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By Jeffrey Gettleman His country nearly went to war with a neighbouring enemy six and a half times its size. Militants lurk in religious schools and in the countryside. And with inflation

By Mehmal Sarfraz The first phase of the Indian elections is over. These elections and their results are being viewed with a lot of interest in Pakistan. Earlier this week, the prime

By Abu Eesa Niamatullah One would agree that from the most unfortunate things possible is to be the rightful recipient of some good news – a present maybe, a gift of money,

By Mansoor Alam In determining how the Qur’an establishes criteria for human development, we can begin by exploring verse 1 of Surah Al-Mulk (67:1). “Blessed be He in whose hands is Dominion;

By Rachel Harris Ten years ago, I started researching Islam among the Uighurs. I spent my summers travelling around the Xinjiang region in western China. I took long bus journeys through the

By Shiv Visvanathan Manifestoes are acts of communication. They seek to inspire with rhetoric. When the BharatiyaJanata Party’s manifesto was released, I was not sure if the party was trying to communicate

By Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee On April 8, a 68-year-old Muslim man, Shaukat Ali, was attacked by a mob in the Biswanath district of Assam and allegedly forced to consume pork. Ali was

By Bharat Bhushan As voters in 20 states prepare to cast their ballots for 91 LokSabha seats in the first of seven phases of the general election on April 11, Prime Minister

By Prabhat Patnaik I propose to go back in this piece to the Indian air force’s strikes against the terrorist camps at Balakot in Pakistan some weeks ago. My concern here is

By Sanjeev Ahluwalia We are far from junking top down, paternalistic, big man rule. Regional political leaders are no different in their preferred style of governance. The pre-election media blitzkrieg — paid