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If the Indian madrassas could reorient themselves, it may silence their critics besides influencing the government to support these initiatives. The first institute of Islamic Madrassa education was at the estate of…
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Joe Biden’s win will have a definite impact on America’s relationship with other countries across the globe. Twenty years after the nail biting Bush-Al Gore electoral fight in 2000, the recent Trump-Biden presidential…
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A recent survey of Arabs has brought out some revealing changes and ideas endorsed by the young Arab population. A recent 2019-2020 Arab Opinion survey conducted by Doha-based Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies…
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The French attacks on Islam and its Prophet are nothing new, we only have to peep a little bit into the past, to find the roots of this hatred. The recent storm over the inflammatory statements against the Holy prophet…
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The Forum stressed on the importance of role, which could be played by religious leaders in resolving many global issues. Attracting an extraordinary assembly of diverse representatives from world’s religious and…
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This was the first time that he was able to see the most sacred and holy places in the Islamic world by his own eyes Enduring almost an year of agony, mental and physical stress for me and my kids taking care of my…
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The expat Indians wherever they live, constitute a big pressure group in their host country British Indians (also Indian British people or Indian Britons) are citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots…
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This also is a pointer to the plans of the ruling party on how to capitalise on the victory and make most capital out of it The number of devotees thronging Ayodhya, to have a glimpse of the old Ram temple at the…
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One election in which deception has made a considerable role is the British general elections The exponential growth of Social Media in the recent years, with every person becoming a photographer or a journalist or a…
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BJP had promised in its 2014 election manifesto to provide a natural home for persecuted Hindu refugees Just in two days the protests against The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 have spread to many cities in the…
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The word Azaadi was first used by Lokmanya Tilak who gave us the slogan, 'Freedom is my birth right' Azaadi has become a dirty word these days, whereas it has always been regarded as the most sacred tenet of human…
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Lastly, though ill timed but the protests have also bought another lesson for the Muslim community The events of the past 12 days against the CAA-NRC have given a new narrative to the CAA-NRC protests, coupled with most…
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The first NPR was conducted along with the census and thus no one was against it It seems the ruling class in India is trying to teach the public, the rudimentary alphabets. For it first comes the CAA then NRC then NPR…
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One lies awake feeling a sense of impotent rage, wondering to what state the country has come to One has lost the count of sleepless nights spent since 15 Dec when the ‘police action’ against Jamia students started a…
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It is true that world’s 1.75 billion Muslims can’t see Dr Mahathir as their leader, due to historical linkages The fifth edition of an annual gathering of Muslim leaders from across the world was hosted by Malaysia from…
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For Iran, the killing represents more than just the loss of a battlefield commander The targeted killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, could draw forceful Iranian retaliation against…
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Shaheen Bagh women have presented a model of Gandhian Satyagraha in practice Shaheen is a Persian origin word in Urdu, referring specifically to the Barbary falcon In Persian, Shaheen literally means ‘majestic’ or ‘like…
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The on-going protests against the CAA-NRC-NPR trio have entered 36th day now The only face off seems to change the retrospective date for the NRC and instead set a current date for new citizens being born in India e.g…
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