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6 days, 7 hours ago

Ancient billboard: Tiny tales emerge from Kashmiri epigraphs

Above the southern entrance of the 600-year-old Jamia Masjid in Srinagar is an inscription singing praises to Allah. “This was something that had not been documented, that a Hindu craftsman had worked on the Jamia Masjid,” says Srinagar-based art historian Hakim Sameer Hamdani, 48. Piece-meal The idea of documenting the notes from such plaques occurred to Hamdani eight years ago, …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Understanding Sunni-Shi’i rivalry in Kashmir: Review of ‘Shi ̒ ism in Kashmir’ by Hakim Sameer Hamdani

The Hindu

Published : Jun 08, 2023 18:29 IST - 7 MINS READ The British author Julian Barnes, in his Booker-winning book The Sense of an Ending, asserts that “history is created where inadequacies of documentation meet the imperfections of memory”. In Hakim Sameer Hamdani’s book Shi ̒ism in Kashmir: A History of Sunni-Shi ̒i Rivalry and Reconciliation, the author criticises the …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Want Better-Quality Sleep? Avoid Doing These 14 Things.

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Tirachard Kumtanom / EyeEm via Getty Images Sleep better by making these small changes. Even if you use blue-light filters or switch your devices to night mode, looking at screens before bed can still affect sleep by keeping your brain “active and engaged,” according to Hamdani. “If you’re lying there with your stomach grumbling, you aren’t going to be able …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Trial run of ‘water bus’ rekindles hope to reconnect with Srinagar’s past

The Hindu

The first-ever trial run of an air-conditioned water bus on the Jhelum river, which runs through the Kashmir Valley from south to north Kashmir, on Thursday rekindled the hope of reconnecting with the dying past and providing possible alternate mode of transportation of the once buzzing nerve centre of business here. In 1945, Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter Indira Gandhi, Khan …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Why M.A. Jinnah was a man of many contradictions

Live Mint

When Narendra Modi led the Bharatiya Janata Party to an electoral majority in 2014, Indians could still assert that, however flawed, their republic aimed to remain secular, unlike Pakistan, which had chosen to be a theocracy and acted as one. As the late Pakistani poet Fahmida Riaz, mocked India once, “tum bilkul ham jaise nikle, ab tak kahan chhupe the …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Stampede kills dozens mourning Iranian general slain by U.S.

LA Times

A packed crowd surrounds a vehicle carrying the coffin of slain Iranian Gen. Qassem Suleimani in his hometown of Kerman on Tuesday. The stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Suleimani, as the procession began, said Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran’s emergency medical services. 1 / 30 The coffins of Gen. Qassem Suleimani and others …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Iran fires missiles at two bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq

LA Times

Iran launched 15 ballistic missiles at two military bases used by U.S. forces in Iraq, the Pentagon said Tuesday night, as long-simmering tensions between Washington and Tehran erupted into fiery explosions and fears of all-out war after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general. Iranian state television said the missiles were launched as the opening of Tehran’s “revenge” for …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Amid conflicting signals, Trump sends more Marines to the Middle East

LA Times

Flag-draped coffins of Gen. Qassem Suleimani and others killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq are carried on a truck surrounded by mourners during the funerals in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, on Jan. 5. Asked if that ruled out targeting cultural sites, Esper agreed, saying, “That’s the law of armed conflict.” Esper pushed back against Trump’s threats …

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5 years, 2 months ago

The U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general also eliminated another key player

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Abu Mahdi Muhandis listens to a question during an interview in Fallouja, Iraq, on May 29, 2016. 8 / 30 Mourners carry the coffin of slain Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi Muhandis towards the Imam Ali Shrine in the shrine city of Najaf in central Iraq during a funeral procession. 9 / 30 Equipment assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, …

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5 years, 2 months ago

News Analysis: Will Iran resume and accelerate its race for nuclear weapons?

LA Times

In this file photo, Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani, center, speaks with lawmakers in an open session of parliament in Tehran while discussing a bill on Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers. Iran’s announcement Sunday that it will no longer abide by the most important limits in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal could place Tehran back on the headlong pursuit …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Tears from Iran’s supreme leader as massive crowds attend slain commander’s funeral

LA Times

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, weeps as he leads a prayer Jan. 6 over the coffin of Gen. Qassem Suleimani in Tehran. 1 / 30 The coffins of Gen. Qassem Suleimani and others who were killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike are carried on a truck surrounded by mourners Jan. 6 in Tehran. 9 / 30 …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Repercussions mount over U.S. strike, with Iran nuclear deal pullback and Iraq call for U.S. troop pullout

LA Times

Throngs of mourners turn out as the body of Gen. Qassem Suleimani arrives Jan. 5, 2020, in Iran. 9 / 30 Equipment assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is loaded into aircraft from Ft. Bragg, N.C. 10 / 30 Mourners carry the coffins of slain Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi Muhandis, Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani and …

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5 years, 2 months ago

As Iraq reels from U.S. strike, its politicians turn against Washington

LA Times

Mourners carry the coffins of Qassem Suleimani, Iran’s top general, and Abu Mahdi Muhandis, deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq, during their funeral Jan. 4 in Karbala, Iraq. Behind them, thousands trudged alongside a procession of trucks, chanting, “There is no god but God, and America is the enemy of God.” Among those at the fore in …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Trump says he ordered the strike that killed an Iranian general ‘to stop a war’

LA Times

President Trump, who has long insisted he was determined to avoid war, on Friday defended his orders to kill Iran’s top military leader, an action that has inflamed tensions throughout the Middle East and risks even wider conflict. As thousands of American troops were being dispatched to the region and Iran threatened “harsh retaliation,” Trump said he ordered the drone …

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5 years, 2 months ago

How Trump made the decision to kill Suleimani

LA Times

When President Trump’s national security team came to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, they weren’t expecting him to approve an operation to kill Gen. Qassem Suleimani. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had gone to Palm Beach to brief Trump on airstrikes the …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Killing of Iranian general marks huge gamble by Trump

LA Times

In ordering the killing of Gen. Qassem Suleimani, one of Iran’s highest-ranking officials, President Trump took one of the biggest gambles of his presidency — a step that appears to lead the U.S. on a path toward escalated warfare and that marked a sharp break from his often-stated desire to pull American forces out of conflicts in the Middle East. …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad underscores America’s polarization — and peril

LA Times

A man waves the Iraqi flag while Iraqi soldiers are deployed in front of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday. This week’s breach of the sprawling U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad by supporters of a pro-Iranian militia ended on New Year’s Day when the militia called off the siege. 9 / 30 Equipment assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, …

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6 years, 8 months ago

Pakistan's Ahmadi community could be further imperiled by a new court order

Firstpost

The Ahmadi community is perhaps the most endangered minority in Pakistan and is at the vortex of mindless violence – they are often killed or attacked on the slightest pretext, their mosques bombed and cases filed against them for violating the law The most remarkable thing about the Ahmadis’ “place of worship” is the silence. Given that Ahmadis were promised …

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8 years ago

East Mosul may be free from Islamic State control, but it’s far from secure

LA Times

Mosul police Chief Wathaq Hamdani, center, toured east Mosul’s Zahour neighborhood Wednesday, an area where Islamic State militants still lurk months after it was freed. To show how much this embattled city’s east side has recovered since it was freed from Islamic State two months ago, the police chief set out on a tour last week — with two dozen …

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8 years, 3 months ago

How ISIL destroyed Nimrud

Al Jazeera

Nimrud is one of many archaeological treasures in Iraq which has suffered under ISIL control. “The land itself was shaking.” Nimrud was founded in the 13th century BCE and is widely seen one as one of the world’s great archaeological treasures, home to the palace of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II, with its giant stone depictions of winged guardians known as …

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9 years, 4 months ago

Muslims Weren't Cheering On 9/11, Mr. Trump. They Were Grieving For Their Loved Ones.

Huff Post

NEW YORK -- Early in the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Mehr Tariq asked her husband, Tariq Amanullah, not to go to work. Donald Trump claimed this weekend that he saw "thousands" of Muslims in New Jersey "cheering" after the 9/11 attacks. Ty Wright/Getty Images These families' memories of that day offer a stark and sobering rebuttal to leading Republican …

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14 years, 10 months ago

Contrasting faces of jihadi terror

The Hindu

When news broke of a Pakistani-American being picked up for the bombing attempt at New York City's Times Square, the initial apprehension among Pakistanis with relatives in the United States was how it would impact their kin and their professional pursuits in the “land of opportunities.” As more details regarding Faisal Shahzad started trickling in and it was established that …

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Ancient billboard: Tiny tales emerge from Kashmiri epigraphs

Understanding Sunni-Shi’i rivalry in Kashmir: Review of ‘Shi ̒ ism in Kashmir’ by Hakim Sameer Hamdani

Want Better-Quality Sleep? Avoid Doing These 14 Things.

Trial run of ‘water bus’ rekindles hope to reconnect with Srinagar’s past

Why M.A. Jinnah was a man of many contradictions

Stampede kills dozens mourning Iranian general slain by U.S.

Iran fires missiles at two bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq

Amid conflicting signals, Trump sends more Marines to the Middle East

The U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general also eliminated another key player

News Analysis: Will Iran resume and accelerate its race for nuclear weapons?

Tears from Iran’s supreme leader as massive crowds attend slain commander’s funeral

Repercussions mount over U.S. strike, with Iran nuclear deal pullback and Iraq call for U.S. troop pullout

As Iraq reels from U.S. strike, its politicians turn against Washington

Trump says he ordered the strike that killed an Iranian general ‘to stop a war’

How Trump made the decision to kill Suleimani

Killing of Iranian general marks huge gamble by Trump

Attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad underscores America’s polarization — and peril

Pakistan's Ahmadi community could be further imperiled by a new court order

East Mosul may be free from Islamic State control, but it’s far from secure

How ISIL destroyed Nimrud

Muslims Weren't Cheering On 9/11, Mr. Trump. They Were Grieving For Their Loved Ones.

Contrasting faces of jihadi terror