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November 26, 2016
Viewing the world in absolute terms only serves to encourage propaganda and make simplistic scenarios seem like real solutions. The current public discourse on the refugee crisis is like a piece of political satire, says Ilija Trojanow
Thinking in dichotomies is an early stage of idiocy. Anyone who doesn't believe this yet will find plenty to convince him on...
November 26, 2016
To Fidel Castro by Pablo Neruda.
Fidel, Fidel, the people are grateful
for words in action and deeds that sing,
that is why I bring from far
a cup of my country’s wine:
it is the blood of a subterranean people
that from the shadows reaches your throat,
they are miners who have lived for centuries
extracting fire from the frozen land.
They go beneath the sea for coal
but on...
November 26, 2016
Today at the stroke of the midnight hour, thanks to the collective efforts of the Sabrangindia Team and the never dying support of friends, comrades all, Sabrangindia turns one. November 26, Constitution Day. This was a re incarnation of Communalism Combat, a print magazine born out of the fires of hatred, and our commitment to real, meaningful journalism alive between 1983...
November 25, 2016
While most of the Middle East is gripped with turmoil, terrorist attacks or displacement of both Muslim and non-Muslim residents due to military conflicts, Iranian Christians are smoothly making preparations for Christmas in over 300 churches across the country.
All of the churches in Iran, which amount to 300, are going to celebrate Christmas in the coming weeks, Saeed Taqavi, an official...
November 25, 2016
Hindus and Christians can enter shrines at Nankana Sahib, but a security protocol keeps Muslims out.
Image credit: Wikipedia Commons
On the occasion of the 548th Nanak Gurpurab earlier this month, Siddiq-ul-Farooq, the chairman of the Evacuee Trust Property Board, the government organisation responsible for looking after non-Muslim property in Pakistan, announced the opening of...
November 23, 2016
Mohammad Abdus Salam ( 29 January 1926 – 21 November 1996),was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. A major figure in 20th century theoretical physics, he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. He was the first Pakistani and first Muslim to receive a Nobel Prize in science and the second from...
November 22, 2016
Members of the muslim Rohingya minority are fleeing Myanmar after government troops poured into their land since a series of attacks on police border posts last month
Rohingya refugees sit as they wait to enter the Kutupalang Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, November 21, 2016REUTERS
Hundreds of Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in neighbouring...
November 22, 2016
Rogue military personnel? Or a deliberate policy of abuse? Day 6 of our 7 day openDemocracy's series on alleged abuse by British soldiers in Iraq.
Documents in the military court room in Colchester, Essex, where four soldiers and three ex-soldiers accused of the murder of an Iraqi civilian stood trial back in September 2005. Corporal Scott Evans, 32, Private Billy Nerney, 24,...
November 22, 2016
अमेरिका में एक मुस्लिम अमेरिकी महिला ने स्थानीय चुनाव में जीत दर्ज की है। महिला के माता-पिता भारत और पाकिस्तान से हैं।
महिला ने अमेरिकी राज्य मेरीलैंड में जीत दर्ज की है, जहां प्रवासी-विरोधी और मुस्लिम विरोधी बयानबाजी का बोलबाला था। राहीला अहमद (23 साल) ने लंबे समय से प्रशासन संभाल रहे व्यक्ति को 15 फीसदी वोटों के अंतर से हराते हुए मेरीलैंड के प्रिंस जॉर्ज काउंटी में स्कूल बोर्ड की दौड़ जीत ली...
November 21, 2016
Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain has been honoured with the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice 2016 on Sunday by Harmony Foundation at JW Marriott, Sahar, Mumbai.
Faraaz was recognised by the foundation for his heroic end during the Holey Artisan attack on July 1 this year– when he refused to leave his friends behind and was slain along with them by...