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.
India and Bangladesh should remain alert and remember that Turkey’s increasing role in Dhaka’s defence capabilities goes against India’s security and strategic interests.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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.