Madeeha Anwar is a multimedia journalist with Voice of America's Extremism Watch Desk in Washington where she primarily focuses on extremism in the South Asia region.
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While IS brutalized all people under its rule, the terror group particularly targeted non-Muslim religious minorities in areas it controlled in Syria and Iraq
Muslims, other minorities trace the growing violence to the government of Narendra Modi and Hindutva
Abdul Rehman Makki was taken into custody in Punjab province on charges of inciting hatred and using defamatory language against authorities
Court also said Nadia and Asia, are adults and free to make informed decisions for themselves according to Pakistani law
Courts' two-year term ended Sunday and government reportedly is considering two-year extension, arguing they have been effective in prosecuting terror suspects
Growing radicalization among youth and intolerance toward people of other religions has many concerned about long-term consequences of trend
Decision follows push by France and India to declare JeM leader Masood Azhar a terrorist and freeze his assets
India blames Jaish-e-Muhammad for suicide attack in Indian-administered Kashmir this month that killed about 40 Indian paramilitary troops
Pashtuns have long felt neglected and wrongly targeted in Pakistan by the government; the most recent target was activist and teacher Arman Luni
Khadim Rizvi is founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a religious group-turned political party with extreme views on country's blasphemy law
What strings come with billions of dollars in financial aid for Pakistan?
No one has claimed responsibility for knife attack that killed Maulana Sami-ul-Haq in his home in Rawalpindi on Friday
US officials complain ending the ban against JuD and FIF hurts Pakistan's campaign against terror
Pakistan was placed on the global financial watchdog’s gray list in June over its alleged failure to comply with the group’s guidelines to crack down on terror financing
Asia Bibi was accused of committing blasphemy and using defamatory language about Islam's Prophet Muhammad in 2009 when she got into an argument with some Muslim women while working in a field in Punjab province
Ahmadis consider themselves Muslims, but Pakistan's constitution does not recognize them as Muslims
Atif Mian, 43, from Pakistan's Ahmadi religious community, was chosen for 18-member panel but government gave in to pressure from religious and Islamist parties
Geert Wilders, member of Dutch Party of Freedom, second-largest political party in Netherlands, announced his decision in written statement
Protest comes in aftermath of Dutch lawmaker's announcement of cartoon contest centered on Islam's Prophet Muhammad
Team from Asia Pacific Group was in Islamabad this past week to monitor Pakistan’s progress after the country was placed on FATF’s gray list in June
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