Farahnaz Ispahani
Global Fellow @wilsoncenter,Sr Fell, @RFInstitute, Author,Purifying Land of Pure:Pakistan's Relig Min. Fr Mem Pak Parliament,@NDI ASEAN FoRB, Assoc Mem @aseanmp
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Punish Those Responsible for the Sri Lanka Attacks, Not Muslim Minorities
The largest single attack on Sri Lankan soil was not claimed by any extremist group until early Tuesday when ISIS declared responsibility. ISIS has conducted targeted attacks on Easter in the past, so the likelihood that the little-known Sri Lankan...
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Farahnaz Ispahani
My latest piece for the Religious Freedom Institute:
Punish Those Responsible for the #SriLankaAttacks, Not Muslim Minorities
religiousfreedominstitute.org/blog/punish-th… via @RFInstitute #ReligiousMinorities #ReligiousFreedom #faith #terrorism
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Kenyan Journalist Wins 2019 Michael Elliott Award for Coverage of Fight Against Female Genital Mutilation
Dorcas Wangira, who reported on the harm caused by female genital mutilation and the hope offered by five tech-savvy teenage girls, has been named the 2019 winner of the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. A distinguished...
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RT @ICFJ .@UNICEF estimates at least 200 million girls & women have undergone #FGM worldwide, a large % frm Africa. Our 2019 Michael Elliott Award winner @DeWangira examines the challenge of protecting #women from #FGM through tech-savvy solutions
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America Should Stop Supporting The Lavish Life Of Pakistan's Rich
America should stop providing aid to Pakistan, which ends up supporting the country’s rich and powerful. It should let China and Saudi Arabia do it.
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The U.S. Now Ranks As A 'Problematic' Place For Journalists
"Never before have US journalists been subjected to so many death threats," Reporters Without Borders said in its annual World Press Freedom Index. President Trump "exacerbates" problems, it added.
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Can’t remain the world’s greatest democracy without addressing this downward slide.
👉🏽U.S. Downgraded In World Press Freedom Index By Reporters Without Borders : NPR #RSFIndex @RSF_inter @RSF_en #PressFreedom
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Military Veterans Work to Secure Pakistani Churches for Easter Holiday
04/16/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Retired Brigadier Samson Simon Sharaf along with other members of the Veterans of Pakistan …
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Praying for a peaceful #Easter in #Pakistan: Military Veterans Work to Secure Pakistani Churches for Easter Holiday | Persecution
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Pilgrims mark Good Friday in Jerusalem as Passover and Easter converge
Confluence of Christian and Jewish festivals leads to flocks of tourists amid festive atmosphere in the holy city
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Pilgrims mark Good Friday in Jerusalem as Passover and Easter converge | The Times of Israel #EasterWeekend #Passover
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Pakistan : Under the military establishment’s thumb | Reporters without borders
The Pakistani media, which have a long tradition of being very lively, have become a priority target for the country’s “deep state,” a euphemism for the constant maneuvering by the military and military intelligence to subjugate civilians. This...
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#Pakistan ranked 139 by Reporters Without Borders. Title: Under the military establishment’s thumb 👎🏽 #RSF @RSF_inter @RSF_en #journalism #media #mediacensorship #pressfreedom
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Book Review: In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba
Over the last few decades India and Pakistan have often come to the brink of war normally after a terror attack that takes place inside Indian territory that is undertaken by a Pakistan-based jihadi group. For decades the Pakistani deep state has...
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Farahnaz Ispahani
Book Review: @Aparna_Pande reviews @CChristineFair’s new book. In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba southasiaathudson.org/blog/2019/4/16… #LET
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Anxious Times In Pakistan’s Pagan Valley: Rising Islamic Influence Pressures An Ancient People
Members of a pagan community in Pakistan see an existential threat to their ancient culture as influence from the sea of Islam surrounding them encroaches.
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Anxious Times In Pakistan’s Pagan Valley: Rising Islamic Influence Pressures An Ancient People #Kalash
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Parents suffocated girl, 17, with plastic bag for 'wearing short-sleeved top'
Her best friend Shanin Munir (pictured right) played a crucial role in putting the parents behind bars.
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UK: Shafilea Ahmed murdered by parents for 'wearing short-sleeved top' Look out for new documentary ‘When Missing Turns into Murder’.
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Bombing in Quetta
At least 20 people killed, 48 others wounded in suicide bombing at fruit market
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RT @NewsweekPak The death toll in #Quetta suicide bombing has hit 20, with 48 others injured.
A faction of the Pakistani #Taliban has claimed that it, in collaboration with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, is responsible for the attack #LEJ #Pakistan
newsweekpakistan.com/bombing-in-que… …
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Brides of Despair
The kidnapping, conversion and marriage of two Hindu girls in Sindh province forced the Pak govt to act against the scourge. Protecting women and children from religious barbarity could be a long haul
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Must read if you’re following #forcedconversion cases in #Pakistan. @nailainayat writes: Brides of Despair - The New Indian Express newindianexpress.com/magazine/2019/… #sindh
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Raheel Sharif allotted 868-kanal land worth Rs1.35 bn in Lahore
The land along Bedian Road is about 90 acres of which he got 50 acres as a 4-star general and 40 acres as COAS through Border Area Committee
LAHORE: Former chief of army staff General Raheel Sharif...
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#Pakistan can never move forward without the boys going back to the barracks & leaving the ‘bloody civilians’ to run the country. Fmr #Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif allotted 868-kanal land worth Rs1.35 bn in Lahore
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Dalai Lama, 83, hospitalised with chest infection
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was admitted to a New Delhi hospital on ...
Woman jailed in Indonesia for saying call to prayer too loud
Islamic groups criticise blasphemy sentence imposed on ethnic Chinese Buddhist who asked mosque to turn it down
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Farahnaz Ispahani
Woman jailed in #Indonesia for complaining that call to prayer is too loud theguardian.com/world/2018/aug… #blasphemy
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Fact, fiction or journalism?
The description of events since 1977 makes one wonder if integrity and truthfulness are considered at all important
Asia Bibi: Still a 'prisoner' in Pakistan? | DW | 05.04.2019
Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who had spent almost a decade on death row over blasphemy allegations, was acquitted by Pakistan's top court in January. But Bibi is still not a free person, and her whereabouts are unknown.
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Where is Asia Bibi? #Asia Bibi still a ‘prisoner’ in #Pakistan & still under threat from extremists? #AsiaBibi
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'Erasing the poor': Pakistanis feel crunch of rising prices
Pakistan's surging petrol prices have more than halved the income of taxi d...
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Farahnaz Ispahani
'Erasing the poor': Pakistanis feel crunch of rising prices | Article [AMP] | Reuters
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Equality for Women Must Start at Home (Even the Gates Home) — The Wall Street Journal
Unpaid work is the often invisible labor that keeps households running. Everywhere in the world, women do more of it than men
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Melinda Gates: #Equality for #Women Must Start at Home (Even the Gates Home) - The Wall Street Journal
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