Indian Muslims Need to Wake up and Resolve to Play Their Role as One
Sectarianists or the secularists whoever among the hoard wins this election, the result, alas! will have no bearing on incidents like Hashimpura and Muzaffarnagar. Muslims as it seems are content flowing adrift with the...
Lynching of Mashal Khan: Roots of Rage
How does one move on with all this deep, searing pain over the mob lynching of a body that bore a beautiful heart and a precious mind? And with our senses still reeling, we...
B’tselem: Hour Away from Tel Aviv, Gaza Lives without Electricity
B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories published a grim report regarding Gaza’s protracted electricity problem. The Gaza Strip suffers from major power outages worsening the coastal enclave’s already...
History and Nature of Ayodhya Dispute
In a surprise development, the Supreme Court of India on 21st March 2017 urged the rival parties in the Ram Janamabhoomi – Babri Masjid (RJBM) case to negotiate and resolve the dispute in a...
Pakistan’s outdated blasphemy laws are not fit for the 21st century
Pakistan's outdated blasphemy laws are not fit for the 21st century
Parveen Akhtar, Aston University
A recent escalation of violence in Pakistan inspired by reports of blasphemy online has highlighted the need for the country’s restrictive...
Jakarta governor election results in a victory for prejudice over pluralism
Jakarta governor election results in a victory for prejudice over pluralism
Alexander R Arifianto, Nanyang Technological University
The long, divisive campaign for governorship of Indonesia’s capital city Jakarta is finally over, with unofficial results showing a...
Hit by pellets while recovering from bullet injuries: How Ashraf Wani’s life was crippled...
In July 2016, the encounter of Burhan Wani saw Kashmir valley erupt in protests. Over the next few months, security forces shot dead over 100 civilians and left over a thousand injured during protests...
Cow Politics Part 1: Why does it work in India?
If you take the opinion of hundred Indians regarding beef and cow slaughter, you would get diverse reactions. Some would fully support consumption of beef, some would oppose killing of any animal, some would...
Blasts at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Sufi shrine kill over 70, ISIS takes responsibility
Over 72 people have been declared dead and 150+ injured in the deadly blasts that took place today at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Sufi Shrine at Sehwan town of Sindh. Police authorities have confirmed that,...
Suicide Bombing at Pakistani Court, 14 reported dead
A suicide bomber attacked the court premises in Mardan town of Pakistan, killing 14 people and wounding at least 58 people. Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, an affiliate of Taliban in Pakistan has claimed responsibility for this attack. As...