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Mother: The fount of all blessings

Umair Rashid Parents are a blessing to have in this world which majority of us don’t understand until their shadow vanishes from our life. Indeed,...

Past and Present of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Raja Furqan Ahmed On 21 August 1969, Australian-born Christian Dennis Michael Rohan attempted to set fire to the ancient Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The fire...

The Golden Age of Islam: Long gone, long past

Rather Nasir Hiding behind the golden chapters of history is not a sign of strength but clear escapism. Quoting from the glorious past of Islam...

ISLAM PROMOTES LIFE, NOT DEATH

Adil Bhat Life is a gift entrusted to mankind. Preservation of life is one of the most sacred imperatives in Islam. This is mentioned time...

Globalisation, Ethnic Identity, Nationalism

Waris Itoo In the aftermath of decolonisation, the democratising processes in many countries revealed serious ethnic, religious and cultural differences that led to violent conflicts....

Why is US dollar still bossing the world

ZAHID BASHIR The first US dollar, as it is known today, was printed in 1914 upon the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank. Ever since...

Placing Palestine Back at the Center of Muslim Discourse in the West

It was nearly twenty years ago at a Muslim conference in Washington D.C. that I heard the distressing argument that Palestine should not be...

No Witchcraft in ‘Witch’s Milk’

Dr Abrar Ul Haq Wani Milk is produced from the mammary gland (exocrine gland) by humans and other mammals to feed their infant offspring, but...

INDIAN MUSEUMS

Prerna SM Jain Museums in India are facing a massive challenge. Most of them are aided by the government in some capacity and have already...

International Art Galleries

Prerna SM Jain As a continuation from last week’s galleries series, here is an international update on that front, a rather grim one: Your favourite...

The most common foot and ankle ailments

DR PRADEEP MOONOT While people assisting in following social distancing measures and maintaining the lockdown, some of them may have complications and may be hesitant...

Portugal Leads the Way: How European Countries Fared in Their Treatment of Refugees

Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading its tentacles throughout China and eventually to the rest of the world,...

No PDA in pandemic

BILAL AHMAD DAR When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. Shakespeare Covid-19 is proving to be a Pandora’s Box of troubles. Apart...

India: A decaying civilisation

JAVEED AHMAD RAINA India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and...

The legality of indefinite internet restrictions

ABRAR REYAZ On Monday, the Supreme Court of India reserved orders (when this column was being written) on a bunch of petitions that had challenged...

The biggest enemy of Islam is the ignorant Muslim

Prof Shakil Ahmad Wani In the good old days there used to be joint families. There used to be many sons and consequently many daughters-in-law....

The silencing of students

Alsaba Binyamin Amir Mintoee, a student of Aligarh Muslim University, was arrested by police during a food distribution campaign organised by his own NGO for...

Discrimination and stereotyping in Covid-19 responses

Dr Showkat Ahmad Lone Outbreaks of disease, especially infectious disease, naturally create fear, but too much of fear produces social evils like racism and xenophobia....

Arms, Ammunition and Coronavirus

Arshad Majid Rather Every year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) publishes global military spending figures, as well as those of international trade in...

Book Review: Why the secular nation state is impossible in Islam

Showkat Ahmad Wagay Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle over Islam Is Reshaping the World, Shadi Hamid (St. Martin’s Press, 2016). 320 pp Shadi Hamid, an eminent scholar...

The guest who never returned

Majid Kirmani I remember a day in the early ’90s when a helpless person knocked on our door late in the evening. When we opened...

A Coffin in Cashmere

AHMAD KASHMIRI The funeral is of an elderly man, 72 year old, a native of Qazipora near Tangmarg, on the way to the world-famous tourist...

ART GALLERIES

Prerna SM Jain Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, art galleries across the globe have suffered an enormous setback. As the Director of Volte...

LINA VINCENT

Lina Vincent is an art historian and curator with over 17 years of experience. She is committed to socially engaged arts practice, a commitment...

Hajin shows the way in dark, dreadful times

Javeed Bin Nabi Each day brings news of more and more persons infected with the dreaded coronavirus. Thousands are under quarantine across Jammu & Kashmir....

Journalism Under Siege

Bilal Ahmad Dar Objective and unbiased journalism should be encouraged but in Kashmir it is considered as a crime. Journalists who report objectively are not...

Surrender not privacy blindly to the pandemic

Mohmad Maqbool Waggy The rigorous use of contract tracing, across digital and physical spheres, has been widely credited with helping to limit the spread of...

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to August 5

Tanveer Rashid Magrey August 5, 2019. This day has been entombed with indelible ink in the inner recesses of my head. The preceding events of...

Addiction to smartphones, internet not good for students

Malik Javid A few months back I was asked to attend a five-day training programme on teaching of mathematics at the elementary level. Since I...

The photograph as medium and vanguard of truth

Mir Sajad We live in times when everything is designed and manufactured to sell. Realities or truths are not immune to this ‘production’ process. Photographs...

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