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35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths
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‘What will it take for the Biden administration to call out Modi’s regime for human rights violations?’: US lawmaker, Ilhan Omar
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We Indian Muslims need no sermons from the Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda’s supreme commander Ayman Zawahiri has recently released a standalone statement on the Hijab controversy in India
A fitting reply to Al Qaeda chief: Muskan’s father
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Now Al Qaeda intrudes on the hijab controversy
The untimely video only furthers right wing claims of terrorist groups’ involvement in hijab protests
Why UN’s Islamophobia Resolution Troubles Moderate Muslims
It Is Important That UN Defines The Contours Of Islamophobia
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The Ukraine-Russia Conflict and NATO’s Imperialist Expansionism
“I appeal for cessation of hostilities, not because you are too exhausted to fight, but because War is bad in essence” – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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