By Dr Mehzabeen Ibrahim

I had heard about Facebook’s Everyone Draw Mohammed Day, May 20th, several weeks ago, and as a British Muslim, hoped it was some kind of joke.

By Tehmina Kazi

British Muslims for Secular Democracy released a guidance booklet for schools at our “Free Muslims: Autonomy and Creativity” conference this year. The aim was to guide teachers through the maze of religious and cultural issues affecting Muslim pupils (which, admittedly, also leave many Muslims feeling confused at the best of times). We have addressed subjects from forced marriages to sex education, from school dress codes to making allowances for Friday prayers.

By Pinaki Roy in Dhaka

The Sundarbans tiger swallowed Sarbanu Khatun’s husband as he went to the world's largest mangrove forest to collect honey as a means of livelihood.

Sarbanu was left unfed and homeless with four children, virtually living on the embankment by the river. She lost his agricultural land to shrimp breeders.

By Nina de la Preugne

The flow of words stopped suddenly and her voice was replaced by quiet sobs. The thought of her son, who went missing around November in the infamous Manik Farm ‘displacement camp’, always raises uncontrollable emotions in Pavitra. Until a few months ago, she was not too worried. She thought they would be reunited as they left the camp.

On the first anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, Pakistani lawyer, politician and human rights activist Aitzaz Ahsan writes on why the ongoing abuses in Sri Lanka should concern Pakistanis and all South Asians.

By Nadeem F. Paracha

The most convenient understanding of the phenomenon of Pakistani extremists that one hears being echoed from TV studios suggests that young Pakistanis turning into religious fanatics has something to do with illiteracy and unemployment. Though not entirely incorrect, this notion however is a complacent explanation.