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Uyghur Muslim Scholar Dies in Chinese Police Custody0
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- February 16, 2018
2018-01-29 Uyghur scholar Muhammad Salih Hajim, 82, in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener A prominent Uyghur Islamic scholar has died in Chinese police custody, some 40 days after he was detained in the Xinjiang regional capital Urumqi, overseas Uyghur organizations said on Monday. Muhammad Salih Hajim, 82, died “in custody,” about
Rohingya repatriation – A trick Dhaka fell for0
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- February 16, 2018
Rohingya repatriation delayed as the govt agrees to Naypyidaw’s demand for Family-wise list; Myanmar still blames it on Bangladesh Porimol Palma 16/2/2018 The repatriation of Rohingyas was supposed to begin last month as per an agreement signed by Bangladesh and Myanmar, but a pre-condition set at the eleventh hour held up the process. A bilateral
WHAT MOST INDIANS EXPECT FROM MR. MODI BEFORE 2019 ELECTIONS?0
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- February 15, 2018
by N.S. Venkataraman Ever since Mr. Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India, the opposition political parties, section of non governmental organizations who receive substantial aid from abroad in various forms and section of so-called intellectuals have been criticizing all activities of Modi government and they have been getting considerable support and publicity from
China-friendly communist K.P. Sharma Oli appointed Nepal’s new prime minister after landmark polls0
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- February 15, 2018
Oli’s left-wing alliance is considered to be closer to China while outgoing leader Sher Bahadur Deuba is widely seen as being closer to India Thursday, 15 February A presidential spokesman said Oli, who spent 14 years in jail for opposing the now-abolished monarchy in the 1970s and 1980s, was named prime minister hours after Sher
More Afghan Civilians Being Deliberately Targeted, U.N. Says0
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- February 15, 2018
By ANDREW E. KRAMERFEB. 15, 2018 A bombing last month in Kabul, Afghanistan, using explosives hidden in an ambulance, killed more than 100. Deaths from suicide attacks in Afghanistan rose sharply last year, the United Nations said on Thursday. Credit Andrew Quilty for The New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — An annual United Nations report
Militarising Hindus Is a Long-Standing Unaccomplished Project of Hindu Nationalists0
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- February 15, 2018
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay on 14/02/2018 Savarkar, the ideological guru of the Sangh Parivar, firmly believed that able-bodied and armed Hindus were the only answer to the “growing danger from the designs of the awakened Muslim mind”. Savarkar’s childhood ambition to militarise Hindus to confront Muslims became part of his life’s mission. Credit: Wikipedia When he
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Dark Clouds of Islamism Over Pakistan0
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- December 19, 2017
Dr. Nasir Khan, December 19, 2017 Islam, in Pakistan, has transformed from a multidimensional universal religion into an ossified and stilted cult of Islamism. How this happened has a historical context, beginning in 1947 when Pakistan emerged as a new state. The division of India at the end of the British Raj was only possible
What’s the UN doing to Stopping Genocide of the Rohingyas of Myanmar?0
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- December 16, 2017
By Habib Siddiqui One of the sinister methods employed to justify genocide has been to deny the history of the targeted victims. And that is what the criminal Buddhists within the apartheid state of Myanmar has been doing for nearly 70 years since earning independence from Britain on January 4, 1948. Instead of carrying out
Trading Jerusalem for Iran0
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- December 16, 2017
By James M. Dorsey US president Donald J. Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem potentially sets the stage for a controversial American effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The United States and the two Gulf states see a US peace plan-in-the-making as a way of paving the way
Understanding Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah: Politics & Role0
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- December 15, 2017
Abstract Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, the saint politician of the valley, was one of the famous leaders of modern India. He was not only the most dominating political figure of modern Jammu & Kashmir State, but he played a significant role in shaping the post-1947 sub-continental politics. His contribution as a political leader is so great,
US-Saudi nuclear talks: A barometer for whither the Middle East?0
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- December 14, 2017
By James M. Dorsey December 14, 2017 Talks aimed at transferring US nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia serve as an indicator of where the Saudi-Iranian rivalry is heading as well as the strength of the informal Saudi-Israeli alliance against Iran. The possible transfer could spark a new arms race in the Middle East and
The moral questions in the debate on what constitutes terrorism1
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- December 12, 2017
Who is a terrorist? Evan McCaffrey/Shutterstock.com Jessica Wolfendale, West Virginia University Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old man, has been accused of detonating a pipe bomb strapped to his body in a New York subway, injuring four people on the morning of Dec. 11. The Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the attack and New York Mayor
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Bangladesh: Will this country become Pakistan or Kashmir?
1. A political group is spreading the perception that the country will again become Pakistan if Awami League loses control of Bangladesh. They even suggested a label “Banglastan” for this supposed nation which transforms into an improvised Pakistan in the East. But symptomatically it appears to become another Kashmir, or in a classical sense