Muslims would do better to think about whether the public performance of religion strengthens or weakens secularism—the idea in which they have the highest stake.
BJP says ‘while some detractors attempted to dismiss former MLC N. Ramchander Rao as low-profile choice, those familiar with party’s inner workings recognise his credibility’.
Kolkata cops arrested Panoli from Gurugram over Instagram video in which she made alleged controversial remarks on Prophet. Court has remanded her to judicial custody till 13 June.
The MLA was suspended by BJP and arrested by Telangana police last year over alleged derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad. He was lone winning BJP candidate in 2018 Telangana polls.
Trump’s action in Venezuela is likely to raise questions about the choices that US allies and partners face today, putting even greater stress on the international order.
Govt think tank flags India’s skewed auto export mix, warns domestic focus and high tariffs are limiting its global footprint; also highlights how auto components are a bright spot.
Venezuela also boasts of a diverse portfolio of unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying out surveillance, reconnaissance and being employed for kinetic purposes as well.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
Mr. Bharati does not hedge. His essays command the reader’s attention from the get-go… The way he gets to the heart of any question that stirs his consciousness is staggering. This article of his, too, like many earlier ones, bears testimony to what a fine mind he is. Armed with a deep knowledge of Islam, its history and of the psyche of the faithful, he presents his arguments so logically and with such authenticity that only those not enough knowledgeable or out-and-out intransigent would have the courage to be on at him.
Mr. Bharati does not hedge. His essays command the reader’s attention from the get-go… The way he gets to the heart of any question that stirs his consciousness is staggering. This article of his, too, like many earlier ones, bears testimony to a fine mind that he is. Armed with a deep knowledge of Islam, its history and of the psyche of the faithful, he presents his arguments so logically and with such authenticity that only those not enough knowledgeable or out-and-out intransigent would have the courage to be on at him.
The central question of the article is trite (“Would their theology, ideology, religious discourse, political narrative, and societal restrictions let them wear Ram’s love on the sleeve?”)
The entire faith begins with a repudiation of everything it defines as outside its axioms as low and unworthy (“There is no god but God”, or by implication, “No deity is worthy of worship but God”). It should hardly come as a surprise, then, that anyone who “testifies” to this “truth” must necessarily, as a corollary, not just opt out of, but actively oppose any “respect,” symbolic or otherwise, for any “other.”
Mr. Bharati does not hedge. His essays command the reader’s attention from the get-go… The way he gets to the heart of any question that stirs his consciousness is staggering. This article of his, too, like many earlier ones, bears testimony to what a fine mind he is. Armed with a deep knowledge of Islam, its history and of the psyche of the faithful, he presents his arguments so logically and with such authenticity that only those not enough knowledgeable or out-and-out intransigent would have the courage to be on at him.
Mr. Bharati does not hedge. His essays command the reader’s attention from the get-go… The way he gets to the heart of any question that stirs his consciousness is staggering. This article of his, too, like many earlier ones, bears testimony to a fine mind that he is. Armed with a deep knowledge of Islam, its history and of the psyche of the faithful, he presents his arguments so logically and with such authenticity that only those not enough knowledgeable or out-and-out intransigent would have the courage to be on at him.
The central question of the article is trite (“Would their theology, ideology, religious discourse, political narrative, and societal restrictions let them wear Ram’s love on the sleeve?”)
The entire faith begins with a repudiation of everything it defines as outside its axioms as low and unworthy (“There is no god but God”, or by implication, “No deity is worthy of worship but God”). It should hardly come as a surprise, then, that anyone who “testifies” to this “truth” must necessarily, as a corollary, not just opt out of, but actively oppose any “respect,” symbolic or otherwise, for any “other.”