Posts Tagged: Bangladesh
‘Valid For All Countries Except Israel’
JNS.org - There’s an unwritten rule among governments in many Muslim countries—when things go wrong at home, turn on the State of Israel. Bangladesh, one of...
Bangladesh Effectively Lifts Israel Travel Ban With Passports Update
i24 News – Bangladesh, the world's third-most populous Muslim nation, announced Saturday that its new passports will no longer bear the words that the travel...
World Bank Pushing for Standard Vaccine Contracts, More Disclosure From Makers
The World Bank is working to standardize COVID-19 vaccine contracts that countries are signing with drug makers, and is pushing manufacturers to be more open...
As We Say ‘Never Again,’ Bangladesh’s Hindus Are in Imminent Danger
A recent op-ed at The Algemeiner suggested that my recent article about Danish heroism during the Shoah was naïve, because no country accepted Jews fleeing the Nazis....
New York Charges Times Square Bomb Suspect With Terrorism; Official Says Attacker Watched ISIS Propaganda Online
New York officials on Tuesday said they charged a Bangladeshi man with terrorism, accusing him of setting off a pipe bomb a day earlier in...
Amnesty International Australia Apologizes for Facebook Comment Defending Muslim Discrimination Against Israeli Passport Holders
Amnesty International Australia has apologized after one of its volunteers posted a comment on its Facebook page earlier this week defending the 16 Muslim-majority nations...
British Prime Minister May Calls On Opposition Leader Corbyn to Join Her in Denouncing Muslim Discrimination Against Israeli Passport-Holders
British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Wednesday on Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn to join her in denouncing the discrimination displayed by some Muslim-majority countries...
Trump Travel Ban Controversy Draws Attention to Muslim Discrimination Against Israeli Passport Holders
The ongoing global debate over US President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban executive order has drawn online attention to discrimination displayed by some Muslim-majority countries...
US Islamist Group Condemns Killing of Murderer, Is Silent on Death of Journalists and Minorities
Bangladesh has been wracked by a series of brutal attacks against secular writers and religious minorities. But only the death of a prominent Bangladeshi Islamist prompted...
Bangladeshi Writer Who Criticized Islamic Extremists Is Executed
Another secular writer has been murdered in a hacking attack in Bangladesh. Nazimuddin Samad, a law student, was walking home in Dhaka on Wednesday when four masked men...
Islamists Hack Another Heroic, Secular Writer to Death in Bangladesh
For the third time this year, Islamist radicals in Bangladesh have hacked a secular writer to death in public. Four masked men chased down Ananta Bijoy Das Tuesday morning...
Police Arrest Hundreds After Muslim attack on Buddhists in Bangladesh Over Facebook Photos
Muslim mobs have attacked Buddhist temples and villages in Bangladesh, after photos were posted on Facebook containing images considered offensive to Muslims. Hundreds of Muslims reportedly rampaged through...
