Live Breaking News & Updates on Southeast Asian Muslim|Page 5

Appeasement of right-wing
Pakistan has witnessed an unprecedented surge in Islamic extremism and religious fanaticism in the past decade. Islamist groups, including the Taliban, have repeatedly targeted religious minorities in the country to impose their strict Shariah, or Islamic law, on people.
Baseer Naveed, a human rights activist, says that Ahmadis continue to be persecuted and attacked in Pakistan with the full backing of the state.
The government wants to appease Muslim fundamentalists and right-wing parties. We see that the Pakistani state continues with its policy of hatred towards religious minorities, which embolden fundamentalists, Naveed told DW.
Safdar also suggested the government should rename the Islamabad-based Quaid-i-Azam University s Dr. Abdus Salam Physics Department. ....

City Of , United Kingdom , Steven Weinberg , Nawaz Sharif , Ahsan Iqbal , Sheldon Glashow , Mashal Khan Getty , Benazir Bhutto , Ghulam Ahmad , Baseer Naveed , Haq Islamist , Muhammad Safdar , Bakhtawar Zardari , Abdus Salam , Mahmood Javed Bhatti , Amin Mughal , Asma Jahangir , Abdus Salam Physics Department , Milli Muslim League , National Assembly , Quaidi Azam University Dr , Muslim League , South Asian , Panama Papers , Messiah Ghulam Ahmad , Ali Bhutto ,