Religion

Religion

Returning from the Middle Ages

October 2010
Praful Bidwai

Three options are available to the litigants after the Allahabad High Court judgment in the Babri mosque case. They can accept the judgment; negotiate a mutual compromise; or appeal the judgment in the Supreme Court.

Restoring Public Faith In Rule of Law

October 2010
Praful Bidwai

One of the few institutions which people respect and trust has injured the faith of large numbers of citizens. How should the Supreme Court deal with the appeals that are certain to be filed before it against the Allahabad High Court judgment on the Babri Masjid issue?

What mosque hysteria has to do with the disastrous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

September 2010
Phyllis Bennis

The controversy surrounding the proposed Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan is not about religion. It's about war.

Military victory, political loss

June 2010
Praful Bidwai

The Flotilla Massacre is not the first such event in history - in 1947 a similar aggression by the British state spurred the creation of Israel. Despite the injustice and outrage over the attack and the continuing blockade of Gaza, the signs that the tide of public opinion is turning suggest there is reason for hope.

UN expert Richard Falk talks about Israel's Flotilla Massacre

June 2010
Richard Falk

UN expert and TNI contributor Richard Falk talks live on GritTV about the illegal raid in which nine humanitarian aid workers were murdered by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) in international waters after boarding their ship in the dead of night.

Secrecy, Torture & Human Rights: US War Crimes, European Complicity, and International Law

May 2010
Tom Reifer

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's role in defending torture and rendition under the Obama administration raises serious concerns about the ongoing failure of the US government to end its own practice of extreme human rights abuses throughout the world.

The decline of the Catholic Church?

April 2010
Saul Landau

Scandals distract the public from focusing on key issues. Sometimes, however, they also provide insights into the character of leading cultural and political figures -- and their institutions.

The great capitulation

September 2009
Praful Bidwai

Indians and Pakistanis have to develop a common, rational understanding of the partition story that is free of nationalist prejudice -- although Jaswant Singh makes little contribution to this.

The convergence of fundamentalisms and new political closures – What next in the struggle for pluralism?

August 2009
Praful Bidwai

Factional War Grows As The Party Sinks

June 2009
Praful Bidwai

The BJP’s multiple crises are now set to worsen—including its ideological confusion, its political mobilisation crisis, and its organisational crisis.