The Persecution of Christians and Hindus in Bangladesh
August 15, 2017 7 min. read

According to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, “If a country does not recognize minority rights, you will not have the kind of prosperity and stability that is possible.” The present reality in Bangladesh highlights that Clinton is correct about this.

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Hindu rights activist: “Bangladesh is now infested with ISIS”
July 26, 2017 3 min. read

Shipan Kumer Basu stated in an exclusive interview that ISIS is on the ascent in Bangladesh and he blames the Bangladeshi government for this reality.

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Hindu Rights Activist: “Bangladesh has a lot to learn from Israel”
July 11, 2017 3 min. read

Hindu rights activist Shipan Kumer Basu illustrated that Bangladesh has a lot to learn from Israel and that Israel can play a role in assisting the minority communities within Bangladesh. According to Shipan Kumer Basu, head of the Hindu Struggle Committee, the Jewish people have been persecuted for thousands of years and that due to […]

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China’s ‘Colonial Investments’ Run into Rough Weather in the Indian Subcontinent
March 30, 2017 7 min. read

With protests against China’s investments in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Pakistan, the country’s ambitious expansion via economics in the Indian subcontinent is not going as well as Beijing had imagined.

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Muslim Refugees and a Muslim (Host) Nation in South Asia
February 7, 2017 4 min. read

Bangladesh—a Muslim majority state—is planning to send refugee Rohingyas from Myanmar to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal that critics say is ‘unlivable’.

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‘Eastward Ho’ for India-led South Asia?
December 30, 2016 6 min. read

Trade blocs are often instruments of geopolitics. India’s cooperation with the South Asian nations east of Pakistan plays witness to this age-old truism.

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The Islamic State in Singapore
May 9, 2016 3 min. read

On May 3, Singapore announced that it had detained 8 Bangladeshi workers in April for their alleged membership to the Islamic State in Bangladesh and on suspicion of planning attacks.

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Of Muslim Women in India
May 6, 2016 6 min. read

After the 1947 partitioning, one third of the total Muslim population in the British colony were to remain in India. Today, Indian Muslims still have trouble finding their voice and a sense of community.

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U.N. Deploys More Peacekeepers in the CAR, But Will It be Enough?
September 18, 2014 4 min. read

Last Monday, in a ceremony at Bangui airport, about 1,800 additional peacekeepers and police joined a mission under U.N. control in the battle-torn Central African Republic CAR), along with the previous contingent of 4,800 African troops and 1,000 international police. The new reinforcements have come from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Morocco and Bangladesh, joining others […]

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