2018

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Why do English nonmuslims treat English muslims so badly?

The author asks why non-Muslims in the UK treat British Muslims so badly, taking the story of Tania Joya, a Bengali British Muslim who divorced a senior Islamic State figure,…

AnAn26 February 201830 comments
Rome’s Colosseum turned red to protest Pakistan blasphemy law

A Reuters link on Rome’s Colosseum lit red to protest Pakistan’s blasphemy law, with X.T.M’s view that Pakistan is spiralling into shame, hate and regressiveness.

X.T.M25 February 20188 comments
India’s Rotherham

The poster shares Indian news links on alleged cases of Muslim men targeting non-Muslim girls, calling them ‘India’s Rotherham’, while acknowledging some sources are questionable and mainstream media rarely cover…

Bharata Bharatavanshi25 February 20181 comment
Nuanced understanding of British Colonialism

The author argues for a nuanced view of British colonialism, saying older Indians remembered the English with bittersweet nostalgia, that the Anglo community enriched India, and that it was a…

AnAn25 February 201823 comments
RIP Sridevi

X.T.M mourns the death of the actress Sridevi, remembering her as the girl next door turned beloved auntie and Indian beauty icon.

X.T.M24 February 20182 comments
At U.S. Urging, Pakistan to Be Placed on Terrorism-Financing List – The New York Times

A New York Times link on Pakistan being placed on a terrorism-financing list, with the poster asking readers’ views and welcoming a shift in Saudi policy under Mohammed bin Salman.

AnAn24 February 20185 comments
Modi & Trudeau

X.T.M cites press reports of Justin Trudeau’s cool reception in India and answers that it reflects Delhi’s suspicion that Canada shelters Sikh separatists, whose votes matter to Trudeau, with an…

X.T.M22 February 20180 comments
Black Panther

X.T.M praises the film Black Panther and asks why Black people get better PR than brown people, wondering if being a model minority is boring.

X.T.M21 February 20184 comments
Shashi Tharoor on Kashmir

X.T.M shares a Shashi Tharoor video on Kashmir sent by his wife, says he is ambivalent on the issue, and muses on Tharoor’s list of India’s unifying differences.

X.T.M19 February 201885 comments
1947-48 Kashmir War

Extracts from Major Agha Humayun Amin’s history of the 1947-48 Kashmir war, arguing it was a war of lost opportunities in which Pakistan’s army was closer to victory in 1947…

Omar Ali18 February 201826 comments