religion and violence Articles
Right Islam vs. Wrong Islam
December 30, 2005
Muslims and non-Muslims must unite to defeat the Wahhabi ideology.
Indian Film Seeks Justice Over 1984 Sikh Massacre
February 15, 2005
Amu, a movie produced by Indian director Shonali Bose, deals with the 1984 massacre of Sikhs, which is said to be the worst religious violence since the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.
Idaho Teen Scalped After Slight
February 08, 2005
A 16-year-old Idaho girl with a mohawk haircut was tied up and scalped by an older woman, who is a longtime acquaintance of the victim. AP reported that both belong to a group called "punk clique."
The woman without a past
January 30, 2005
An immigrant woman from Iran, who works at a local Swiss Chalet restaurant in Aurora, recalls her experience in Iran--solitary-confinement cell in Evin prison, torture, arranged marriage that saved her from death sentence, miscarriage, and the first husband's death. Evin prison is the notorious p...
Sex used to break detainees: Report
January 28, 2005
Associated Press reports about what FBI considers as "highly aggressive" interrogation techniques that have been used to "break" Muslim detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Tell the detainee that female interrogator was menstruating, touch him, then make sure to turn off the water in his cell so he...
Honour killing law implemented in Pakistan
January 08, 2005
Pakistan\'s president Pervez Musharraf has approved a bill amending the criminal code of Pakistan to make honor killings a capital offense. In Pakistan, more than 1,000 women are killed every year under the name of honour killing. Meanwhile, honour killings have made headlines in the British medi...
Author Rushdie Angry After Sikh Play Scrapped
December 28, 2004
British author Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding for years after Iran's leader ordered him killed, assailed Britain on Sunday for allowing angry Sikh groups to force the cancellation of a Sikh play last week.
Tempest of rage shakes Sikh temple
December 26, 2004
Britain's Sikh communities are outraged by the media coverage on the protest in Birmingham that forced to cancel play, Dishounor. They say the media portrayed Sikh very negatively and the biased coverage amplified the already widespread prejudice against Sikh. While Sikh women's groups testify th...
Tourism surges as Christian pilgrims walk in the footsteps of Jesus
December 19, 2004
Wanting to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, an increasing number of devout Christians are traveling to Jerusalem's Old City, home to the holiest sites of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Evangelical Christians from the United States or Australia follow the itineraries that tour companies created...
Genital Mutilation 'On the Increase in Europe'
December 12, 2004
According to the World Health Organisation, between 100 million and 140 million women have undergone genital mutilation worldwide, and two million girls are at risk each year. The practice, illegal in most European countries, is widespread in Africa, but it has been on the rise not only among imm...
