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Thursday, May 21, 2026
TopicShia

Topic: Shia

9 killed in Karachi as pro-Iran mob storms US Consulate over killing of Khamenei

Protests were also reported from Lahore, Skardu and Islamabad after the joint US-Israel strike in Iran.

Trump’s plan for Yemen was also Obama’s plan. Why bombing Houthi targets won’t end Red Sea war

While Trump warned that Houthis rebels 'will be completely annihilated', past US presidents too have ordered attacks. But, bombings have hardly helped in Yemen.

At condolence meet in Delhi for Nasrallah, Iran & Palestine envoys say Hezbollah will ‘rebuild itself’

Condolence meeting for the Hezbollah chief was organised by Shia group Anjuman-e-Haideri in Delhi. Envoys say new leaders will replace those slain, but they won't back down.

‘Closing ring of fire’ — outcry over Iraqi bill that may lower marriage age for girls to 9

Critics say bill will enshrine sectarianism in relationships, give power to clerics, and push Iraq toward religious patriarchy. A blow to women, children's rights, say rights groups.

Bus ambush, riot, blasts at Friday prayers — Pakistan’s bloody history of violence against Shias

Blast at a Shia mosque in Peshawar Friday killed at least 30 people. According to South Asia Terrorism Portal, nearly 2,700 Shias were killed in Pakistan between 2001 & June 2018.

Maulana Kalbe Sadiq — scholar, educational reformer & ‘India’s second Sir Syed’

Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, who urged his community to give the disputed Ayodhya land to Hindus and 'win millions of hearts', died Tuesday at 83.

The Muslims voting for the BJP are richer, more educated and conservative

More Muslims now support the BJP than they did in the last decade.

St Stephen’s College plans to replace philosophy course with theology

If it gets autonomy, Stephen’s will be able to start courses and departments on a self-financing model. The theology course could be a big money-spinner.

On Camera

Norway’s Modi cartoon was not satire. Just colonial laziness

Political satire is indispensable to democracy, racial caricature isn’t. If Europe’s liberal press still cannot tell difference, then decolonisation never happened in their imagination.

Recovery of unclaimed shares, dividends now takes days, not yrs. EAC-PM credits investor watchdog revamp

PM-EAC paper says overhaul of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority system sharply improved processing speed and reduced paperwork for investors.

Dragon’s armour: How Xi reshaped China’s military with theatre commands a decade before India’s push

While India yet to set in motion theaterisation of armed forces, China's military reforms combined China’s Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force aimed at regional dominance & tight political control.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.