When Bats Become Guns: Pakistani Cricket’s Radical Symbolism
It was interpreted, and often celebrated, as the echo of a much larger frenzy that commemorates and normalises violence against
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Author: Osama Rawal
OPINION: Hypocrisy of the Indian Liberals — Javed Akhtar Vs. the Muslim Right-Wing
Our self-styled “left liberal” intelligentsia, otherwise loud in denouncing Hindu majoritarianism, suddenly turned mute when confronted with Muslim right-wing pressure.
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Engineer Mirza’s Arrest: A Reformist’s Clash with Pakistan’s Mullah Mafia
What any society needs, and what Pakistan so urgently lacks, is an open environment where questions can be asked, where
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OPINION: Islam’s Image Crisis—Radicals Are Vocal, Moderates Are Silent
Since the end of the Cold War, much of the Muslim world has framed terrorism carried out in Islam’s name
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SIMI Beyond the Ban: The Untold Story of India’s Islamist Student Movement
The narrative of SIMI as an omnipresent, monolithic underground force is, according to insiders, a distortion. For the first time
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OPINION: Weaponized Rhetoric in India—The Case of Akbaruddin Owaisi
Far from empowering Muslims, Akbaruddin’s rhetoric is downright foolish. In the complex and often combustible landscape of Indian politics, few
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OPINION: Beyond Blame—The Self-Imposed Isolation of Indian Muslims
Instead of hastily jumping to ideals of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood, perhaps we should first strive to humanize the Shia or Sunni
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OPINION: Is Muslim Leadership in India Just a Reactive Force?
Only then will Muslims cease to be ruled in the name of fear—and start living as full citizens of a
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OPINION: Gaza Vs. Israel—The Double Standards of Islamist Outrage
True commitment to justice means standing with all oppressed people, regardless of faith—not just those who resemble us. The Palestinian
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