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A video purporting to show a Sikh man being detained by a police officer for openly carrying a ceremonial dagger in public has been circulated on social
media. Sikhs are currently legally allowed to carry daggers for religious reasons.
Amrit Dillon says Narendra Modi's vision of a Hindu India has leaped forward with his government's decision to eliminate the special status of
Muslim-majority Kashmir.
A festival in Lebanon has cancelled a concert by an indie rock band "to prevent bloodshed" after calls from church leaders accusing the band of blasphemy and
death threats on social media.
Kim Ghattas says a decision to cancel a concert by Mashrou' Leila is jolting the Lebanese out of their complacency about the withering of their country's
freedoms.
The New York Times
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