No part of Gandhi’s life has escaped scholarly attention in a corpus of a little over a century. Literature on him is abundant. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 7:50 pm
Filed under India, Religion, World · Tagged colonial nationalism, Einstein, Hindustan Times, liberal secularism, Literature, Mahatma Gandhi, Muslim nationalism, news, Pakistan, They call me Muslim, Zia Haq
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi had to call off what could have been a historic visit to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) due to “bad weather” this past Saturday (February 16). Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:26 pm
Filed under India, Religion · Tagged Afzal Guru, Aligarh Muslim University, AMU, Hindustan Times, Indira Gandhi, news, Sonia Gandhi, They call me Muslim, UPA, Zia Haq
Throughout history, crime and punishment have gone hand in hand. Protesters in Delhi, infuriated by a grotesque gang rape of a 23-year-old girl, have demanded the death penalty for such offenders, which was first publicly raised by BJP leader LK Advani many years ago. Read more

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I was in the UK last month. I could see that despite rising far-right threats, multi-faith is making slow but sure progress. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Filed under Religion · Tagged British Nationalist Party, David Cameron, Hindustan Times, Irene Zempi, Islam, london, Lord's, Muslim College of Ealing, Muslims, Regent Park, University of Leicester, 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
Poor Subramanian Swamy. The prospects of Islamic finance and banking options in India make him nervous as a rain-drenched cat. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Filed under Religion, World · Tagged Arab funds, Citibanks, Citigroup, Dow Joneses, HSBC, investment, Islam, Islamic finance, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanleys, Neo-Con, sovereignty, Stancharts, Subramanian Swamy, Zia Haq
Muslims, like Hindus and Sikhs, will not like to surrender their personal laws because they are just that: personal. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 12:35 am
Filed under Religion · Tagged Anand Marriage ActHindu, Delhi High Court, DN Mulla, Hadith, Hindu Marriage Act, hindustantimes, Indonesia, Islam, Muslim marriage laws, Muslims, Quran, Shariah, Sikh, Soli Sorabjee, They call me Muslim, Tunisia, Wikipedia, Zia Haq, Zoroastrian
Salman Khurshid, the law minister, was until recently a good Muslim to have in government. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 7:23 pm
Filed under India, Religion · Tagged AK Antony, anna hazare, backward minorities, Batla House shootout, Congress, defence minister, Election Commission, Hindustan Times, Hindutva, law minister, news, They call me Muslim, UPA, Uttar Pradesh elections, Zia Haq
Many Indians still feel that we should not relent on Pakistan, use our diplomatic and economic clout to make it pay a nasty price for the Mumbai attacks. Maybe we can. Pakistan lacks the money without which wars can neither be fought nor won and has few international backers for a conflict against India today. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Filed under India, Religion, World · Tagged Hafiz Saeed, Hindustan Times, India, isi, Israeli Palestinian conflictthey call me muslim, Kashmir, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Mohammed Waqas Sajjad, Mumbai attacks, news, Pakistan, Taliban, Zia Haq
More and more urban Indians are switching from pop-and-mom kirana outlets to do their groceries at swanky large-format retail stores. Read more

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