The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, that was launched in 2017 and became dormant, is moving toward resurrection. The complex restructuring of international relations and the arrival of Cold War 2.0 between Eurasian sovereignists and Atlantic integrationists has shifted to the Indo-Pacific region. New Delhi’s history of uneasy relations with Beijing, coupled with the sweeping and...
Author: Md Irshad Ayub (Md Irshad Ayub)
जयंती पर याद किये गए बिहार के प्रथम मुख्यमंत्री(प्रीमियर) बैरिस्टर मुहम्मद युनूस साहेब
पटना :- आज दिनांक 6 मई 2018 को बिहार प्रांत के प्रथम मुख्यमंत्री (प्रीमियर) स्व० मुहम्मद युनूस जी की जयंती पटना के श्रीकृष्ण मिमोरियल हॉल में आयोजित हुई। आयोजन के मुख्य अतिथी पुर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री डॉ शकील अहमद थे। विश्षिट अतिथी राजद के राष्ट्रीय उपाअध्यक्ष, पुर्व सांसद शिवानंद तिवारी थे। कार्यक्रम का आयोजन बैरिस्टर यूनुस...
The #Pashtun discontent: A road to #Pashtunistan or the pre-election politics?
Pashtuns are an Iranic ethnic group who mostly live in the region of Pashtun homeland which was divided and distributed with a Duran line border by the #British Empire between #Afghanistan and #Pakistan. As an important minority group in Pakistan, Pashtuns constitute the second-largest ethnic group or about 15% of the population. And in Afghanistan...
Is the cost of being a Muslim liberal too high to be paid by ordinary Muslims?
The Hindu Liberal-Left must take the time to engage with the Muslim public sphere not just by quoting Urdu poetry and enjoying Sufi music and admiring Mughlai cuisine, but also by visiting madrassas and Islamic seminaries to understand to what extent they are communal. Ramachandra Guha’s ‘trishul-burqa’ analogy has once again revived the debate about...
The Imam Who Saved Not Just Asansol, But Perhaps India From Burning
“My son has lived his life, do not bring sorrow to other homes”. Imam Imadadul Rashidi’s voice was matter of fact when contacted by The Citizen, as if what he had done was what any one would do. Asansol was in the grip of violence threatened by a tornado as the Muslims started gathering to...
हमारा बिहार जल रहा है। इसे बचा लीजिए।
मेरे प्यारे बिहारियों, हमारा राज्य जल रहा है। इसे बचा लीजिए। इस तमाशे में किसी का भला नहीं है। दंगों की कुछ वजहें होती हैं। उसने पहले फेंका तो उसने बाद में ये कहा। पुलिस उनकी मदद के लिए आई, हमारी मदद के लिए नहीं आई। कहीं गाय का मांस फेंकना तो कहीं सुअर का...
Fifteen Years Ago, America Destroyed My Country
When I was 12, Saddam Hussein, vice president of Iraq at the time, carried out a huge purge and officially usurped total power. I was living in Baghdad then, and I developed an intuitive, visceral hatred of the dictator early on. That feeling only intensified and matured as I did. In the late 1990s, I...
Western sanctions boost support for Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin won a re-election victory on Sunday after garnering 76.66 percent of votes, 13 percent more than he accrued in 2012. The voter turnout is also higher than six years earlier. The result fully showed the support and respect Putin has in Russian society. The past six years have seen the most...
What’s Really Behind Russia’s Public Support of the Trump-Kim Meeting?
On March 8, South Korea’s National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong delivered a statement at the White House announcing that U.S. President Donald Trump would meet with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un before the end of the May. The statement’s release prompted mixed reactions across the world, but Russia swiftly emerged as one of the strongest international supporters...
यूरोप में इस्लामोफोबिया ने नया रूप इख्तियार कर लिया ” Punish a Muslim day” मनाने की तैयारियां
यूरोप में इस्लामोफोबिया ने नया रूप इख्तियार कर लिया ” Punish a Muslim day” मनाने की तैयारियां, (मुस्लिमों को मारो) नीचे जो पत्र है यूरोप में तेज़ी से फैलाया जा रहा है #Punish_A_Muslim_Day इंगलैंड में लोगों के घरों में एक letter बाक़ायदा उनके address पर post किया गया. जिसमें वहाँ के रहने वाले ईसाईयों को...