A man from Switzerland was arrested along with more than a dozen locals in military-ruled Myanmar for allegedly insulting Buddhism, according to reports by state media on August 19th.
Swiss national arrested in military-ruled Myanmar for allegedly insulting Buddhism in filmhttps://t.co/4iVRmUeMfD
A Muslim mob attacked a Christian community in eastern Pakistan after some members were accused of desecrating the Quran, resulting in churches, homes, and even a cemetery being vandalized and set on fire.
A Muslim woman and her daughter in Australia provoked anger among Hindus after a video of them dumping a used menstrual pad that reeks of urine on a Hindu religious statue went viral on social media.
The now-viral video was uploaded on TikTok by @eshana_autar and was also shared on X (previously known as Twitter), YouTube, and other social media platforms. In the footage, two Muslim women living in Sydney wearing burqas were seen putting a used menstrual pad and wet tissues on the religious statue of their Hindu neighbor, who installed security cameras near the statue.
As the Barbie movie, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, receives critical acclaim for its themes such as women empowerment and existential crisis, the highly-anticipated fantasy comedy film is being banned in many Arab and Muslim-majority countries.
So far Algeria, Lebanon and Kuwait have all banned the new “Barbie” movie, stating that the film promotes homosexuality. https://t.co/vZP2NGF9X9
Media outlets and social media platforms operating in Iraq may no longer be able to use the word “homosexuality” in the future, as the Arab country plans to penalize the use of this term and instead recommends using the phrase “sexual deviance.”
Muslims in Canada are planning to organize a “Million Person March” in the capital city, Ottawa, to protest what they see as "LGBT Ideology" being pushed in Canadian schools.
A mob of far-right Hindu nationalists stormed a mosque in the suburb of the Indian capital, New Delhi, setting it on fire and brutally murdering a deputy imam just hours after violence between Hindus and Muslims broke out in a nearby district.
Think before you click, as the saying goes, when doing something online. It’s always best to be mindful when sending messages to someone on the Internet, especially if you’re sending heart emojis to girls in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, or you might end up in jail.
You read that right. Sending a heart emoji to a girl on WhatsApp or any other social networking site in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia is now considered a crime of inciting debauchery and harassment, punishable by law.
Just weeks after it was featured by a right-wing, anti-LGBTQIA+ Christian YouTuber, a pro-LGBTQIA+ church in Plano, Texas, was set on fire on July 23rd.
Pro-LGBTQ+ church set on fire following video of visit by right-wing YouTuberhttps://t.co/se4feEdPHS
Health authorities in northern Iran released a new edict, ordering that women who don’t wear their hijab correctly or have no headscarf should be denied healthcare. This sparked strong reactions among Iranian netizens and prominent Iranian figures and activists.
The circulation of a letter to hospitals requiring strict hijab for medical services in northern Iran has sparked strong public reactions.https://t.co/n86skF65i6
