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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicShia Muslim

Topic: Shia Muslim

Pakistan is playing a dangerous sectarian game. Anti-Shia extremism is gaining ground

Iran aims to transcend sectarian divides. This approach could put pressure on Pakistan’s long-held goal of being seen as a leader for Muslim interests.

‘Clear discrimination’ — what’s the Ibadat Khana case & what Telangana HC has said now

Court upheld Akhbari Shia women's right to pray in Hyderabad Ibadat Khana, where bar on performing majlis, jashans etc applied to Akhbari Shia women but not women of Usuli sect.

Why Pakistan’s Shias are disappearing and going into ‘small, dark cells’

Between 120 and 160 Pakistani Shias were 'detained' and reported 'missing' in the past several years. Many were taken away on their return from Iran, Iraq or Syria.

How an IS attack on a Kuwait mosque brought Delhi’s Shias & Sunnis together in namaz

Just this Wednesday, Shias and Sunnis came together at a Delhi mosque as the world celebrated Eid, continuing a practice started in 2015.

On Camera

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.