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India and Pakistan (Barely) Talk: Both countries’ security require sincere common effort to build trust
March 2, 2010 – 2:56 pm | Comments Off
India and Pakistan (Barely) Talk: Both countries’ security require sincere common effort to build trust

For the sake of both countries’ security, India and Pakistan need a sustained dialogue and a sincere common effort to build trust.
 

Low expectations for the first talks between India and Pakistan since the 2008 bombings …

The health of post-secondary education concerns all of us
November 4, 2009 – 4:38 pm | No Comment
The health of post-secondary education concerns all of us

By Omar Alghabra
November 5th is the annual students’ Day of Action where students gather to express their grievances and aspirations. This is a suitable occasion for us as a country to have a meaningful conversation …

Pakistan: Towards Theocracy? – By Pervez A. Hoodbhoy
April 16, 2009 – 11:38 am | No Comment
Pakistan: Towards Theocracy? – By Pervez A. Hoodbhoy

By Pervez A. Hoodbhoy
Women in burqas and children from the Bajaur and Mohmand agency areas wait to be registered at a refugee camp near Peshawar in January. Today a full-scale war is being fought in …

Pakistanis involved in Mumbai attacks
February 13, 2009 – 7:49 pm | No Comment
Pakistanis involved in Mumbai attacks

Azhar Masood | Arab News
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday admitted for the first time that last year’s Mumbai attacks were launched from its soil and partly hatched there. Interior Ministry adviser Rehman Malik told a news conference …

Taj Mahal or Tejo-Mahalaya?
January 23, 2003 – 3:57 pm | No Comment
Taj Mahal or Tejo-Mahalaya?

By Faisal Kutty – Did you know that Jesus Christ wandered the Himalayas and drew his inspiration from Hinduism? That a Hindu named Samundragupta built the Qutb Minar, originally known as Vishnu Sthambha? That the …

Safronisation of Indian History Elicits Deafening Silence
January 12, 2003 – 8:17 pm | No Comment
Safronisation of Indian History Elicits Deafening Silence

Anyone following the developments in India would have at least heard of the attempts to rewrite history, but not many are fully aware of the magnitude and scope of the endeavor.
By Faisal Kutty – Did …

It’s time for Indian Muslim leadership to look in the mirror
August 10, 2000 – 6:52 pm | No Comment
It’s time for Indian Muslim leadership to look in the mirror

By Faisal Kutty – During his short tenure in office, former Indian prime minister, Deve Gowda, made a very courageous statement. He openly admitted that the Muslim minority in India had been neglected and ignored …

Could India Become Another Bosnia?
August 1, 2000 – 6:51 pm | No Comment
Could India Become Another Bosnia?

By Faisal Kutty – The country has changed a lot since my last visit there in the summer of 1992. Unfortunately, most of it appears to be for the worse. The situation of the world’s …

America needs to take care of its own before giving out charity
February 11, 2000 – 6:38 pm | No Comment
America needs to take care of its own before giving out charity

By Faisal Kutty – My first trip out of Canada was to my homeland of India in the early 1980s. Having left the country when I was barely six years old, I was not prepared …

Taj Mahal or Tejo-Mahalaya?
August 25, 1999 – 5:54 pm | 5 Comments
Taj Mahal or Tejo-Mahalaya?

By Faisal Kutty – Did you know that Jesus Christ wandered the Himalayas and drew his inspiration from Hinduism? That the Qutb Minar, originally known as Vishnu Sthambha, was built by a Hindu named Samundragupta? …

Indian Muslims Striving for Empowerment
July 21, 1999 – 5:20 pm | No Comment
Indian Muslims Striving for Empowerment

By Faisal Kutty – December 6, 1992 is etched in the consciousness of almost every Indian Muslim. This was the date a mosque built in 1528 was turned into rubble by frenzied Hindu mobs who …

Nuclear Armageddon in the making?
June 20, 1999 – 4:48 pm | No Comment
Nuclear Armageddon in the making?

By Faisal Kutty – Political instability. Nuclear and conventional missile brinkmanship. And now intense border battles. Is this a recipe for a nuclear disaster? Alarm bells about a possible nuclear conflagration are ringing a lot …

Hindu Extremists Seek Ties With Israel and Its U.S. Lobby
January 15, 1994 – 8:04 pm | No Comment
Hindu Extremists Seek Ties With Israel and Its U.S. Lobby

By Faisal Kutty — The Hindutva movement appears to be gaining momentum throughout India, and spilling over its borders. Like a contagious disease, this form of religious fanaticism is spreading even among expatriate Hindus, …

Violence is means to ultimate goal of Hindu state
March 25, 1993 – 9:02 pm | Comments Off
Violence is means to ultimate goal of Hindu state

Violence is means to ultimate goal of Hindu state
The Toronto Star March 25, 1993, Thursday, AM
Copyright 1993 Toronto Star Newspapers, Ltd.
The Toronto Star
March 25, 1993, Thursday, AM
SECTION: LETTER; Pg. A22
LENGTH: 249 words
HEADLINE: Violence is means …