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Pakistan anti-France protests: TLP’s emergence is a result of Imran Khan govt's inexcusable policies
Vinaykaura • 4 years agoThe TLP was able to mobilise Punjabi youth in great numbers because the ground was fertile for the propagation of right-wing extremist ideas
France summons Pakistan's envoy after President Arif Alvi calls anti-radicalism bill 'dangerous'
• 4 years agoAlvi, addressing a conference on religion on Saturday, said: "You have to bring people together, not to stamp a religion in a certain manner and create disharmony"
Charlie Hebdo attack trial: 'Nothing to regret' over Prophet Mohammed cartoons, magazine's chief tells court
• 4 years agoLaurent Sourisseau, who was badly wounded when Islamist gunmen attacked the French weekly's office in Paris in 2015, also said that he doesn't want to be "dependent on the insane arbitrariness of fanatics"
Syed Ali Shah Geelani's exit from Hurriyat marks not just sunset of the jihadist patriarch, but likely collapse of the separatist alliance
Praveen • 5 years agoSyed Ali Shah Geelani's resignation letter shows he committed the same errors he had observed among the jihadists in the 1990s: the New Islamist movement he built, degenerated into a kind of nihilist anti-politics, incapable of actual political purpose
JNUSU Elections 2019: BAPSA-Fraternity alliance a step against Islamophobia, challenges monopoly of Brahmanical Left and Right in JNU politics
Waseem_rs • 6 years agoThe BAPSA-Fraternity alliance in the JNUSU elections 2019 is a historic episode in the JNU campus where both savarna Brahmanical Left and Right have had a monopoly for decades in terms of institutional and political access
In a first in 25 years, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces challenge in re-run of mayoral election in Istanbul
• 6 years agoVoters in Istanbul returned to the polls Sunday for a re-run mayoral election ordered up by authorities after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his political allies lost control of Turkey's largest city for the first time in 25 years
Pakistan election results 2018: If Imran Khan becomes next PM, he should focus on economy, security and foreign policy, says report
• 7 years agoPTI leader Imran Khan has disparaged liberals, attacked feminism, embraced radical religious parties and vowed to uphold Pakistan's blasphemy law
Islamist militants to apologise to victims of Indonesia attacks in bid to combat radicalism, foster reconciliation
• 7 years agoAbout 120 reformed Islamist militants will apologise to dozens of victims including survivors of the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2004 bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta in an attempt to combat radicalism and foster reconciliation
Pakistan must demonstrate desire to collaborate with US in fight against terrorism, says Rex Tillerson
• 7 years agoPakistan must demonstrate its desire to collaborate with the US in its fight against terrorism, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday
Saudi Arabia to allow cinemas in 2018: 35-year ban set to end as part of reforms under Prince Salman
• 7 years agoSaudi Arabia said on Monday that public cinemas would be allowed for the first time in over 35 years, and that the first ones were likely to open in March 2018.