By Arnold Ahlert A thought-provoking essay written by Narain Kataria, president of the Indian American Intellectuals Forum, sounds a familiar alarm. “Hinduism Faces Eclipse” reveals that “the anti-Hindu forces within and without India are working in tandem on an insidious mission to destroy our civilization and culture, and obliterate Hinduism from the Indian soil.” Kataria further contends … Continue reading »
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Intelligence alert over terror attack on US consulate in Mumbai
MUMBAI: The Western Naval command headquarters has alerted the city police about the threat of a bomb attack on the US consulate here on July 21. The intelligence was shared with reference to an anonymous letter received by the consulate-general and American Centre in Kolkata, threatening to attack both places. A copy of the single-page … Continue reading »
Mango girls of India fight female infanticide
A small village in India is fighting female infanticide by planting mango trees. Shiva Kumar Thekkepat finds out more about this quaint but vital tradition By Shiva Kumar A traditional ceremony in Dharhara, India, where a girl gets “married” to a mango tree before tying the knot for real with her husband. Babby* is … Continue reading »
Revealing India and Pakistan’s Ancient Art and Inventions
by Andrew Howley The three-day “Dialogue of Civilizations” conference in Guatemala is bringing together archaeologists studying five ancient cultures to discuss their similarities and differences and what they can tell us about human society as a whole. You can be a part of the conversation as well, tweeting your questions using #5Civilizations. China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, … Continue reading »
India police arrest suspect over rape of 5-year-old girl
By Pratap Chakravarty (AFP) NEW DELHI — A five-year-old Indian girl who was abducted, raped and tortured in New Delhi was alert and stable, doctors said on Saturday, as fresh protests erupted over sexual violence in the country. The attack evoked memories of the brutal gang-rape and death of a young female student last December … Continue reading »
5-yr-old Indian girl fights for life after brutal rape
A protester waves the national flag as she shouts anti-government and Delhi police slogans during a demonstration against the rape of a five-year old girl, outside a hospital in New Delhi, Friday. — AFP A five year old girl is fighting for her life after she was raped by a neighbour in Gandhi Nagar, … Continue reading »
#myjihad KASHMIR: First ever All-Girl Rock Band forced to quit after Grand Mufti puts a fatwa on their heads
KASHMIR: First ever All-Girl Rock Band forced to quit after Grand Mufti puts a fatwa on their heads Kashmir lost its only all-girls rock band on Monday as its three teenage members decided to call it quits, a day after the Grand Mufti issued a fatwa terming singing as un-Islamic and demanded that they abandon it. Times … Continue reading »
New Year, New Problem? Pakistan’s Tactical Nukes
Pakistan is developing a new generation of smaller “tactical” nuclear weapons. The dangers and challenges such arms present are very real. October of last year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Many Asian policymakers will read the lessons of that harrowing episode with some self-satisfaction. When India and Pakistan conducted their … Continue reading »
Pakistan: The most dangerous country in the world
The subcontinent of South Asia has inexorably been developing into a cauldron of violence ever since the origins of Islam in Arabia and its steady expansion to the east. Here it clashed with Hinduism a religion that was an antithesis of Islam and over the centuries this unhappy mix has been smoldering and has … Continue reading »
India: Remembering Mumbai under attack
(35 photos total) A reporter talks on her phone as smoke is seen coming from Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. Large plumes of smoke were seen rising from the top of the landmark Taj Hotel in Mumbai on Thursday and heavy firing could be heard, a Reuters witness said. (REUTERS/Arko Datta) 2 Injured … Continue reading »
South Sudan, world’s youngest nation, develops unlikely friendship with Israel
By Armin Rosen· JUBA, South Sudan (JTA) – This city in the world’s newest country is not your typical Arabic-speaking capital. For one thing, most of the city’s inhabitants are Christian. For another, the Israeli flag is ubiquitous here. Miniature Israeli flags hang from car windshields and flutter at roadside stalls, and at the Juba … Continue reading »
Interpol issues “red notices” for 4 Iranian suspects in embassy bombing
From Interpol: INTERPOL, acting on a request from India’s Central Bureau of Investigation, has issued Red Notices for four suspects wanted in connection with the 13 February bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat’s car in New Delhi. Details of the suspects Mohammadreza Abolghashemi, Houshang Afshar Irani, Seyed Ali Mahdiansadr and Masoud Sedaghatzadeh who are all … Continue reading »
VIDEO: The World under Muslim Sharia Law
VIDEO: ‘Democracy is the Opposite of Islam’ Here is an excerpt from my interview in Antwerp with the head of Sharia4Belgium, Abu Imran. He says the label “democratic Muslim” is a contradiction in terms; that Sharia (he means the full Sharia—amputation for theft, stoning for adultery) is inseparable from true Islam; and he is very … Continue reading »
Spencer: Why Can’t Non-Muslims Criticize Islam?
h/t Atlas Shrugs..check it out.. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has long been embarked upon an all-out campaign to compel America and Europe to criminalize criticism of Islam, under the guise of criminalizing “defamation of religions.” Meanwhile, Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups in the United States work energetically to demonize and marginalize any and all who … Continue reading »
Iran and the bomb: explain it so dumb people get it
Exactly, I tried the Mexico/California example over Israel and the Fakastinians and it usually works..From Times of Israel: With every passing day it appears more and more likely that Israel will go it alone and seek to disable the nuclear-weapons-making capabilities of the Iranian regime. With or without the public support of the US and … Continue reading »
Whitewashing Muslim Imperialism
Because it is now almost axiomatic for American school textbooks to whitewash all things Islamic (see here for example), it may be instructive to examine one of those aspects that are regularly distorted: the Muslim conquests. Few events of history are so well documented and attested to as are these conquests, which commenced soon after the death … Continue reading »
