Pakistan’s balancing act is under strain
For decades, Pakistan has tried to cultivate carefully constructed geopolitical identity within the Muslim world.
For decades, Pakistan has tried to cultivate carefully constructed geopolitical identity within the Muslim world.
A prominent Muslim cleric in Bhopal has strongly condemned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for forcibly pulling down the hijab of a Muslim doctor in public, calling the act a disgrace, dishonour, and disrespect to all women, not just Muslims.
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s stunning victory marks a rare moment when the improbable becomes political reality.
“The aim is to unite the minorities and this is not being started to garner votes. It also aims to demolish the lies that the BJP is against the Muslim community,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.
Himanta Biswa Sarma contended that the state’s indigenous population could remain secure “only if the Miya Muslims are kept under pressure”.
The UN’s fact-finding mission recently found Mahsa Amini’s custodial death as ‘unlawful’, and the subsequent state crackdown, an ‘egregious human rights violations’. In September 2022, Mahsa died in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police for violation of the Islamic Republic’s mandatory ‘hijab norms’.
Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath Temple case, said that once they get a copy of the report of the Archaeological Survey of India, "they will study it."
The top court in 1967 had in the Azeez Bhasha case held that the AMU was a central university and, minority status under Article 29 and Article 30 cannot be conferred on it.
Large-scale protests that erupted in 2022 across Iran, centering on women’s rights, captured the world’s attention.
The accused Bagdu Lal (26) has been arrested, they said, adding that a sword used in the crime has been recovered.
