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One-on-one, realistically speaking, India is no match for China. The Chinese will out-manouvre us on all fronts. However, one has to see things in the right context. The reason all these recent issues - South China Sea, North Korea, border standoff are happening is that there is an assumption...

I think the entire PDF policy on religious discussion is misguided. While I appreciate the fact that the admin here would like to keep religion out because it needlessly inflames people, it is also true that the religious aspect is always running in the background. I lot of avoidable animosity...

Good to hear your views. You are obviously intelligent and compassionate. So it won't be difficult for you to understand that just as Islam has gone through interpretation and reformation, so has Judaism. In fact, of all the religions, Judaism has the largest proportion of adherents who do not...

Good, then get in with the reformation project if you really believe that. You would do more good talking to fellow Muslims about these things than to others. However, If you try and append such stuff as how the Jews hate gentiles etc., I doubt it will do much good. There is a real challenge of...

Suras 2:65, 5:60, and 7:166...apes and pigs And you surely know about the context of the phrases ‘those who have incurred your wrath” and “those who have gone astray” : Surah 2:61 and Surah 4:44 respectively. This is no place to play hide-the-ball with the articles of faith. Unless, of...

Most countries that need oil from the Middle-East have been doing this tight-rope walk for the past 50 years. Be it the plight of their citizens, treatment of migrants in the GCC, relentless hostility against Israel, and now sponsoring ideological trouble for the whole world. India is no...

I think that is a fair assessment of the situation. She has no leanings apart from the pure exercise of power politics. That had been her whole career - climbing the ladder to political power through trial and error populism. If she assesses that public opinion is swinging, she will become more...

Nice try...not everyone views the world through the lens of identity. Jews, gentiles, kuffar, etc. mean little if you wish to disassociate yourself from these.

1. Thanks for the warning, much appreciated. 2. If Israel isn't a liberal place, then I don't know which place in the world is liberal. Arabs can only dream to have built a society as Israel has done. 3. I have never heard of something called "anti-Muslim Theory" so won't be able to comment on...

When was the last time you saw a person being lynched in broad daylight in front if hundreds/thousands of people in Europe?

The reason why deposits from India are going down is the special attention paid to Swiss Banks. From 2018 onwards they will present details of all account holders and deposits made. So it makes little sense to deposit in Swiss accounts anymore. The only way BD can stem the flow is by similar...

If for nothing else, we can respect Savarkar for the fact that he was an inventor. After all, he did invent the term Hindutva.

1. On what basis can you expect India to stop dealing with Israel? Will Pakistan stop dealing with China if we say so? Will work on CPEC stop if we say so? If there are no rules of reciprocity between us then why should we accommodate your concerns? 2. Did I say Judaism and Zionism are the...

More than funding for IS and al-Nusra, Saudi have to stop funding Wahabi/Salafi Imams and madrasahs. That is what is going to lead to a poisoned future. Majority of Indian Muslims are Barelvi following Hanafi fiqh. There is a very good reason IS finds it difficult to enlist from India and that...

The answer would depend on when these bunkers were built and why. If they were built in response to the Chinese incursion into Bhutan and in an area that is disputed, then demolishing them was necessary to restore the status quo. However, there is a condition attached to that. If the Indian side...

This is very plausible. However, having said that, the entire issue needs to be handled with sensitivity. It is very difficult to explain to poor people that it is their encroachment on forest land that has created this situation. In their own way, they are justified in believing that they...

Okay, so assuming you are right and India did cross the border, then they should withdraw to their original position. Similarly, if China crossed into Bhutan, they should do the same. Of course, both parties may claim that the interpretation of the border itself is disputed. However, that can...

I think all this hostility stuff is now becoming uncomfortable. Is there no possibility of discussing anything like mature adults? Did the Chinese Army actually cross the border in Bhutan? And if they did, how can that possibly be justified? I agree that both sides should take a step back and...

RSS and BJP will always play hide-the-ball with their articles of faith. To expunge the bitter history of their opposition to Gandhi and its political fallout, they will do a 180 turn and try to appropriate him instead. If you try to pin their Hindu majoritarian view, they will deny and say that...

1. What do you mean by Jews killing Muslims? I am unaware of any Indian support for any Israeli initiative to kill anyone. For that matter, is there any official statement from the Indian government on Israel's issues with Iran/Saudi? If not, then I don't understand what you mean. 2. Israel was...