Religion and philosophy
Doctrine, practice, theology and philosophy.
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At the Heart of the conflict
Nachiketa argues that debates on India-Pakistan and Hindu-Muslim conflict miss a core issue. Prompted by the alleged TCS Nashik conversion case, he points to reports of forced conversion and sexual…
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nos ancêtres les Hindous
X.T.M argues that when Hindu voices retreat from comment threads, the space turns anti-Hindu rather than neutral. The post defends Hindu civilisational continuity, rejects the claim that Hinduism is a…
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On Whose Side Is God?
X.T.M argues that planners of the Iran war misread Shia Islam, which honours death with dignity. He says killing Khamenei hands the system a martyr, and that the Pahlavist, secular-liberal…
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Zahak versus Husayni
X.T.M reads Reza Pahlavi’s statement on Khamenei’s death through the Shahnameh’s Zahhak against the Husayni archetype. He weighs contested data on Iranian religiosity and asks who Iran is, with the…
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Double Standards, Modi’s Gamble, and Why Ramadan Gets It Right
X.T.M argues that applying a deconstructive lens to Hinduism but not Islam is asymmetric, citing Manu Pillai’s book. The post also treats Pakistan’s literacy gap and Modi’s strategy, and ends…
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Pakistan Does Not Need to Imitate India to Be Stable
X.T.M answers a call for Pakistan to turn secular and drop Kashmir. He argues that state failure comes from weak institutions rather than religious language, that Kashmir is foundational to…
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When Even Jainism Becomes a Hack
X.T.M argues that students falsely claiming to be Jain at Stanford to avoid the meal plan reveal how institutions treat religion as paperwork. He says Jainism is an ethnic, mercantile…
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Tamil Islam Is Not a North Indian Story
X.T.M argues that a Tamil Muslim politician waving an LTTE flag is unremarkable, because Islam reached South India through trade and Tamilness outweighs religion. He says North Indian assumptions wrongly…
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Is Hinduism Pagan ?
The author asks whether Hinduism is Pagan. He argues that it is not under the historical, pejorative meaning, but that the Atman doctrine fits the broader neo-pagan sense, viewing Brahman…
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How will the Iranian Regime Survive? By Becoming Persian & Crowning a Pahlavi Queen
X.T.M argues that the Iranian regime can survive only by de-ideologising: Islam should become a civilisational substrate with Persian features. He cites the English Restoration as a model, and says…
