Religious Violence
About Religious Violence
Religious violence is a term that covers phenomena where religion is either the subject or the object of violent behavior. Religious violence is violence that is motivated by, or in reaction to, religious precepts, texts, or doctrines of a target or attacker.
India Canada tensions: Hip-hop stars hit by row over Sikh separatism
... Many also used music to spotlight political issues, highlight their identity and bemoan Religious Violence...
Pakistan: More than 100 arrested after churches burned
... Religion-fuelled violence in Pakistan has risen since the country made blasphemy punishable by death, as it " bolsters violent behaviour, " Iftekharul Bashar, a researcher at the think-tank RSIS who focuses on political and Religious Violence in South Asia, told the BBC...
The surprising violence in multicultural Leicester
... Firstly, there was the into two independent dominions - India and Pakistan - which saw the eruption of deadly Religious Violence, and left between 10-12 million people displaced...
How bulldozers became a vehicle of injustice in India
... " Following the prime minister s remarks, bulldozers have been used in the aftermath of Religious Violence earlier in the year in the state of Madhya Pradesh and in the capital, Delhi, disproportionately targeting Muslims by destroying their homes, shops and small businesses...
Prayagraj: 'You didn't just demolish a house - you broke a family'
... They were the latest in a series of demolitions of Muslim-owned houses carried out by Uttar Pradesh and some other BJP-ruled states in the aftermath of Religious Violence...
Siblings reunited 75 years after India Partition
... Nearly 12 million people became refugees and between half a million and a million people were killed in Religious Violence...
Sri Lanka: The divisions behind the country's united protests
... He hopes massive anti-government protests - fuelled by the country s worst ever economic crisis - can mark a turning point in the decades of ethnic and Religious Violence that have scarred so many communities across Sri Lanka...
Indian activists who helped change the face of modern Britain
... Religious ViolenceIn August 1947 India won its independence from the British and split into two states, forcing millions of people to leave their homes creating tensions and divisions across the region...
