The long rule of the Assad family in Syria that lasted over half a century came to an end after rebel groups seized the capital Damascus and overthrew President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday (Dec 8).

Who are the Alawites, Assad's community, who dominated Syria despite being a minority?

Bangladesh interim government’s head Muhammad Yunus on Thursday (Dec 5) sought the cooperation of the religious leaders in gathering accurate and unrestricted information regarding the issues faced by minorities in the country.

Bangladesh’s interim govt seeks help of religious leaders to get info about attacks on minorities

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Saturday demanding protection for Bangladeshi Hindus and other ethnic minorities. Watch this report to know more.

Bangladesh: Demonstrators Demand Establishment Of Advisory Council

Minority communities in Pakistan took part in a peaceful Rights March on Sunday in the city of Karachi and this comes as religious minorities want the country to treat them as equal citizens.

Minorities rights in Pakistan: Surge in cases of blasphemy, says report

To revive the Buddhist Heritage pilgrimage roots and places the Prime Minister Modi-led Indian government has launched Landmark development projects worth $27 million the move comes as part of the Buddhist development plan for the Himalayan region.

India's Buddhist development plan: Boost for Buddhism minorities in India's Himalayan belt

India's Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has hit out at former US President Barack Obama for his remarks on the protection of ethnic minorities in India. Sitharaman says that Obama himself bombed 7 Muslim majority nations.

Indian FM Nirmala Sitharaman hits back at Barack Obama

Iranian officials have arrested a number of ardent followers of the banned Bahai faith for alleged links to a centre in Israel, and for proselytising in schools and kindergartens.

Iran cracks down on Bahai followers, intensifies arrests over accusations of Israel links

Two men from the minority Sikh community were shot down by unidentified assailants on early Sunday morning in Pakistan’s Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

2 Sikh men shot dead in Pakistan's Peshawar city, hate crime suspected

Greece reacted angrily on Sunday a statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that described members of a Muslim minority in northern Greece as Turkish and that said they were not accorded full civic rights.

Greece rejects Turkish minister's comments on Muslim minority

Abductions, forced conversions and forced marriages of girls and women from the minorities background has become a serious concern in Pakistan. It is estimated that approximately 1,000 — mostly Hindu and Christian — girls, are abducted, forcibly converted and forcibly married every year.

Each year, 1,000 Pakistani minority girls kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam

Altaf Hussain, the founder and leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), has urged the Pentagon to stop providing civilian and military aid to Pakistan. Hussain wrote a letter addressed to the US government, and requested the officials to stop the aid to help the minority people pf Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.

MQM chief urges US to stop military aid in Pakistan and save minority groups

The coronavirus pandemic is being seen as a time for solidarity and recovery. However, many countries continue to pursue their territorial interests through this tough time, as the world turns a blind eye to everything but the virus.

Hungary's new legislation could stir trouble for its LGBTQIA+ population

"Religion must be restricted to spheres which legitimately appear in the religion, and the rest of life must be regulated, unified and modified in such a manner that we may evolve, as early as possible a strong and consolidated nation.

Time to honour commitment on Uniform Civil Code

Know about Japan's invisible minority. To know more watch the video

Your Story: Last generation of Hidden Christians?

The United States takes on China on the issue of Uighurs.

U.S Attacks China on Uighurs

In 1947, the population of Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan was 23 per cent. Now officially, it stands at 1.6 per cent. After incessant attempts at forcible conversions of minorities, it could even be lesser.

Pakistan’s minorities are a diminishing population

Malaysian authorities will summon Zakir Naik for questioning after he allegedly made racially sensitive remarks in the multi-ethnic nation, the government said on Thursday.

Malaysia to question Zakir Naik over inflammatory speeches

China's claim that "most" inmates have been released from re-education camps in its Xinjiang region has been met with anger and scepticism by the Uighur diaspora which has launched a social media campaign challenging Beijing to prove it.

Uighurs challenge China to prove missing relatives are free

People of India through the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections have decisively settled the debate on cultural primacy of Hinduism by delivering an overwhelming mandate to the BJP government.

Blog: India, the churn within

The BJP has managed to puncture opposition's claims that the party is anti-minority by winning more than 50 per cent of the Lok Sabha seats in 90 'minority-concentration' districts identified in 2008 by the then UPA government.

Lok Sabha polls 2019: BJP wins over 50% seats in 'minority-concentration' districts

The Sindh police on Friday informed that the two men, who allegedly abducted and forcibly converted two Hindu minor girls on the eve of Holi, were already married and had children from their previous marriages.

Men who 'forcibly converted' minor Hindu sisters were already married: Sindh police

A leading newspaper in Pakistan has reported that the "religious minorities in the country were more vulnerable than safe". The report published on Wednesday, days after two minor Hindu sisters were allegedly abducted and were forced to embrace Islam and married said, "The state has a responsibility to preserve and protect the right to freedom of religion, guaranteed under Article 20 of our Constitution.

Religious minorities vulnerable in Pakistan: Pak Daily

A delegation of Mohajirs and representatives of Pashtun, Baloch, and Hazara from Pakistan met Congressman Rob Wittman and apprised him about the alleged acts of ethnic prejudice and persecution by the government agencies against the members of minority communities.

Pakistan minority groups brief US Congressman over human rights abuses

Asia Bibi, the Christian woman whose acquittal was upheld this week in a blasphemy saga which has made her a prime target for vigilantes, is still in Pakistan, the foreign ministry said Thursday.

Asia Bibi still in Pakistan, but free to go abroad: Foreign office

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