Day: November 24, 2015

Reuters reports that angry protesters attacked and occupied a mosque belonging to the minority Ahmadi sect in northeastern Pakistan on Saturday 21 November, a day after they torched a factory in response to rumours an Ahmadi employee had committed blasphemy. The Interior Ministry said police and army had been deployed to the Jehlum district, 164…

On 17th November the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief, in collaboration with Open Doors UK, held a briefing Extremism in Nigeria: A Threat to Regional Security? During the briefing, parliamentarians, media representatives, members of expert organisations as well as members of the public heard from witnesses to Boko Haram’s…