Struggle for resources at root of Central Africa religious violence
Mariam watched in horror as militiamen burst through the gate of her home in Central African Republic's capital Bangui and demanded her husband say whether he was Muslim. When he…
The business start-up
The region's most dynamic yet neglected land, Pakistan, has started to pave its way to the world economy by rendering its first major and highly successful business delegation on the…
Being different is not being wicked
Recognising that the state, its structure and institutions, political decisions, internal and external policy options, governance and rule of law, economic circumstances, and power struggles for a bigger slice in…
Modi (mis)appropriates Patel
Whatever its other sins and there are many one charge can never be made against the Sangh Parivar: that of having produced a halfway tall intellectual. No star in its…
Mourning a villain
The death of a man who waged war against the Pakistani state and was responsible for the slaughtering of thousands of innocent men, women and children should have come as…
When the Jews supported Hitler
Two media-savvy Muslim clerics have covertly offered their support to Narendra Modi. Maulana Mehmood Madani represents a faction of the Sunni Jamiatul Ulema-i-Hind. Maulana Kalbe Sadiq speaks for a section…
The U-curve
Malcolm Gladwell in his latest book David and Goliath writes about the relevance of the inverted U-curve to violence. Using the example of North Ireland and other data from…
Hundreds missing after Italy migrant ship sinks
Italian boats unloaded dead bodies and survivors rescued from the wreckage of a ship that sank with 500 people on board, one of the deadliest accidents involving migrants who brave…
The medium is the message
Syedna Ali, the last of the great Muslim Caliphs, is noted for both his courage and timeless wisdom. In fact, there’s a whole collection of his thoughts titled Nahj al-Balagha…
Beyond Jinnah’s secularism
That Mohammad Ali Jinnah was secular is old hat. Two of his recently unearthed radio broadcasts that lay hidden in the archives of All India Radio testify yet again to…
