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From Assam’s Soil to Detention and Back: The tragic death of Amzad Ali

Locked up in Matia detention camp despite generations-long roots in Assam, 49-year-old Amzad Ali dies of cancer as authorities ignore medical appeals; family finally lays him to rest in his native village

Jihadis vs. ‘professionals’

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Muslim double-bind

All Muslim states are unstable either because they have...

Where are the liberal, peace-loving Indians?

ANEES HAROONFeminist, peace activistThe present scenario has strengthened...

‘Liberals in India must raise their voice against war’

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‘No one in Pakistan wants a war’

PROF. S HAROON AHMEDFounder member of the international group,...

‘As an Israeli I can do what a Palestinian will be shot for doing’

ISRAELOur group was set up five years ago, when...

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Stop the ‘Talibanisation’ of India!

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