religious minorities

India or Pakistan?

The post argues India is now a Hindu democracy in all but name, expects the BJP government to end minority-targeted affirmative action and curb conversion, and compares this with ethnic…

Brown Pundits Archive15 June 20140 comments
The real difference between Pak and Bangla

The poster contrasts Pakistan, where blasphemy accused lack police and legal protection, with Awami League-ruled Bangladesh after a mob attacked Hindu homes and a temple. It predicts both countries will…

Brown Pundits Archive6 May 20140 comments
Death for “blasphemous SMS”

A report that a Pakistani court has sentenced a Christian couple to death over a blasphemous text message. The poster asks why the wife is implicated and fears minorities will…

Brown Pundits Archive5 April 20140 comments
Tulsi Gabbard: defender of the faith

The poster salutes Tulsi Gabbard for defending Hindus, alongside a report that US commission witnesses warned a BJP government would harm India’s religious minorities.

Brown Pundits Archive5 April 20141 comment
Sawan Masih: judicial murder

A report that Sawan Masih was sentenced to death for blasphemy. The poster calls it judicial murder, opposes capital punishment, and fears the Taliban are warning judges.

Brown Pundits Archive28 March 20140 comments
Religion gets in the way of human rights

A report on the Bheel community’s burial practice, with the poster arguing that religion should shield the afflicted rather than harm the powerless, and asking why the community does not…

Brown Pundits Archive7 March 20140 comments
In Burma, of Burma, but not Burmese…yet

Reading a New York Times report on Burma, the author argues the persecution of the Rohingya is not driven by religion alone, since many Burmese Muslims are of mixed descent,…

Brown Pundits Archive3 March 20144 comments
Appeal for personal law reform…in Pakistan

A report on a Christian man’s challenge in the Lahore High Court to the 1869 Divorce Act, with the poster blaming faux liberals and conservatives alike and colonial legacies.

Brown Pundits Archive28 February 20140 comments