“My mother has been asking me about detention centers,” my friend recently told me on the phone. “She has been very worried.”My first reaction was shame. She is Muslim and I am Hindu. That never meant anything to us when we first met, studied together and hung out in New York. When her mother came…
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Opinion|COVID-19: The Danger Of Sectioning Off Humanity Into ‘Races’ And ‘Worlds’
All of us are trying to adjust to the unforeseen changes brought about by the onset of COVID-19. The transition to the virtual world has not been a cakewalk for everyone. Several people, particularly of my parents’ generation, are not technology friendly but are now having to adapt to talking with friends and family via…
Read moreExhausted Migrants Fell Asleep On Tracks, crushed to death by goods train in India
At least 14 exhausted migrant workers going home due to virus curbs run over by train while they were sleeping on the tracks on Friday morning in Maharashtra state’s Aurangabad district, the railway ministry and media said. Tens of thousands of people have been walking home from India’s key cities after losing their jobs because…
Read moreToday marks the 221th death anniversary of Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Sahab, also known as Tipu Sultan
“To live like a TIGER for a day is far better than to live like a jackal for a hundred years.” – Tipu Sultan Today marks the 221th death anniversary of Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Tipu, better known as Tipu Sultan the Muslim warrior-king of Mysore, who died fighting the British today, May 4th 1799….
Read morePakistan and the Question of Recognizing Israel
In the first decade of the twentieth century, the British Empire faced several challenges from the restless native population in the respective colonies. In order to restore British influence and national interest, Great Britain launched the Balfour declaration on the land of Palestine, from the day Israel first acted as an outpost at Muslim heartland…
Read moreOPINION: Lockdown extension will lead to food riots, large-scale civil disorder
I read the article of Nida Usman Chaudhry titled ‘Vilifying lockdown is a move by the govt to cover up its incompetence’, published in Pakistani portal Naya Daur, and beg to disagree with the writer. Nida was strongly critical of the statement of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan ”Elite ne faisla kar liya saare mulk…
Read moreHere Is The Full Text Of USCIRF Report On Religious Freedom In India
In 2019, religious freedom conditions in India experienced a drastic turn downward, with religious minorities under increasing assault. Following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) re-election in May, the national government used its strengthened parliamentary majority to institute national level policies violating religious freedom across India, especially for Muslims. The national government allowed violence against minorities…
Read moreOpinion: COVID-19 in India: Moving from containment to mitigation
In late December 2019, a cluster of cases with pneumonia of unidentified aetiology was reported in Wuhan city, Hubei province of People’s Republic of China. This was soon identified to be caused by a novel strain of coronavirus which was named as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease caused by it…
Read moreRamadan: Holy Month Of Fasting, Prayer And Charity, Safe Practices During Coronavirus Crisis
The clock tower in Makkah turned Green to welcome the Holy month of Ramadan. The crescent moon has been sighted in Saudi Arabia so the first day of Ramadan is today in Arab countries. In India, the crescent moon, too, has been sighted today, so the first day of Ramadan will be tomorrow and and…
Read moreWorld Health Organization Post Covid-19: The tangled web of Legitimacy (Crisis) and (Post) Neutrality
The World Health Organisation(WHO) is currently facing an image problem. We all are aware about the existence of WHO but very few have any idea about what it does. Is it a world medical association,a transnational health body or a source for technical medical reports with an overview ofbureaucracy. According to the organisation’s constitution drafted…
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