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Boston blasts: 'Horrific, inexcusable, cowardly'

Indian-Americans and the Muslim community in the US joined their shocked countrymen in condemning the Boston bomb blasts that killed three persons and injured over 130. "We hope that the......

US polls: Desis divided over loss of Modi sympathiser

Indo-American Muslims hail the defeat of Republican Joe Walsh, who demanded a visa for Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. George Joseph reportsThe defeat of Joe Walsh (Republican) from the 8th District of......

How Barack Obama can calm Muslim anti-Americanism

Obama has to recognise the reality: 90 percent of the world's 2.3 billion Muslims nurse varying shades of anti-Americanism. It cannot be a comfortable feeling that two fifths of the world......

US man behind anti-Islam film jailed for a year

An American man -- who producedan anti-Islamic film thatoutraged the Muslim world and triggered fatal protests -- has been sentenced to a year in prison for violating his probation stemming from a......

US Muslims OVERWHELMINGLY support Obama: Poll

American Muslims overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama in his re-election bid, according to a new poll. Sixty-eight per cent of the respondents said they will vote to re-elect Obama, while......

'Facebook 'likes' can reveal your intimate secrets'

Your Facebook 'likes' could be revealing more than even you know about your intimate life!Researchers were able to accurately infer a Facebook user's race, IQ, sexuality, substance use and......

COLUMN: Some light at the end of the 2012 tunnel?

Whichever way you look at it, from a global perspective 2012 has not been a good year, writes Claude Smadja. The euro zone has been sinking deeper in the last 12 months.The debt-to-GDP ratio......

Watch out for Summer Bishil

\nAs the film Towelhead heads into the third week in a few dozen theatres in America, Sikh and Muslim activists who were worried that it could increase racial hatred in America can relax. \nThe......

Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a powerful film

The Reluctant Fundamentalist has its cinematic moments but celebrates just black and white aspects of life instead of exploring grey areas, Vaihayasi Pande Daniel writes.Janissary: a member of an......

'The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a very American story'

Actor Riz Ahmed tells Aseem Chhabra that most people can relate to the film, as it is the story of an outsider trying to find a home in a new society. Riz Ahmed began his career with Michael......

Why I don't like Argo

Argo seems all set to win the Best Picture Oscar award, but that will still not make Aseem Chhabra like the film. Here's why.Ben Affleck’s Argo begins on the right political note -- a......

Review: Vishwaroopam is NO threat to Muslims

On Friday afternoon, as he sat in a freezing cold New Jersey theater watching Kamal Haasan's latest film Vishwaroopam, a two and a half hour long international terrorism thriller and an......

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Q. jihad mein allah ka naam le ker merna accha hai ya maarna ?
Porkee: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/jihad-mein-allah-ka-naam-le-ker-merna-accha-hai-ya-maarna-/25562121/answers/

Q. Real minorities in India are Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, and Jains etc who constitute just less than 5 % of the population. But they do not enjoy any special privileges as minorities. However those who presently enjoy this benefit ask for more benefits and garner it. Will it meet the ends of justice?
QNA Watcher: A. Most Americans think this term means "holy war," an attempt to spread the Muslim religion and punish non-believers violently. And the...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/real-minorities-in-india-are-christians-sikhs-parsis-and-jai/25406630/answers/25562130

Q. Any guess why Pope Benedict has resigned?
Good Citizen: A. Real Minorities in India are only Jew and zoroastrians, Indian christian or Indian Muslims or Indian sikhs or Indian Jains are Indians since...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/any-guess-why-pope-benedict-has-resigned/25216444/answers/25406673

Q. Is election of new Pope on expected lines? Your views?
Good Citizen: A. HOLY SEE In a shocking press conference Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI revealed to the world that he will be stepping down from the Catholic Churchs...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/is-election-of-new-pope-on-expected-lines-your-views/25216427/answers/25216519

Q. We know the cast system among Hindus which is less releveny now . And what is the basic difference between Shiye and Sunni in Muslims?
Prabirb: A. HOLY SEE In a shocking press conference Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI revealed to the world that he will be stepping down from the Catholic Churchs...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/we-know-the-cast-system-among-hindus-which-is-less-releveny-/25211206/answers/25216467

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War on terror continues to terrorize (Comment)

Good luck to the UPA as it attempts to put a positive spin on its nine years in power. But let me insert here a word of caution about the manner in... ...

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Obama blames it on violent jihad

Washington, May 24: Citing the Wisconsin Gurdwara shootout last year that killed six Sikh worshipers, US President Barack Obama has expressed... ...

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