COVER STORY
By HARSH MANDER
Ibrahim Junaid kept a beard and was very religious. In the wake of the Mecca Masjid explosions in Hyderabad, these were reasons enough for the police to dub him a terrorist, abduct him, torture him and put him in jail on framed charges. Now on bail, ... 
HINDUTVA
By RAM PUNIYANI
Many reviews have already come out of this book, spanning the life of Lal Krishna Advani, known for thrusting the RSS-BJP politics on the body politic of democratic India. Starting from his role in initiating a campaign around the Ram temple issue, r...
MUSLIM AFFAIRS
The Working Committee of the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of the Indian Muslim organisations, met in New Delhi on April 12 and deliberated on a set of organisational, national and international issues. The meeting, ...
HAMAS
Former US president Jimmy Carter on April 21 insisted that Hamas is not a block to peace in the Middle East and will accept a peace deal negotiated by President Mahmoud Abbas if approved by Palestinians in a referendum, reports Islamonline.net.
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POLICITAL JIGGERY POKERY
By KHAN YASIR
Communalism is the menace not only for the target communities but also for those in whose name communal politics is played. In fact, it has landed the entire nation, its sovereignty and plural structure in jeopardy. It is common tendency to identify ...
KARNATAKA ELECTIONS
OUR CORRESPONDENT raises the curtain, prior to State elections, by portraying the socio-economic and political background of the State....
MIDDLE-EAST
By SYED TAUSIEF AUSAF
Perhaps Senator Barack Obama does not want to know that in 2007 alone the ratio of Palestinians to Israelis killed was 40 to 1, up from 4 to 1 during the period 2000-2005; that Israel’s escalation of violence since the staged Annapolis “p...
