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Give me religion that does not polarise society
A few years ago in Aceh, a poster was put
up by the Islamic Sharia Department in Banda Aceh of the communications and
information agency office,...
China and India place risky bets on Muslim acquiescence to anti-Muslim policies
Last month’s Islamic summit in Malaysia failed to challenge with a bang
Saudi influence in the Islamic world and Muslim silence about repression of
adherents to...
Validity of Reservations of Bangladesh against Article 2 of CEDAW
One of the greatest victories for the
post-modern feminist movement in the arena of International Law was the Convention
on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination...
An Islamic perspective of Qatar diplomatic crisis
Authors: Ahmad Turmudzi and Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat
On June 5, 2017, the Middle East region
was shocked by Saudi Arabia's
decision to cut diplomatic relations with...
Joining the global protest fray: Islamists march on the Pakistani capital
Pakistan, long viewed as an
incubator of religious militancy, is gearing up for a battle over the future of
the country’s notorious madrassas, religious seminaries accused...
Secularism in India: Disparity in theory and practice
Authors: Areeja Syed and Kinza Shaheen*
Secularism is adopted by most of the
contemporary states. The three intrinsic principles of secularism are freedom of belief, that...
Criminal Silence of Ummah on Kashmir
“The world suffers a lot. Not because of the
violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people.”
15 million
people of Kashmir are...
Saudi Iranian rivalry polarises Nigerian Muslims
A recent ban on a militant, Iranian-backed Shiite
group raised the
spectre of the Saudi Iranian rivalry spilling onto Nigerian streets as security forces launched a...
Women Contribution in the “Muslim Global Economy”
Globalization and technology
have unlocked a range of economic prospects for women, providing them new role
models beyond their own communities. Muslim women, particularly those with
education,...
Kashmir: A battleground for Middle Eastern rivals
Thought that sectarianism was a pillar of the Saud
Iranian rivalry? Think again, think Kashmir where the two countries’ geopolitical
rivalry and Turkish ambitions cross sectarian...