Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in full campaign mode ahead of 9 April polls, on Sunday said Israel “was not a state of all its citizens” in a reference to the country’s Arab population. The prime minister, in comments on Instagram, went on to say all citizens, including Arabs, had equal rights, but referred to a...
On Feb. 14, an Indian paramilitary convoy was attacked in Pulwama in India-administered Kashmir, resulting in the death of 40 Indian officers. The Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Muhammad soon claimed responsibility. In retaliation, the Indian Air Force carried out an airstrike on an alleged militant training camp in Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Indian Foreign...
Nyla Ali Khan Indian nationalists are quick to claim their intractable hold on Kashmiris; Pakistani nationalists are just as quick to claim to speak for Kashmiris. Kashmir, despite having a real internal history and a place in the world, is suppressed by its positioning in the Indo-Pak conflict. Mainstream Kashmiri politicians culpably reiterate that “Kashmir...
Pratab Bhanu Mehta The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute has long been accompanied by a sense of foreboding. The dispute has been historically charged, politically divisive and communally violent, putting both the nation and the Constitution at risk. So putting the dispute into mediation under the aegis of the Supreme Court evokes a resigned weariness. For...
Navaid Hamid, President of All India Muslim Majlis e Mushawarat, the confederation of major Muslim organisation and Apex body of Indian Muslims appreciates SC concern for resolving Ayodhya dispute; Urges expansion of Mediation team MT News Network,New Delhi:All India Muslim Majlis e Mushawarat (AIMMM) appreciates Hon’ble Supreme Court concern for resolving the Babri Masjid-Ram Janam...
Press Release:A statement issued by Popular Front of India Chairman E Abubacker has questioned the ban and the ongoing crackdown on Jamaat-e- Islami Kashmir in the state. Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir has been a strong presence in the state since decades and enjoys popular support through their socio- political and educational activism. The movement is...
The Indian authorities have delayed investigating a wave of vigilante-style murders of religious minorities, with many instead working to justify the attacks or file charges against some of the victims’ families, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch. The 104-page report said that since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party...
Can you stop watching TV news for the next two and a half months? Please do it! – Ravish Kumar If you wish to save your sense of citizenship, stop watching TV news. If you wish to be a responsible citizen of democracy, stop watching TV news. If you wish to protect your children from...
Dr. Nyla Ali Khan During the last two decades, each military crisis between India and Pakistan has been followed by attempts at diplomatic rapprochement, which have turned out to be fiascos. The two countries go through sporadic peacemaking efforts, characterised by negotiations. For instance, in January 2004, the then Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee,...
MT News Network,New Delhi:After spending 25 years behind bars in the false Bhusawal terror case, 11 Muslim men were acquitted of all charges on 27th February by the special TADA court in Nashik. Justice S C Khati ordered their acquittal citing lack of evidence and violation of TADA guidelines during investigations. The 11 men were...