Tag: human rights

EXIT GOD, ENTER MADNESS: Nadeem Paracha on religious extremism in Pakistan (2012)

First posted July 06, 2012 As one distraught friend of mine once prayed: ‘May Allah save Islam from Pakistan.’ The self-claimed ‘bastion of Islam’ has gradually mutated into becoming a bastion of deluded messiahs and mindless, violent ranting machines to whom anything, from incoherent malangs to the reopening of Nato supply routes, are conspiracies against Islam. On… Read More EXIT GOD, ENTER MADNESS: Nadeem Paracha on religious extremism in Pakistan (2012)

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Colonial Reality of India’s Criminal Laws Remains Despite the New Hindi Names

NB: The rendering permanent of an ’emergency’ was the Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt’s contribution to the jurisprudence of tyranny. For him, ‘sovereign is he who decides the state of exception‘; and politics was defined in its essence by the ‘friend-enemy distinction‘. I have developed this argument at length in my 2023 essay on the demolition… Read More Colonial Reality of India’s Criminal Laws Remains Despite the New Hindi Names

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Yuval Noah Harari’s odyssey into a parallel Zionist universe

GAZA casualties, live statistics YOAV LITVIN The New Arab ) – In the vast expanse of the intellectual cosmos, there exists a luminary whose brilliance outshines even the brightest stars. Professor Yuval Noah Harari, a name whispered with reverence among the learned denizens of the galaxy, is a beacon of knowledge, whose canon traverses the celestial… Read More Yuval Noah Harari’s odyssey into a parallel Zionist universe

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Afghan girls accuse Taliban of sexual assault after arrests for ‘bad hijab’

Reports surface days before UN summit on Afghanistan that will exclude Afghan women and debate on women’s rights Ahmad Ahmadi*, Zahra Nader and Farshid Aram* Teenage girls and young women arrested by the Taliban for wearing “bad hijab” say they have been subjected to sexual violence and assault in detention. In more than one case the arrests… Read More Afghan girls accuse Taliban of sexual assault after arrests for ‘bad hijab’

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Indira Jaising on implications of the Modi years. Report on a talk at SOAS

NB: A perceptive talk by one of India’s most experienced constitutional lawyers. I will add that there are certain grievous matters that democratic-minded persons the world over should take note of, viz., the regular deployment of mob violence and political assassination in India (as also the rest of South Asia), which has been ongoing for… Read More Indira Jaising on implications of the Modi years. Report on a talk at SOAS

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Ten Holocaust Survivors Condemn Israel’s Gaza Genocide / Gaza’s Hospitals Are Empty, and Patients Die in Silence

GAZA casualties, live statistics Holocaust survivors say using the Holocaust to justify genocide in Gaza and repress student protest on college campuses is a complete insult to the Holocaust’s memory. Ten Holocaust Survivors Condemn Israel’s Gaza Genocide The dehumanization of Palestinians, describing them as “human animals,” the killing of tens of thousands of civilians, indiscriminate… Read More Ten Holocaust Survivors Condemn Israel’s Gaza Genocide / Gaza’s Hospitals Are Empty, and Patients Die in Silence

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Arun Kumar: Articles, talks & discussions on aspects of the economy

1.      Interview on Economic situation and policy changes required. Jan Chowk June 19. It is at: https://www.youtube.com/live/p8_PXswKwlo?si=KrNqNc2yYNeAfXbQ 2.     Article on Policy Change needed post election results to avoid instability. The Wire, June 15. It is at: https://thewire.in/politics/narendra-modi-policy-change-election-results-2024 3.      Article on what is a mandate and what is it in 2024?. The Leaflet June 11. It is at: https://theleaflet.in/general-elections-2024-what-is-the-mandate/ 4.     Federalism article: Centre is… Read More Arun Kumar: Articles, talks & discussions on aspects of the economy

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