TARGETING MUSLIMS A Bane of Plural Bharat

DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI analyses the report of the London-based Minority Rights Group (MRG) International released in New Delhi on July 1....

Cow in Contemporary Political Chessboard

Karnataka BJP Government has passed “Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill 2010” (June 2010). There has been a strong opposition to this move from the civil society. Some of social activists point out that this...

AMU Special Centres Get Further Fillip

The University efforts to translate into reality the broad conceptual framework for the AMU Special Centres at Malappuram and Murshidabad received further fillip. In a preparatory meeting with EdCIL expert committee held at EdCIL headquarters, Noida ...

Marching Backward, Historically

When the Qur’ān was being revealed in Makkah and Madinah, the Arabs were generally not educated. In Makkah there were only a few dozens who used to know how to read and write.
Yet when the Qur’ānic verses dealing with historic events ...

Mumbai Gets Its Own TED Talks

It’s touted as the most exciting seminar. In the United States TED Talks is a 20-year old platform where some of the most sought personalities from Donald Trump, Steve Jobs and Al Gore have shared their ideas and insights from their industries....

MUSLIM EDUCATION WHITHER WE GO?

A teacher was asking her pupils in the class when the school re-opened in the first week of June this year: what would you like to be in the future?
This is a routine question, I hope, we all remember from our school days. Especially when a new acad...

Sikhs, Hindus Help Rebuild Mosques Destroyed during Partition

CHANDER SUTA DOGRA�s �Shades Of The Old Punjab� published in Outlook (July 5) presents an in-depth report of how Sikhs and Hindus are helping restore mosques destroyed during Partition across Punjab. Here we are reproducing th...

US Social Forum Cancels Exploitative Zionist Workshop

In a historic accomplishment, the leadership of the US Social Forum on June 23 voted to cancel a workshop proposed by “Stand With US,” a Zionist organisation that sought to represent Israel as a safe haven for LGBTQI communities and under...

Obama's Vietnamistan

There is something surreal about the rise and fall of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, opines AIJAZ ZAKA SYED....