It behoves us all to abandon the notion that China is only interested in business and nothing else. RAMZY BAROUD AN article by Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times last July is a prime example of western intelligentsia’s limited understanding of China’s unhindered...
Asad Mirza ALOT has happened in the bilateral relations between India and Maldives during the last 10 years. The relations which were once described as one of the most vibrant and dynamic, have turned into one in which India has been painted as a villain. Though the...
By Dr M A Mufazzal A ten days online conference was jointly called by All India Student Madrasa Forum and Ulamae Islam in Delhi, to discuss the future of Madrasas in India, where a fair number of speakers from divers sectors and walks of life have participated and...
Though the timing of the Israeli military decision to amend its open-fire policy may appear sudden and without much context, the decision is ominous, nonetheless. RAMZY BAROUD AT the outset, the Israeli military decision to revise its open-fire policies in the...
Asad Mirza RECENTLY, the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit was held in Istanbul from December 16-19. The first Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit was held in Istanbul, the second in Malabo. Over 100 government ministers and 16 Presidents from Africa attended the...
Minxin Pei CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – During the Cold War, Europe was America’s strategic priority. East Asia was largely a sideshow, even though the United States fought bloody wars in Korea and Vietnam, and also provided security for Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. But...
Striking similarity between the two cults is blurred demarcation between religiosity and sin Syed Ali Mujtaba The open call for genocide of Muslims by some self-styled Hindu religious leaders at a recent so-called ‘dharam sansad’ (religious parliament) at Haridwar...
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Archbishop Desmond Tutu died the day after Christmas at the age of 90. The Nobel Peace laureate was a leader in the movement to overthrow apartheid, South Africa’s brutal system of racial segregation. After that historic victory and the...
Humra Quraishi Those of you who haven’t viewed the film Hotel Rwanda should do so, now and immediately, as it depicts the havoc that unfolds if civil strife and hate for the ‘other’ spreads out. Then, all possible citizens, big and small, powerful and the powerless,...
Ramzy Baroud The result of a vote, on December 14, in the US House of Representatives regarding the combating of Islamophobia, may, possibly, appear to be a positive sign of change, that Washington is finally confronting this socio-political evil. However, conclusions...