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Review: The Hajj, by FE Peters
Reviews F. E. Peters’s history of the Hajj from its pre-Islamic origins to 1926, finding the discussion of how pre-Islamic pilgrimage rituals were modified and combined with the Umrah the…
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On the Rohingya issue
Points readers to his main-blog post on the Rohingya, arguing the press will overlook the deep historical facts as the issue enters the media spotlight.
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Will the last Parsi to die please blow out the sacred fire?
Defending the Jiyo Parsi campaign to lift the Parsi birth rate against a liberal article likening it to a khap panchayat, the author argues descendants of Persia’s persecuted Zoroastrians should…
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Indian History Wars..
Contrasting China, where population genetics is not politically explosive, with India, the author points readers to articles on Indian genetic debates and argues that Indian population genetics is contentious because…
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Royal Rumble – Dynamics of Saudi Royal Family
Hamid Hussain analyses the dynamics of the Saudi royal family after two years of change, arguing that absolute monarchies are opaque, that Saudis rarely speak candidly, and that succession now…
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The Indo-Aryan question nearing resolution
Following his India Today review of South Asian genomics, the author adds beliefs held at a lower threshold of certainty about the Indo-Aryan question, noting that the ‘controversy’ over Aryans…
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Partition stories; a pair of beds in Jehlum
Prompted by a tweet about a Partition museum, the author records an unpublished story from a friend’s family about two heavy beds in a Jhelum house, and about friendly Hindu,…
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The Man on Mao’s Right..
Reviews Ji Chaozhu’s memoir The Man on Mao’s Right, by a diplomat who interpreted for Chinese leaders for decades and became ambassador in London, whose story runs from the Japanese…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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