By Akhtar Pathan KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — For centuries, the Sheedis have made a place for themselves in Sindh — as soldiers and craftsmen, farmers and laborers, musicians and community leaders. Yet for a community whose history is intertwined with both African heritage and the story of Sindh, finding an accepted place in contemporary Pakist...
By Akhtar Pathan KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — In southern Pakistan, the story of the Sheedi community is often told as a story of slavery. But that is only part of it. The history of Africans in South Asia stretches back at least 2,000 years, to an era when merchants and sailors moved across the Indian […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An Indian Muslim author who discovered only in adulthood that she had been adopted has received international recognition for a book drawing on her experience to advocate equal treatment and acceptance of adopted children. Sumbul Siddiqui, a 28-year-old writer from Lucknow in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh border guards have detained an Indian national after exchanging gunfire with a group suspected of attempting to smuggle weapons and drugs across the border from India, authorities said. The confrontation occurred around 10 p.m. Thursday near the Kumarshail border area in Moulvibazar district in northeaster...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Authorities in India’s opposition-ruled Karnataka state have suspended two government school teachers for participating in marches organized by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS, saying their involvement prima facie violated rules requiring government employees to maintain political neutrality. The Educati...
By Muhammad Ali Madani SYDNEY, Australia (MNTV) — Tackling Islamophobia in Australia may increasingly depend on what happens in two places where young Australians spend much of their time: the classroom and the digital world. As anti-Muslim hostility has escalated since October 2023, Muslim community leaders are calling for greater emphasis on...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Hindu supremacist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has developed a sophisticated overseas apparatus that coordinates organizations and activists across dozens of countries while maintaining that the RSS itself operates only within India, according to a new investigation into the movement’s international network. At...
NEW YORK (MNTV) — Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at a large Hindu American gathering in New York has brought renewed attention to the organisation’s ideology and its long-documented engagement with European fascism during its formative years. Bhagwat, who heads the Hindu nationalist organisation closely asso...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Police in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state have arrested three Christians, including two women, following allegations by a Hindu nationalist leader that they attempted to convert poor people during a Christian healing prayer service. Subedar, Rekha Devi and Sadhna were arrested on Aug. 25 under provisions of the s...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Hindu priest in India’s northern Uttarakhand state has threatened to bomb the homes of Muslims and have members of the minority community beaten, triggering demands for authorities to investigate and prosecute him. The threats were made in a video circulating widely on social media and reportedly linked to Kedarnath...
