Wed 15 February 2023: There is no doubt that everyone who has a conscience in the Islamic world or even an iota of humanity within them lived with great sadness and heartbreak last week as we saw the tragic aftermath of the terrible earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria. Tens of thousands were killed or injured […]
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A rescue dog sniffs the debris of a ruined building while search and rescue operations continue on Feb. 9, 2023, in Elbistan, Turkey. – Mehmet Kacmaz/Getty Images Wed 15 February 2023: Trained rescue dogs are helping to find survivors buried underneath layers of concrete and otherwise undetectable. Hours after two huge earthquakes and hundreds of aftershocks struck […]
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Tue 14 February 2023: Govt efforts to ban the BBC documentary drew more attention to it and showed the inefficacy of such measures. If one were to rank the top incident that has marred Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political career, it would be the Gujarat riots of 2002. And a year before India goes to […]
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Mon 13 February 2023: The ongoing ‘anti-encroachment’ drive in J&K against alleged ‘illegal occupation’ of state land looks like an unveiled attempt to create a land bank for ‘outsiders’ What’s wrong with the administration seeking to remove ‘encroachments’ from public land or ‘state land’? Plenty, people say in Jammu and Kashmir, where tehsildars have been […]
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Sun 12 February 2023: There are few tragedies in the world for which the responsibility can be deflected away from politics and human fault. This week’s earthquake in Turkiye and Syria was one of those, and has resulted in a flurry of devastation – over 20,000 deaths so far, destroyed homes, huge infrastructure damage and […]
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Sat 11 February 2023: Though it was clear that Burkina Faso was eventually going to follow in the footsteps of Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR), Ouagadougou’s decision to break military ties with France was not as simple as media sound bites want us to believe. The conventional wisdom is that these countries are walking away […]
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Sat 11 February 2023: A pair of huge earthquakes have struck in Turkey, leaving more than 3,000 people dead and unknown numbers injured or displaced. The first quake, near Gaziantep close to the Syrian border, measured 7.8 in magnitude and was felt as far away as the UK. The second occurred nine hours later, on what appears to be […]
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Siddi children performing Dance Dhamaal in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. Courtesy Sayan Dey, CC BY-SA Sun 05 February 2023: The term Siddi refers to Afro-Indians – Africans who mixed with Indians through marriage and relationships. Africans crossed the Indian Ocean and arrived in India during the 1200s, 1300s and 1400s. They were transported by Islamic invaders and Portuguese colonisers […]
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Thu 02 February 2023: Written over 2,000 years ago, Chinese general and strategist Sun Tzu stated in The Art of War that “Subjugating the enemy’s army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.” This ancient maxim still rings true today and is arguably being put into practise by present-day China. Beijing has been excelling in economic […]
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Mon 30 January 2023: Leader of India’s main opposition party concludes cross-country ‘unity’ march in Kashmir, five months after departing from Tamil Nadu state. New Delhi, India – Hundreds of people on Monday defied the harsh Himalayan cold as they gathered in Srinagar, the largest city in Indian-administered Kashmir, to join opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on […]
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