The India Islamic Cultural Centre found it appropriate to honour a leader of Hezbollah—which is officially designated as a terrorist organisation even by several Arab countries.
The patron-client relationship between Hindu liberals and Muslim communalists is the greatest impediment to the secularisation, mainstreaming, and progress of Muslims.
Ashraaf leaders seem indifferent to the concerns of Pasmanda Muslims. Instead, they exploit this marginalised group for electoral gains, trapping them in a narrative of perpetual victimhood.
UCC doesn't only regulate or reform women’s rights, it can be a significant tool to prevent further marginalisation of the marginalised within minority communities.
To better integrate Indian Muslims, the totem of separatism, Muslim Personal Law, needs radical reform. And the process must begin with an overhaul of AMU’s power structure.
Those associated with the Darul Uloom Deoband and the Taliban may not have any direct links but their ideological and historical linkages cannot be ruled out.
The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
The Palestinian cause resonates deeply throughout the Islamic world. The rulers are caught in a bind. They have important relationships with the United States, but are also mindful of the street mood. More so after Arab Spring. Prince MbS had given a very bullish interview about Saudi normalisation with Israel just before 7th October. Now informed the Shura Council that diplomatic relations cannot be established without creation of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The Palestinian cause resonates deeply throughout the Islamic world. The rulers are caught in a bind. They have important relationships with the United States, but are also mindful of the street mood. More so after Arab Spring. Prince MbS had given a very bullish interview about Saudi normalisation with Israel just before 7th October. Now informed the Shura Council that diplomatic relations cannot be established without creation of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.