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35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths

Mahathir’s modernist brand of Islamism may well outlast Khomeini’s, despite the violent legacy of Khomeini’s fatwa against Rushdie

Bangladesh: Mass strike called on October 23 to protest attacks on minorities

Bangladeshis stand in solidarity with their Hindu compatriots, even as violence against the minority community continues in places

Killing of British MP Sir David Amess was terrorism: Metropolitan Police

The Conservative MP was stabbed multiple at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, at midday on Friday

GOI rejects Global Health Index after India’s worst ranking ever

Instead of trying to address the glaring issue of prevalent hunger which indicates an undernourished population and stunting and wasting among children, the government has deemed Global Health Index (GHI)'s methodology to be “unscientific” while the methodology is clearly explained in the report.

Afghanistan: 32 killed, 53 injured in bomb blast at Shiite mosque in Kandahar

This is the second such blast at Shiite place of worship during Friday prayers

UN resolution calls right to clean, healthy and sustainable environment a Human Right

UN HRC also establishes Special Rapporteur to examine impact of Climate Change on Human Rights

Che Guevara: The beloved Cuban hero

Many Left-leaning groups remember the revolutionary for his contributions to the Marxist ideology

Afghanistan: Bomb attack kills at least 100 at Shia mosque in Kunduz

This attack on worshipers of the minority community is being called the “bloodiest assault since US forces left the country”

Facebook: A new age catalyst for hate crimes and misinformation?

A former employee of Facebook has filed complaint before the US SEC which indicates that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made false claims in his Congressional testimony about taking action against objectionable content

Internationalising Caste

Caste is becoming a global phenomenon, in the wake of 'Caste' being exported/carried along to the west by the upper caste Indians as we have seen from the recent Cisco case in California

Wider “WE” is Witness!

A significant section of society has now become ‘Us and Them’; the tendency is to exclude the other

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