To Mourn or Not to Mourn, That is the Question
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has drawn varied reactions, including renewed anger from nations once subjected to British colonialism. To them, the occasion is yet another moment of reckoning; an opportunity to reveal the darker side of the extraordinary grandeur symbolized by the British Crown.
On Development: Kashmir Since August 2019
Since the revocation of article 370 which stripped the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its unique status back in 2019, it is not only the property or land from which Muslims of the region were denied in the last three years, as attempts were also made to strip them of their religious beliefs.
Preventive vs. Creative Aim in Pakistan’s Founding Vision
Pakistan, the vision of founding fathers, and the aim of a separate homeland – March 23, 1940, unreserved triumph or unfinished business?
The Kashmir Files: A Regime of Lies
With his latest film Kashmir Files, Bollywood filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, who is notorious for his anti-Muslim prejudice, has sparked a polarising discussion about Kashmiri Pandits. Being viewed as a BJP supporter has also made the film and its contents controversial. Even, Mr Agnihotri’s previous film – The Tashkent Files, which was about a conspiracy in […]
Karnataka High Court Ruling, Hijab Ban Sustained
‘The hijab is not an essential religious practice’, the Karnataka High Court ruled today as it backed the ban on hijab in classrooms, challenged by a group of Muslim students in a row that spread to many districts since protests began at a school. A Full Bench of the High Court comprising three judges held […]
Three Years to Operation Swift Retort
Balakot airstrikes and the retaliating Operation Swift Retort by Pakistan’s Air Force provide a bigger foreground for understanding the potential of escalation in the South Asian Region and offer important insights into the deterrence paradox.
India’s Dilemma in the Indo-Pacific Theater
India with its leverage lost in Afghanistan is reportedly considering reopening its embassy in Kabul. This comes at a time when India is seeking its role in Afghanistan; either through ‘Asia-Pacific’ group – 18th Russia-India-China (RIC) foreign ministers’ meeting, or through United States-led initiatives, such as Quad.
Allama Mohammed Iqbal and the Idea of Sovereign State
Islam to Iqbal was a philosophical ethos, more than a mere religion confined to the individual sphere. Thus, he spoke both in terms of the individual and the collective – framed in the concept of the Ummah.