Tag: Caste

Pakistan’s first female Christian footballer

March 31, 2015 Pakistan Balochistan, Caste, Football, Karachi, Minorities, Pakistan, Women

Al Jazeera reports on the growing popularity of a young woman from Karachi who, as Pakistan’s first Christian women to play football for her country, is emerging as a voice against religious intolerance. Joyann Geraldine Thomas made her international debut in November 2014 at the age of 17, but the match barely . . . Read More

India minister says no special caste status for Christians

October 27, 2014 India BJP, Caste, Converts, Dalits, Haryana, Maharashtra

Winnowing grain in a Dalit village near Madurai, Tamil Nadu. 2006 photo.Matteo / Flickr / Creative Commons India should not extend government job and education assistance to the country’s poorest Christians, India’s social justice minister, Thavar Chand Gehlot, said this month. For one thing, he said, there are no . . . Read More

Christian party asserts Dalit rights in Indian elections debut

May 12, 2014 India Andhra Pradesh, Caste, Dalits

India’s low-caste citizens are taking a sizable step into politics with a newly formed Christian political party and a campaign dedicated to earning seats in a new state assembly. The election closed on May 12 for the residents of Seemandhra, a new state carved out of India’s southern state of . . . Read More

Bishops arrested at Dalit protest

December 12, 2013 India Caste, Dalits, Delhi, India

Bishops were arrested by police in India during a protest against the discrimination of the Christian Dalit minority. Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi was among those arrested during the protest on 11 December. He and several other bishops were taken to a local police station and later released, reports UCA. . . . Read More

Pakistani Christians angered by ‘sweeper’ comment

July 24, 2013 Pakistan Asia Bibi, Balochistan, Caste, Gilgit, Imran Khan, Joseph Colony, Kasur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Lahore, Pakistan Muslim League, Pakistan Peoples Party, Pashtun, Paul Bhatti, Peshawar, PTI, Punjab, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Sweepers, UN

Pakistani Christians have been angered by a statement by the Chief Minister of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that only “non-Muslims will be recruited as sweepers”. The province, known for short as KPK, borders Afghanistan. Its Chief Minister, Pervez Khattak, who is in former international cricketer Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan . . . Read More

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