Kashmir: Siege and World’s Silence

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- By Muhammad Faysal, AlHittin.com Contributor It’s the 18th day of Siege in Kashmir after the secret execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru, who was hanged inside Indian Prison on February 9. His alleged crime was that he had been a mastermind of ‘the Parliament Attack’ in December 2001. His trial has been disputed by many neutral […]

Media is an Illusion

- By Shaik Zakeer Hussain, Mashaal The mass Media in India and elsewhere is corporate owned, and like any corporate owned entity, its sole purpose is to generate profit and to push forward its interests into the ‘mainstream’. And beyond doubt, it has been successful in both. The media, like any ingenious manipulator crafts its words and […]

#AfzalGuru: In Tihar, officials feel ‘tinge of sorrow’

- By Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar (The Hindu) ‘Al vida’, said Afzal Guru to his executioner, who had himself bid him good bye with the same words a few seconds earlier. And then as the executioner pulled a lever, Afzal’s frame hung from the gallows. “He was dead in a minute, though”, as per the jail […]

Kashmir Under Siege

A paramilitary soldier stands guard during curfew in Srinagar. Life came to a standstill in Kashmir, after the curfew was imposed following the hanging Afzal Guru. AP/Mukhtar Khan

- By Muhammad Faysal, AlHittin.com Contributor After the controversial hanging of Afzal Guru an accused-mastermind of the Indian Parliament Attacks in 2001, Kashmir has been put under siege by Indian Government. Afzal Guru is believed by many Kashmiris and few quarters of Indian society that he was innocent.. With Booker Prize winning Arundhati Roy quoting in the guardian ”The hanging […]

Videos: Execution of #AfzalGuru sparks protests

Several people were injured on Saturday by security forces in Baramulla district of Indian-administered Kashmir when protesters thronged the streets against the execution of Afzal Guru

Execution sparks protests Afzal Guru Supporters Protest in Delhi Prof. SAR Geelani on Afzal Guru’s hanging Syed Ali Shah Geelani slams Indian govt. Protests in Kashmir against the Execution Afzal Guru’s representative in ‘Supreme court’ Related articles #AfzalGuru: The Very Strange Story of the Attack on the Indian Parliament (alhittin.com) Afzal Guru: Hanged to Satisfy India’s […]

#AfzalGuru: The Very Strange Story of the Attack on the Indian Parliament

TV grab of one of the terrorists of the December 13, 2001, Parliament attack

‘And His Life Should Become Extinct’: The Very Strange Story of the Attack on the Indian Parliament (Outlook) – By Arundhati Roy We know this much: On December 13, 2001, the Indian Parliament was in its winter session. (The NDA government was under attack for yet another corruption scandal.) At 11.30 in the morning, five armed men […]

Afzal Guru: Hanged to Satisfy India’s ‘collective conscience’

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I would like to be remembered as a martyr for the cause of justice. There is no fear of death in my heart as solitude and deep introspection has cultivated a deeper sense and vision that man’s life on this planet is spiritually in an embryonic stage. He is born when he leaves this planet. […]

U.S. Asia-Pacific and South Asia

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- By Hassam Ahmed and Adnan Khan, Revolution Observer.com After a decade of war in the Middle East and South Asia the US has been building the groundwork for a shift towards the Asia-Pacific. In June 2012 the US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, announced at a security conference in Singapore that, “the United States […]

‘Maududi’s writings get the credit for what I am’ – Syed Ali Shah Geelani

Syed Ali Shah Geelani Photo: Faisal Khan

- By Syed Ali Shah Geelani BOOKS ARE OXYGEN to me. As someone who has been under house arrest for three years, books have been my life support. I spend some five hours reading every day. These days, I’m reading the Tafsil-e-Quran, which gives you satisfaction and peace of mind, important for a person facing life’s […]

Feeling The Sufferings Of The Muslims In The Oppressed Countries

Feeling The Sufferings Of The Muslims In The Oppressed Countries

Thousands of Muslims are dying all over the world, so much so that it has made our ears become immune, feeling normal without any quiver coming from the depth of our hearts. Have we become uninterested with this situation as we do not have the solution to defend them, or have we, who stay in […]

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