Munir Ahmed
Munir Ahmed is an author at Religion News Service.
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Pakistan deploys more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces ahead of Eid al-Fitr
By Munir Ahmed — April 10, 2024
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The country has witnessed a surge in militant attacks in recent years, mostly claimed by Pakistani Taliban and separatists who mainly operate from the southwestern Baluchistan province.
Pakistan hands out cash to Christians who lost homes in rioting over alleged desecration of Quran
By Munir Ahmed and Asim Tanveer — August 22, 2023
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — The government of caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said each household was getting 2 million rupees ($6,800) in compensation on Monday.
Afghan Taliban suspend all activities of Swedish aid groups over burning of Islam’s holy book
By Munir Ahmed — July 13, 2023
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The announcement left a Swedish non-governmental aid group perplexed about the future of its programs in Afghanistan, which provide education and medical facilities to thousands of people across the country.
Muslims across Pakistan hold anti-Sweden protests to denounce burning of Islam’s holy book
By Munir Ahmed — July 10, 2023
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Anger has grown in Muslim countries since last Wednesday when a man, identified in Swedish media as an Iraqi Christian immigrant, burned a Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm on the festival of Eid al-Adha.
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