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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Topic: Sunni Muslim

Why radical Sunnis have taken to the streets against Shias in Pakistan

In episode 579 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the historical discord between Shias and Sunnis, and why the timing of the latest Sunni protests in Pakistan is odd.

Dear Muslims, Tablighi Jamaat committed a crime against humanity. Don’t defend them

I am not encouraging Islamophobia, it is a prejudice that needs fierce opposition but if this isn’t plain stupidity in the name of Allah, then what is?

Why self-determination for Kashmir would have meant autonomy only for extremists

India knows that the Sunni Muslim demand for autonomy is a danger to the freedoms of smaller minorities, Kashmiri Muslim women and LGBTQ community.

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.

Imran Khan will continue Pakistan’s ‘one step forward, one step back’ approach to Israel

With Pakistan's status as an ideological state fully consolidated, pragmatic ties with Israel and India have become less likely.

Pakistan’s humiliating surrender to Maulana Rizvi will only worsen things

Maulana Rizvi, in his late 60s using a wheelchair, represents the rise of a new and more radical Bralvi sectarian movement.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.