Tag: Muslims

Toll roads, train stations, bus terminals and seaports are brimming with people excited about the yearly homecoming journey

Usually one of the world's largest religious gatherings, about 2.5 million people took part in 2019

Huge crowds returned to the neighborhood on Sunday for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic put a pin in large public gatherings

The country's top health official said the bodies of virus victims could now be handed over to relatives for burial at any cemetery

What began as one school issuing an edict to protect secularism has now escalated into religiously driven protests and counter-protests

Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where even unproven allegations can stir mobs and violence

The report said discrimination against Muslims has evolved from “a rising series of mob attacks ... into government policies" against Muslims

Ashin Wirathu, dubbed as the "Buddhist Bin Laden," was released after all charges against him were dropped

Despite threats of infections from COVID-19, Filipino Muslims offered prayers as they mark the Islamic "Festival of the Sacrifice"

Only people aged between 18 and 65 who have been vaccinated or immunized against the virus can take part in the pilgrimage