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Items by P. K. Niaz
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India university ‘bans’ the word Intifada after Hindutva intervention
A university in the southern Indian State of Kerala has banned using the word “Intifada” as it has ‘direct links with the Palestine-Israel conflict and the word is being used by Hamas’. Vice-Chancellor, Dr Mohanan Kunnummal, directed that the word Intifada be removed from all promotional material of the festival,...
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The Indian judiciary is bending to the will of Hindutva forces
Muslims, the largest minority community in India, are worried as they feel cheated again by the country’s judiciary, which allowed the Hindus to conquer part of a historical mosque. On 31 January, a district court in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh granted the Hindus the right to worship deities in...
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Biden’s deep-rooted love for Zionism outweighs his commitment to international law
US President Joe Biden’s remarks praising Zionism during his maiden Middle East trip after taking office, cannot be taken lightly. His carefully worded statement that, “You need not be a Jew to be a Zionist”, was a clear manifestation of his ideological stand on the Zionist state of Israel. Like...
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This anti-Muslim hate campaign is tearing India apart
The virulent hate campaign by Hindutva forces promoted by the ruling right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and subsequent rise in public and institutional Islamophobia, have combined to create panic among India’s 204 million Muslims, the country’s largest minority community. The mood was encapsulated by...
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The rise of Hindutva fascism belies India’s claim to be a secular democracy
India’s reputation as the world’s largest democracy and a country that upholds secular values has been eroded ever since the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept into power in 2014. Several moves by the BJP government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi seem designed to change the secular...
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War crimes, invasion and the Human Rights Council
On Thursday 7 October, I received a call from the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) Middle East office seeking more assistance to alleviate the sufferings of Yemeni people who are gripped by the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. After six years of an entirely man-made conflict,...
