The UPA government’s minority welfare agenda, one of its prime planks, could be floundering due to inadequate outreach and discrimination, the very drawbacks it aims to plug. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 8:58 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Centre for Equity Studies, discrimination, Gujarat, Hindustan Times, minority welfare, Muslim, Sachar Committee, Sachar economist, They call me Muslim, UPA, Zia Haq
Muslims, from Libya to Hong Kong, have exploded again. The rage is against an anti-Islam film, made in the US, and cartoons in France. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 11:13 pm
Filed under India, Religion, World · Tagged Brevik, cartoons, christianity, Christopher Stevens, france, Hillary Clinton, Hindustan Times, hong kong, Islam, Libya, news, Salman Rushdie, They call me Muslim, Zia Haq
Just a few days before Obama’s “Yes We Can” Denver convention four years ago, I had told Carolyn Sauvage Mar, a Democrat campaigner in Delhi, that America should allow an international group of eminent citizens to vote for the US president. A bizarre idea but American politics is hardly just about America. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 6:35 pm
Filed under World · Tagged America, Barack Obama, china, Democrat, hindustantimes, iran, Israel, Middle east, Mitt Romney, Muslim, Palestine, Russia, They Cal me Muslim, US, US presidential polls, White House, Zia Haq
Assam’s fight against alleged Bangladeshi migrants risks becoming a fight against Muslims in general. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, September 2, 2012 at 10:13 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Assam, Assam violence, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi migrants, Bilasipara, Bodo, Guwahati, hindustantimes, Kokrajhar, Tarun Gogoi, They Cal me Muslim, Zia Haq