minorities
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You cannot be a leftist if you support fundamentally illiberal positions
The author argues that one cannot be a leftist while supporting dictatorships or unequal citizenship rights, naming military rule in Myanmar and Pakistan, Iran’s clerical state, and restrictions on women…
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Who can speak for the “Muslim minority” of India?
X.T.M argues Indian Muslims cannot be compared with Jains, Sikhs or Buddhists, since they were once the civilisational elite of North India, and that listing successful individuals does not show…
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The Honey Trap of the Ummah:
X.T.M argues that a dispute with commenters exposes the fault lines in the India–Pakistan–Muslim triad. He contends that Indian minorities have accepted an unspoken compact of living within an increasingly…
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Flame Thread Warning
Moderation warning that stricter deletion of comments is coming. X.T.M also notes the killing of Ahmadi physician Dr Sheikh Mahmood Ahmad and argues Pakistan must rethink its treatment of minorities.
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Modi the man
A short post pairing a Modi poster with the author’s view that Modi has presided over a successful decade for India, and criticising majoritarianism in Pakistan.
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The Indian Muslim question
After an open-thread row over Pakistani Hindus and Indian Muslims, the author says he feels he de-Muslimises himself in India, argues Indians treat Muslims like a caste while Pakistan sorts…
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London(istan)
The author observes that the English of the Home Counties are more guarded about demographic change than Scots, and adds that South Asians always see themselves as a minority because…
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No country for young Sikhs (or old)
A note on three Sikhs killed in Saharanpur and one in Peshawar, with sympathy for minorities without a safe haven, quoting a Dawn report.
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Popcorn + missiles = funtimes
Reacting to reports of Israelis watching Gaza blasts from a hilltop with popcorn, the poster says war brutalises civilians, but argues the Muslim world should also think hard about how…
