Bangladesh's high court on Monday rejected a petition by secular activists to scrap Islam as the state religion in the wake of nationwide protests by hardline Islamist groups. A special bench of three ...

The country is sleepwalking toward a shadow blasphemy regime, like Pakistan did with institutions too timid to confront mobs.

In March 2024, a mosque built by and for hijras offered a rare haven for worship without fear. But this hope was short-lived. After the August 2024 protests that toppled the secular government, a ...

Sr. Reba D'Costa discusses Cardinal George Koovakad’s visit to Bangladesh, emphasizing the vital need for interfaith dialogue ...

Bangladesh's High Court dismissed a petition filed by a citizens’ group nearly three decades ago to remove Islam as the state religion of the Muslim-majority nation, a provision added to the ...

Prominent figures in Bangladesh denounced the arrest of baul singer Abul Sarkar, accusing it of inciting religious strife. Sarkar's arrest led to attacks on fellow mystics, highlighting rising ...

Islam should not be Bangladesh's national religion and one day it will be dropped from the country's constitution says a senior member of the country's ruling party. Abdur Razzak, of the Awami League, ...

Popular 'baul' singer Abul Sarkar was recently arrested from a music show on charges of "deliberately" provoking riots or ...

Police clash with Muslim devotees during a protest over an alleged insult to Islam, outside the country’ main Baitul Mukarram Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Friday’s chaos in ...

Sadiq M Alam on religion and spirituality. “One can become cold blooded murderer even in the name of religion, in the name of God and justifying unthinkable crime even holding a holy book of religion.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Protests continued Monday in Bangladesh’s capital to denounce a wave of violence against Hindus following an image posted on social media that was perceived as insulting to ...