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Based on 10 verified sources covering Thailand, Myanmar:

More than 450,000 pilgrims visit Madhu shrine for 15 August Most Catholics gathered at the site for vespers on Saturday, a day before. [1]

NEW YORK—Top US Democrats condemned immigration authorities Thursday after a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar was found dead following his release from detention, piling pressure on President Donald Trump’s hardline policies. (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]

COLOMBO/KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka—Sri Lankan police raided the headquarters of a hardline Islamist group founded by the suspected ringleader behind the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels, a Reuters witness said, as Sunday mass was cancelled d... [3]

COLOMBO—Muslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home on Friday and not attend mosques or churches after the State Intelligence Services warned of possible car bomb attacks, amid fears of retaliatory violence for the Easter Sunday bombings. [4]

WELIWERIYA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic church accused the military on Wednesday of shooting unarmed protesters and desecrating a church by entering it with weapons and attacking people who sought refuge during a violent crackdown on a dem... [5]

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri could not have done a greater disservice to the Muslims of Myanmar when, in early September, he claimed that he was going to “raise the flag of jihad,” or holy war, across South Asia. [6]

SYDNEY -- Matt Quinn was once a youth leader with a passion for tackling injustice -- an unlikely candidate, perhaps, to form a white supremacist gang. [7]

MULTAN, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD — Pakistani militant Asim Umar has been handed a very tough job. [8]

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[1] MM asianews.it · 85% match

More than 450,000 pilgrims visit Madhu shrine for 15 August

More than 450,000 pilgrims visit Madhu shrine for 15 August Most Catholics gathered at the site for vespers on Saturday, a day before.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2026-02-27 · 31% match

US Immigration Agents Criticized Over Myanmar Refugee’s Death

NEW YORK—Top US Democrats condemned immigration authorities Thursday after a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar was found dead following his release from detention, piling pressure on President Donald Trump’s hardline policies.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-04-29 · 40% match

Sri Lanka Raids Headquarters of Hardline Islamist Group Suspected in Church Bombings

COLOMBO/KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka—Sri Lankan police raided the headquarters of a hardline Islamist group founded by the suspected ringleader behind the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels, a Reuters witness said, as Sunday mass was cancelled d

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-04-26 · 40% match

Sri Lankans Urged to Avoid Mosques, Churches Amid Fears of More Attacks

COLOMBO—Muslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home on Friday and not attend mosques or churches after the State Intelligence Services warned of possible car bomb attacks, amid fears of retaliatory violence for the Easter Sunday bombings.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-08-08 · 40% match

Church Says Sri Lankan Military Killed Protesters

WELIWERIYA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic church accused the military on Wednesday of shooting unarmed protesters and desecrating a church by entering it with weapons and attacking people who sought refuge during a violent crackdown on a dem

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-10-13 · 37% match

The Muslims of Myanmar

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri could not have done a greater disservice to the Muslims of Myanmar when, in early September, he claimed that he was going to “raise the flag of jihad,” or holy war, across South Asia.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-03-15 · 36% match

Two years after Christchurch shooting, far-right haunts Australia

SYDNEY -- Matt Quinn was once a youth leader with a passion for tackling injustice -- an unlikely candidate, perhaps, to form a white supremacist gang.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-09-11 · 36% match

Al-Qaeda’s Shadowy New ‘Emir’ in South Asia Handed Tough Job

MULTAN, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD — Pakistani militant Asim Umar has been handed a very tough job.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-01-23 · 35% match

Novelist's hard-boiled fiction reflects his life as a top Karachi cop

KARACHI -- There are two Omar Shahid Hamids. Police disperse a rally in downtown Karachi. The city has been plagued by violence and corruption, setting the scene for superintendent Omar Shahid Hamid's widely read crime novels.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-10-01 · 33% match

Exiled Uyghur leader predicts UN debate on Xinjiang next year

InterviewExiled Uyghur leader predicts UN debate on Xinjiang next year OHCHR report awakens previously silent countries, says Dolkun Isa Dolkun Isa, the leader of the World Uyghur Congress, spoke to Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on Sept. 29.

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