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Who are these “militants”?

Why is the English mainstream media so scared of calling terrorists for what they are – instead of the silly label – “militants”? Is this not an insult to our brave officers and soldiers who day in...

Links and extracts for weekend reading

Irfan Husain on how the intelligentsia in Pakistan�is blissfully unaware (or indifferent) to the threat from Taliban Saurav Basu on Amir Khusro and the myth of composite culture and Kapil Sibal on�how the ‘NDA...

“Samay” hout balwaan

How many of you have heard the story of great warrior Arjun suffering an ignominious defeat at the hands of a gang of marauders*? I had a vague recollection of it but when someone...

When is it OK to shut down a place of worship?

Apparently, when it becomes a training ground for Jihad. Chinese authorities have…closed down 41 “illegal” places of worship (in the Muslim dominated Xinjiang province). These places of worship were used as training ground for...

This is funny…

Mufti Abdul Rehman Al Rehmani, head of Darul Ifta wa Al-Qazzath of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JD) Pakistan: if…Indian Muslims…comply with Indian law, then the coming generations of Muslims in India will be involved in Hindu...