Category: Opinion

Thu 25 Apr 2019: Anxiety among Muslims, who form 14 percent of India’s population but barely constitute four percent of its parliament. As India conducts the biggest democratic exercise in the world, its Muslim minority has little to cheer amid their increasing electoral marginalisation. In the lower house of the outgoing parliament known as Lok […]

Wed 24 Apr 2019: Global terror groups are relying on the power of online networks to drive discussions and shape opinions – often without any inkling of their real motives. Last year, Facebook’s failure to combat violence-filled content came into sharp focus in Sri Lanka, when extremist Buddhist monks used many Sinhalese-language Facebook groups to […]

Tue 23 Apr 2019: Nearly three hundred people died in Sri Lanka after bomb attacks on three churches and some hotels were simultaneously carried out. It is difficult to make a definite conclusion on the causes of the attacks, as there is no organization that has claimed them. However, it can be ascertained that the […]

Sat 20 Apr 2019: Billionaire Ray Dalio, manager of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater, recently shocked the world when he announced that “capitalism is failing” and that a “revolution” is coming. There is no denying that global inequality is at unsustainable levels, and that interest-based economies are no longer fit for purpose (in many […]

Sat 20 Apr 2019: If the U.S. continues to threaten Turkey over its S-400 purchase and some sanctions, Turkey will continue to respond in kind and maybe get the offer that it wants from Iran Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif paid an official visit to Ankara this week. Just a day before this visit, Zarif […]

Fri 19 Apr 2019: For several months now, the Syrian issue has witnessed a political and military stalemate. The Idlib front has been the same since last September’s Sochi agreement between Russia and Turkey. Russia is unable to violate its terms, as this would affect several other issues, especially since Moscow seems to need Ankara […]

Tue 16 Apr 2019: President Sisi blocked access to opposition websites, introduced draconian penalties and vowed to punish journalists ahead of vote s the world watches the peaceful revolution that is changing Sudan in awe and amazement, it is clear that in Egypt, Sudan’s neighbour to the north, Sisi is getting nervous. On the same […]

Mon 15 Apr 2019: As Sudan celebrates the overthrow of long-ruling dictator Omar Bashir, protesters have been cautiously aware of the dangerous future they might face if they allowed the old-regime-related old figures to maintain power. On Thursday, the world woke up on the news that Sudan’s military has overthrown Al Bashir was taken under house […]

Sun 14 Apr 2019: DUBAI/TUNIS (Reuters) – The armed forces of Algeria and Sudan, which pushed out the long-serving rulers of those countries after mass protests, are following a script that has failed millions of Arabs since the 2011 uprisings. Those “Arab Spring” upheavals raised hopes of political and economic reforms in countries such as […]

Sun 14 Apr 2019: Battered by decades of communal violence and now the rise of right-wing Hindu supremacy, the 2019 general election offers some hope to India’s largest religious minority. UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA –– When Mohammad Saleem went to cast his vote in Thursday’s general election, the idea was to bring in New Delhi a federal […]