Previously, the United States sanctioned Turkey’s Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gul and Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu for their roles in the arrest and detention of US pastor Andrew Brunson. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the country’s authorities to freeze the Turkish assets of the US ministers of justice and interior in response to Washington’s restrictive measures over the detention of US...
सेकुलरिस्म हिंदुस्तान की ज़रुरत है. ज़रुरत इसलिए क्योंकि हमारे मुल्क में मुक्तलिफ़ मजाहिब को मानने वाले लोग रहते हैं. हमने इरादतन अपने मुल्क का सेकुलर आईन बनाया ताकि सभी मजाहिब के मानने वालों के साथ इन्साफ हो सके. सेकुलर निजाम की ज़रुरत शायद इसलिए भी थी क्योंकि ऐसे निजाम में ही कमजोर, पिछड़े तबको और...
In 2018, the United Nations estimates that almost 1 million Rohingya refugees have fled Burma’s violent campaign of ethnic cleansing and moved into refugee settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Yeehang Lee said, the Rohingya crisis in Rakhine “bears the hallmarks of genocide”. The statement followed the release of images...
Assam accommodates more than 50 different tribal, semi-tribal, and plain land ethnic groups, as well as several religions. According to the 2011 census, 61.47% of Assam’s population were Hindus, 34.22% were Muslims, and Christians were 3.7%. Hindus are predominant here, and the religion is playing the leading role in uniting many ethnic groups against a...
असम में चालीस लाख नागरिकों की नागरिकता ख़तरे में है। ट्वीटर पर असम के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री श्री तरूण गोगोई ने एलान करते हुए लिखा है कि NRC उनकी दिमाग की उपज थी। असम में NRC की कोई ज़रूरत नहीं थी फिर भी हमने बनाया। 15 साल तक ये आदमी असम का मुख्यमंत्री रहा। 2001-16 तक।...
The pact between the Saudi monarchy and the Wahhabi establishment has been reinterpreted and redesigned during times of transition and crisis. The speed and magnitude of change in Saudi Arabia have accelerated considerably after the consecration of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. To legitimize his ascent, fulfill his absolutist ambitions and face various internal and external challenges,...
Constitutions are needed not only to limit wielders of existing power but to empower those traditionally deprived of it. The recent judgment by the Supreme Court clarifying the respective jurisdictions of Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor and its elected representatives and specifying the limits of their powers once again underlies how fortunate we are to have the...
After the Singapore Summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump, Trump was very upbeat about the denuclearization of North Korea. On June 12, 2018, Trump said in a CNN interview, “He’s denuking the whole place and he’s going to start very quickly. I think he’s going to start now.” Seriously? For this to happen, Kim...
Turkey has taken a leading role in condemning Israeli actions in Gaza, which has led to a diplomatic spat with both countries expelling senior diplomats this week. Turkey has called on Muslim nations to stand with Palestinians and to work to stop countries joining the United States in relocating their Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv...
Latest attacks focus attention on continuing failure of Trump’s efforts to stabilise the country. The latest, dreadful suicide bombings in Kabul and Kandahar, which killed more than 50 people on Monday have again focused attention on the continuing failure of American-led efforts to stabilise the country. After 16 years of conflict, critics say, the US is...