Does Religion Matter? Communal Violence in India

Shared by Ram Puniyani Posted by Zaheerul Hassan The carnage or to put it more precisely the anti Muslim violence in Delhi (February-March 2020) has shaken us all. Analysts are burning midnight oil yet again to understand the deeper causative factors of the same. One of the neglected aspects of analysis of communal violence has been the one related to prevalent factor of Caste in Indian society. Caste is in ...

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Coronavirus Pandemic: ‘Prevention is Better than Cure’

By Sajjad Shaukat Coronavirus pandemic also named as COVID-19 which is, rapidly, spreading across the world has killed more than 22,000 people and infected over 510,000 people despite lockdowns in many countries, especially Western states, putting over 1.3 billion in self-isolation. After affecting 200 countries, the disease is enveloping new territories. In Spain and Italy, more persons have died due to CO ...

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Maqbool Bhat Initiated the Kashmir Movement

By Sajjad Shaukat In order to pay homage to the initiator of the Kashmir’s struggle, the 11th of February is being observed as the martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Bhat who was hanged by the then Indian regime on February 11, 1984 in Tihar Jail as the reprisal expressed by New Delhi. He was hanged to take the revenge of the killing of an Indian Diplomat by some unknown organization claiming to be Kashmiri. ...

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Why Opposition Parties’ Poor Response on Kashmir?

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian forces have continued lockdown and curfew the in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) since August 5, this year when Indian fanatic Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government revoked the special status of the Jummu and Kashmir after scrapping articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution to turn Muslim majority into minority. More restrictions have been imposed in wake of shortage of foods a ...

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Maqbool Bhat: The Pioneer of the Kashmir’s Struggle

By Sajjad Shaukat In order to pay homage to the pioneer of the Kashmir’s struggle, the 11th of February is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Bhat who was hanged by the then Indian regime on February 11, 1984 in Tihar Jail as the reprisal expressed by New Delhi. He was hanged to take the revenge of the killing of an Indian Diplomat by some unknown organization claiming to be Kashmiri. ...

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Foreign Connections of the PTM: Another Bangladesh in the Making

By Sajjad Shaukat External powers which have been supporting the Baloch Sub-Nationalists (BSNs) are also behind the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) as part of their unfinished agenda against Pakistan and its armed forces leave no stone unturned in misguiding the people of the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) by manipulating one after another issue. But, it is regrettable that some internal entities o ...

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Pakistan: Charismas Day and Rights of Minorities

By Sajjad Shaukat Besides Quaid-e-Azam Day, every year, December 25 is also celebrated as the Charismas Day across Pakistan. On this very Day, members of the Christian community attend special services at illuminated churches where prayers are offered for the progress and prosperity of Pakistan. Residential colonies and churches are decorated with twinkling lights and stars. On the occasion, Pakistanis also ...

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