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By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay In almost three weeks since the BJP withdrew from its atypical alliance with the People’s Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir leading to the imposition of Governor’s Rule in

By Faisal Fareed The All India Muslim Personal Law Board’s decision to establish a sharia court in every district of the country has drawn wide criticism, and strong condemnation from the Bharatiya

By Murtaza Solangi With pundits predicting another National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz will return to Pakistan to go behind bars today. What is in it for

By Dr Khursheed Ahmad Wani and Dr. S.M. Zuber Of all the sacred scriptures, the Holy Quran is the ultimate guiding principle for muslims and to understand it one requires exegesis, known

By Zafar Mehdi That the U.S. has miserably lost the plot in the war-ravaged country is no secret, but to come back after 17 long years of fighting and talk about peace

By AYUB A. HAMID The significance of Hajj as a pillar of Islam is quite evident from the reward this act of worship brings to its performer. As has been reported from

By Todd Green Before the Supreme Court ruled last week that President Trump’s executive order banning travel to the U.S. by citizens from majority-Muslim nations was not discriminatorily aimed at Muslims, the

By Dr Abdel rahman Elashry If we were to tally the top forsaken acts of worship, perhaps the following would be at the top of the list; the act of contemplation and

By Hannah Beech Adul Sam-on, 14, has never been a stranger to peril.At age 6, Adul had already escaped a territory in Myanmar known for guerrilla warfare, opium cultivation and methamphetamine trafficking.

By SEEMA MUSTAFA & VENKATESH KESARI There is probably not an unhappier politician today than Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who is sending out all the signals of a man trapped in