Human rights, militarisation and the political dispute over Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
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Perhaps no country is as identified with the American war on terror that began twenty-five years ago than Afghanistan; its launchpad and the site of what is still the longest war in American history at the time of…
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh Photo from the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pakistan and China formally launched their Boundary Joint Commission in Islamabad on September 16-17, activating a mechanism provided for under…
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There is often an uncomfortable unevenness in contemporary Muslim moral courage. Western Muslim leaders and organizations have shown admirable clarity in confronting the crimes of Empire and Zionism. The more difficult…
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The Nordic-Baltic warmongering under the current conditions is therefore (i) irresponsible, (ii) hypocritical, (iii) immoral, and (iv) flirts with a disaster of immense proportions. Branko Milanović is an economist…
By: Majid Maqbool Aug. 5 marked the seventh anniversary of the demotion of Jammu and Kashmir from a state to two federally governed Union Territories (UTs). Seven years on, India’s decision to unilaterally withdraw…
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Credit: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 2026 (IPS) Pakistan, one of few South Asian countries to oscillate between democratic governments and authoritarian regimes, is…
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Every summer, before dawn breaks over the Himalayas, Bashir Ahmad leads his horses onto the narrow mountain trail that winds toward the Amarnath cave shrine. For decades, the annual Hindu pilgrimage has been the most…
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Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points. In April 2025 India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed countries that share a tense border, came dangerously close to a major confrontation…
By: Majid Maqbool The killing of a police constable in the Kashmir Valley city of Anantnag, allegedly by Islamists militants, has triggered one of the largest security crackdowns since India officially revoked the…
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In May, Turkey unveiled Yıldırımhan , its first intercontinental ballistic missile project, in a move that came as a surprise even to many in the Turkish defense community. Until then, public attention in Turkey had…
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Painting by Safia Latif Our Prophet ﷺ never gave up on fasting on Ashura, which is the 10th day of Muharram (Sunan al-Nasa’i, 2416). The Quraysh used to fast on this day in times of Jahiliyyah, and so did he ﷺ when still…
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Hassan Aweys, the second-in-command of the Islamic Courts, was a longstanding target of the United States. ( Picture: African Arguments ) 2026 brings a seminal anniversary to the history of Somalia and East Africa, but…
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Painting by Safia Latif Our Prophet ﷺ never gave up on fasting on Ashura, which is the 10th day of Muharram (Sunan al-Nasa’i, 2416). The Quraysh used to fast on this day in times of Jahiliyyah, and so did he ﷺ when still…
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Dear Struggling and Distressed Muslim, This letter was meant for you. Yes, you specifically. The one who has been struggling and not understanding why it’s not working out . The one who has seen countless members of your…
By: Majid Maqbool - - - - On June 9, India opened a strategically vital 13.15 km tunnel linking the Kashmir region to Ladakh beneath the 3,529-meter Zojila pass, the world’s longest single-tube bi-directional road tunnel…
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Internet access is often used as a tool to control the media during conflicts Originally published on Global Voices Advox Image from iMEdD, used with permission. This article by Elli Kostika, Katerina Voutsina, and Kelly…
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A year after their brief war in 2025, both India and Pakistan are revving up their war frenzy. The drums of victory are being beaten with nationalistic zeal on both sides. The two nations teem with jingoism, a sense of…
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On 22 April, India marked the anniversary of a terrorist attack, one of the bloodiest massacres in recent years. It directly sparked yet another Indo‑Pakistani armed conflict. On the terrorist attack in Pahalgam The…
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There is a certain kind of “moderate” Muslim scholar whom empire adores: calm in tone, allergic to resistance, fluent in scripture, and permanently available to explain to the oppressed why their rebellion is…
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The Indian state’s crackdown on independent Muslim voices continued when a court slapped three life sentences on an Islamic writer and Kashmiri activist, Asiya Andrabi, and two others, for what appears to have been more…
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For the past few weeks, residents living in and around Dal Lake in Indian Kashmir have witnessed “a different phenomenon” as a green sludge has accumulated on the once pristine water. Photos circulating widely on social…
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Last week, water became a focal point in the Iran war, as airstrikes hit desalination plants in Iran and Bahrain. Further east, a slower motion water war was playing out — one that is heightening tensions between two…
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During joint operations with the U.S. on Saturday, Israel targeted and killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who at 86 had been Iran’s longest serving head of state, leading the Islamic Republic since 1989. It…
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During joint operations with the U.S. on Saturday, Israel targeted and killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who at 86-years-old had been Iran's longest serving head of state, leading the Islamic Republic since…
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This article is part of our special series recognizing the four-year anniversary of the Ukraine War The Russian invasion of Ukraine is entering its fifth year. We know from history that warring states are capable of…
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Around the world, Muslims rejoice with anticipation and excitement for the blessed month. They get to wake up before dawn with lights on for suhoor, set “Ramadan goals,” deepen their relationship with the Qur’an, stand…
- - - - One of Google’s Nest surveillance cameras, whose recordings can be accessed by Google even if users don’t subscribe to the security firm’s services. CC Photo Lab / Shutterstock That the U.S. Surveillance State is…
By: Salman Rafi Sheikh - - - - Reuters photo The recent wave of coordinated attacks by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) across more than 10 cities in the troubled province of Balochistan, which takes up 44 percent…
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A woman in a remote hamlet in Kashmir, India, migrates to a safer location with her child as floodwater inundates her hometown. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS By Umar Manzoor Shah SRINAGAR & NEW DELHI, Feb 9 2026 (IPS)…
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Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here . While African Union officials see Sudan’s return to the African Union as unlikely in the near term as Prime Minister Kamel Idris presses to make the case for…
By: Nirupama Subramanian - - - - Deccan Herald graphic The dark clouds over the “ most consequential relationship of the 21 st century ” appear to have lifted with US President Donald Trump’s announcement earlier this…
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For the first time in 10 years elections have taken place in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in the Indian union territories bordering Pakistan. Peaceful integration into the Indian federation The former…
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A Facade of Peace Religious Suppression How can India claim normalcy when religious rights, a fundamental human freedom, are denied to millions? The people of Kashmir, who have long used their religious spaces for…
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The Story Here is Hājar , a noblewoman given as a servant to Ibrahim and Sarah , who leaves her native Egypt only to be abandoned in a desert with her son at the command of a god she can neither see nor hear. Her…
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A Palestinian and Kashmiri couple has launched a website called 'DisOccupied' aimed at cataloguing all the brands they have found to indirectly support the Israeli military. Nadia and Shehzad, the husband-wife team, have…
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Dachigam National Park forest guard Ghulam Ahmad Bhat films a rare sighting of a hangul deer herd in Kashmir, November 2023 (Video: Ghulam Ahmad Bhat) An ‘extinction vortex’ An illustration of Kashmir’s elusive hangul…
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Kashmir’s growing birding scene Recommended Can bird sightings help science in Kashmir? The orange bullfinch, a species that breeds only in and around Kashmir (Image: Alamy) Reyan Sofi watching birds in Hokersar wetland…
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In 2018, during a trip to the Indian capital, New Delhi, two friends came across a frozen delicacy that would change their lives forever – traditional Turkish ice cream, Anadolu Agency reports. Blown away by the unique…
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Rubeena Akhtar has a lot to do before Thursday, the day Indian-administered Kashmir will celebrate Eid Al-Adha, or the "Feast of Sacrifice". Relatives and friends will be coming over all through the day and Akhtar wants…
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There is an air of mourning in Bandli, a small village nestled among lush green hills in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Anadolu Agency reports. Grief has gripped this village since last week's shipwreck off the coast of…
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Recommended Government assurances Recommended How medicinal plants are regulated in Jammu and Kashmir The root and rhizome of Podophyllum hexandrum, which grows across the Himalayan region, are used in traditional…
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In Jammu and Kashmir, Eviction Drive Sparks Anger and Protests From a Cross-Section of Society New International Sanctions Announced on Myanmar’s Junta as Airstrikes, Arrests Keep Country on Edge Pakistani Brothers…
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Biodiversity is in the headlines as 2022 comes to an end, with a “historic” deal to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 agreed at a global summit in Montreal, Canada. Dubbed by some commentators a “Paris Agreement for…
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Read More: Pakistan bans TikTok for the second time (March 2021) Read More: Indian farmers’ protests: Twitter withholds, then restores, prominent accounts by government order Arrest, threat and death in custody Read…
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He was tested many times but he proved his steadfastness, resolve and dedication. He had a natural inclination to worship one God and dislike for idol worship from the very beginning of his conscious life. He broke idols…
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The year has been dominated by repression but also by resistance, says the human rights organisation in its annual review The year across the Asia-Pacific has been dominated by repression, but also resistance, as the two…
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The Middle East has always been a difficult region for the West, especially for the United States. During the Cold War era, America’s efforts to establish its hold over the region’s key oil-producing countries backfired…