A month ago I could report that a ban on Niqab in Denmark, was as close as ever with 6 out 10 Danes supporting such a ban. Now the Danish liberal government and their social democratic opposition have exclaimed that they are ready, in collaboration with other parties from left to right, to push it through.

Last week many of the prominent newspapers (e.g., The Daily Star, 27/09/17) of Bangladesh have covered a survey report of RESOLVE - a Washington based Global Research Network on Conflict - titled “Democracy and Sharia in Bangladesh: Surveying Support”.

Renewed bombing of hospitals in Syria’s six-year civil war by forces loyal to the government of Bashar al-Assad has sparked strong condemnations by human rights groups and despair among local doctors, who have accused the international community of ignoring attacks on medical facilities.

National Assembly of Pakistan adopted a resolution against the atrocities on Rohingya Muslims. The resolution moved by Minister for Law Zahid Hamid strongly condemned violence and grave human rights violations against ‘Rohingya Muslims’ of Myanmar.