Many Muslim communities, Shia and Sunni alike, often respond through a religious lens. That lens slips into a tribal thinking, shaped by ideas like the ummah.
All Gulf countries remain fearful of street demonstrations in any shape or form. Protests for Kashmir in Bahrain after Eid prayers led to several arrests.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
This is an apologia, plain and simple. She spots the problem, gives it a sympathetic nod, and quietly moves on.
Every criticism of Muslim tribal thinking is immediately cushioned with ‘I understand these emotions’ or ‘that is a fair concern.’ This is a deliberately constructed both-sides-ism, designed to appear balanced while delivering minimal accountability.
The whole piece is designed to look courageous while making sure nobody gets uncomfortable. Ms. Ansari identifies ummah thinking as the problem but never asks why it persists despite being demonstrably self-destructive. That’s the actual question. Instead she puts on a naqaab of a self-critical Muslim intellectual. It fools no one.
This is an apologia, plain and simple. She spots the problem, gives it a sympathetic nod, and quietly moves on.
Every criticism of Muslim tribal thinking is immediately cushioned with ‘I understand these emotions’ or ‘that is a fair concern.’ This is a deliberately constructed both-sides-ism, designed to appear balanced while delivering minimal accountability.
The whole piece is designed to look courageous while making sure nobody gets uncomfortable. Ms. Ansari identifies ummah thinking as the problem but never asks why it persists despite being demonstrably self-destructive. That’s the actual question. Instead she puts on a naqaab of a self-critical Muslim intellectual. It fools no one.