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Pakistan's blasphemy law should stay: Musharraf

Former Pakistani military dictator and president Pervez Mushrarraf has said that the killer of Punjab governor Salmaan Tasser should be punished and not allowed to challenge the writ of the state,......

Dr Omar Khalidi's voice will be sorely missed

Dr Omar Khalidi, the Muslim scholar who passed away on Monday, worked tirelessly to lift a mirror for the Indian polity to reflect on its secular credentials and to the Muslim community about the......

Remembering Omar Khalidi

Eminent Muslim scholar and author Omar Khalidi, whose controversial book Khaki and Ethnic Violence in India had created a furore in Parliament in 2006, died in a road mishap in Boston, United......

ASI is the handmaiden of Hindutva

The ASI's role in marshalling dubious evidence in support of the existence of a Ram temple at Ayodhya is the right occasion to assess its activities as a handmaiden of Hindutva, says Omar KhalidiAs......

Tharoor has cleverly stitched up a support base

For all his hubris and bravado, his westernised accent and media-savvy persona, Shashi Tharoor has climbed onto a familiar political platform that many upwardly mobile Keralites in Dubai may be......

Superman of Malegaon is going places

Nearly two years since it was made, the witty, poignant and life-affirming documentary Supermen of Malegaon which has travelled to more than two dozen film festivals is getting a theatrical......

The White Tiger to be adapted as film

Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger, the Man Booker Prize-winning novel about class tensions in India has been optioned for a film adaptation by a distinguished Hollywood producer. The paperback......

'American films would make fun of India'

Five years ago scriptwriter Tracey Jackson went to Hollywood with a clipping from The New York Times, perhaps the first article to report on the call centres in India. The article talked about......

If a film's set in India, you'll spot a cow!

I don't know if it's sacred, but it's a cow alright. I call the game cow-spotting. These days, if it's a film set in India, sooner or later you'll find the cow. Cows holding up traffic are......

'Jhoom celebrates a positive attitude'

The story of Jhoom Barabar Jhoom started out as an experience director Shaad Ali had in real life. Shaad further developed it into a love story between two couples.A lot of people contributed to......

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Q. MAnAV Dharam kya hai .. varnan kare aur iske kuch mool updesh bataye ?
:  A. TO MOST Western ears, the very idea of punishing heresy conjures up a time four or five centuries ago, when Spanish inquisitors terrorised...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/manav-dharam-kya-hai-..-varnan-kare-aur-iske-kuch-mool-updes//answers/17202277

khabardar
Q. Who is to blame for the rise and growth of Al-Qaeda? Some attribute it to the US policy in the Mid-East. Others say it is a natural outcome of the autocratic ways of the Saudi monarchy. Whats your view on the same?
Khabardar:  A. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan set the perfect ground for these elements to come together, as all attempts at forging an united front against...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/who-is-to-blame-for-the-rise-and-growth-of-al-qaeda-some-att/17187639/answers/5004824

Saj Sierra
Q. Why in india muslims community are very poor.
Saj Sierra:  A. I will answer this without any misconceptions or prejudices. If you really look at it, it is the muslim community itself, which has to take the...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-in-india-muslims-community-are-very-poor./4971118/answers/3319100

shahid
Q. Bohara Community exists only India, I wonder where they have come from? Are they Gujraties that are forcely converted to Muslims?
Shahid :  A. Bohras believe that the 21st Imm, Tayyab Ab l-Qsim, a direct descendant of Muammad via his daughter Ftimatu z-Zahra ("Fatema"), went into seclusion...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/bohara-community-exists-only-india-i-wonder-where-they-have-/3318792/answers/1116510

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Small print

The two halves of Kashmir have just undergone the most remarkable elections ever. The Indian side recently witnessed a 16-phase panchayat... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110630/jsp/opinion/story_14175259.jsp
Prof. Bhullar was supported by the Ontario Gurudwaras Committee (OGC)

Toronto (June 10, 2011): On a call given by u201cSikhs For Justiceu201d a human rights advocacy group, during Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention... ...

http://www.punjabstarnews.com/North-America/Prof-Bhullar-was-supported-by-the-Ontario-Gurudwaras-Committee-OGC.html
Intolerable clichxe9

Entering the crowded u2018diaspora literatureu2019, Jaysinh Birjepatilu2019s The Good Muslim of Jackson Heights, set in the u2018little Ind.. ...

http://expressbuzz.com/books/Intolerable-clich\xe9/271795.html
Pakistani Christian Diaspora in UK calls on former President Parvez Musharraf

London: January 17, 2011. (Taskeen Khan Exclusive) Rather than amend the law (section 295 of Pakistan Penal Code) punishing those convicted of... ...

http://www.punjabstarnews.com/United-Kingdom/Pakistani-Christian-Diaspora-in-UK-calls-on-former-President-Parvez-Musharraf.html
US sought Bollywood help against extremism: WikiLeaks

Leading Bollywood actors were interested in participating in a US plan to use the influential Indian film industry to promote anti-extremist... ...

http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdnews/national/~3/eXMpyxpEm98/161210-US-Bollywood-help-extremism-WikiLeaks.htm

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