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As the world faces resurgent questions of polarization along political, religious, ethnic and economic lines in several countries and regions, the United Nations has reminded the international community that mutual respect for different faiths and cultures...

In Pakistan, the provincial Punjab Assembly passed a landmark legislation last week, criminalizing all forms of violence against women. A few days later, the Council of Islamic Ideology, a federal advisory body, ruled the law as...

The year 2015 has been one of the worst in recent history for women and children.There seems to be no end to their travails in conflict-ridden regions and insurgency-hit countries. Women, belonging to both majority and...

The horrific terror attacks in Paris sent shock waves all around last Friday, as ISIS claimed the killing of 129 people, prompting widespread international condemnation and outpouring of support for the French. Along with other ghastly...

As a passionate human being, Malala Yousafzai knows intimately the value of life since she literally escaped the icy stranglehold of death in 2012 after a Taliban attack. As a pragmatic rights activist, the teenaged Nobel...

Over the past few months, the world has been following painful stories of Syrian refugees dying in their desperate rush for migration to Europe. But Americans of Pakistani and Indian descent have also been deeply troubled...