Macron’s Mission to “Liberate” Islam: A Long Continuing French Colonial Enterprise?

Macron’s Mission to “Liberate” Islam: A Long Continuing French Colonial Enterprise?0
- Commentary
- October 12, 2020
by Muhammad Mahmood — October 12, 2020 The Friday Sermon On Friday, October 2, 2020, the Muslim Jumma (Friday Congregation) prayer day, French President Emmanuel Macron said this in a speech in the Western Paris suburb of Les Mureaux that “Islam is a religion that is in crisis all over the world today, we are not just
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The State of Play in Intra-Afghan Peace Talks 0
- Commentary, Featured
- September 28, 2020
by Muhammad Mahmood 28 September 2020 The US-backed Afghan government and the Taliban held peace talks on Saturday, September 12 in Qatar’s capital Doha. This was the first-ever face-to-face meeting between them after nearly 20 years of conflict that began with the invasion and military occupation of Afghanistan by the US. In fact,
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CHINA-INDIA BORDER CLASH 0
- Commentary
- July 10, 2020
A new flash point by Muhammad Mahmood |Jul 10,2020 In this handout photograph taken on July 3, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks to Indian troops during his visit to Nimu in the union territory of Ladakh. — Agence France-Presse/PIB handout ON JUNE 15, fights broke out between Chinese and Indian soldiers
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Indian economy in slowdown, needs structural reforms 0
- Commentary
- December 1, 2019
Muhammad Mahmood | December 01, 2019 The latest gross domestic product (GDP) data published by the Indian government (compiled by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)) indicate the Indian economy is slowing down to a 5.0 per cent growth rate, not seven or seven and a half per cent as claimed by the government. The GDP
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India opts out RCEP, marches to its own tune 0
- Commentary
- November 17, 2019
Muhammad Mahmood | November 17, 2019 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with China’s Premier Li Keqiang during the 3rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit in Bangkok on November 04, 2019. —Photo: AFP The Summit of the world’s largest proposed free trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was held in Bangkok
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Rabindranath Tagore: An enigma 0
- Commentary
- June 5, 2019
Muhammad Mahmood | 6 June 2019 Tagore has been an inescapable reality for all 250 million Bengali speaking people around the world. He is widely revered all over Bangladesh and in India. He commands a towering presence in the Bengali speaking world. His literary achievements overshadow anything that happened before him and anything that happened
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