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Items by Badar Khan Suri
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Hate against Muslims in India, whether on the streets or in Parliament, is the same
Hate is the chief ingredient of everyday discourse on the streets and the country’s socio-political system to allow the Hindutva forces to continue to control the harvest. In a historic moment, the new Parliament held its first session, debating the success of India’s moon mission, when a senior lawmaker from...
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Unveiling its vision of apartheid: Israel’s Nation-State law
Democracy never came to Israel Finally, it is here: the masquerade of advocating Jewishness and democracy has been given up by Israel. Israel chose the Zionist state over democracy. The recent declaration, through a basic law, confirms that Israel is the “nation-state of the Jewish people,” and hence essentially defines...
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Democracy has taken a leap forward in Iraq
A conversation with Shadi Hamid of Brookings Institution on the performance of Iraqi democracy was positive, and the elections on 12 May illustrated why. Hamid argued that democracy in Iraq is moving in the right direction with a plethora of political groups and successful polls. While we cannot reject...