencies protect us during elections?
In the last few years, attackers have targeted minority communities, and the law enforcers have displayed apathy or reluctance in catching the culprits, who are often linked to influential groups
Clash in Panchagarh / 'All that we earned through hard work is gone'
"We all survived because we were at a Jalsa Salana, an annual gathering of Ahmadiyya, at that time, otherwise we would have been killed too"
75 years of Partition: A young boy's loss
I belong to a generation that was overtaken by the pestilence called Partition.
A shadow of fear looms over Puja festivities this year
Hindus around the country are gripped with the fear of being the victims of communal violence.
Anti-Muslim rhetoric preys on fear, poisons people in India: Padma Lakshmi
Indian American supermodel and author Padma Lakshmi recently took to Twitter to assert that there is "no threat to Hinduism in India" and protest "violence against Muslims in the country".
Religious freedom worsening in Bangladesh, across South Asia: US report
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has expressed deep concerns about the worsening religious freedom conditions in Bangladesh and other South Asian countries.
Don’t rush to conclusions when reporting communal disturbances: Editors Guild of India asks media outlets
The Editors Guild of India today asked media outlets of the country to exercise utmost restraint while reporting incidents of communal disturbances and not become pawns in the larger game of polarization.
How communal violence swept through the country
Triggered by the Cumilla incident, in just a matter of hours, communal violence spread in several districts of the country and lasted for days. The Daily Star produced a map incorporating information from all over the country.
US urges Myanmar to avoid reprisals after attacks kill 89
The United States urges Myanmar authorities to avoid a response that would inflame the tensions as an attack by ethnic Rohingya militants in western Myanmar left 12 security personnel and 77 Rohingya Muslims dead in a dramatic escalation of communal violence that has plagued the region.