The battle lines are drawn. Europe ignores human rights concerns and finalizes "the trade deals of all trade deals with China," US and UK try to resist.
by Ruth Ingram
While the democratic world pontificates over sanctions against the behemoth, and Europe finalizes trade deals with the CCP that will inevitably muzzle every dissenting voice, Uyghur activists are urging the world not to forget that these are life and death decisions. At this very moment, Uyghurs are being rounded up, enslaved, killed, sterilized, raped, and crushed with surveillance so pervasive that every aspect of their lives is public property.
The Samadhi of Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj, the most sacred place for the Advait Mat movement, was destroyed by supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam.
by Massimo Introvigne
Advait Mat, or Paramhans Advait Mat, is an important Hindu religious movement functioning as a network of some 1,500 ashrams, both in India and internationally. Its most sacred shrine is the Samadhi of Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj in the village of Teri, in what was once called the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan and now is known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There, the founder of the tradition, Sri Paramhans Swami Advaitanand Ji Maraji (1846–1919), died on July 9, 1919. He was not cremated, but buried in Teri.
A shrine was erected around his grave, and became a popular pilgrimage site, which was partially demolished after Partition and finally dismantled in 1997. Later, the area was occupied by a local influential Muslim cleric called Mufti Iftikharuddin.
