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Word For Peace In November, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (better known as Europol) and popular online messaging platform Telegram orchestrated coordinated action to hit the so-called Islamic State’s famed online ecosystem, which the group used emphatically to make space for itself on the front pages of newspapers around the world. While the likes of Facebook, Twitter and …

Word For Peace In civilized nations, people are free, enjoy basic rights and civil liberties, and, most important, are not afraid of their governments. Rather, their governments are afraid of them: If the state is unable to protect the rights and liberties of its citizens, it might result in massive agitation or even the end of their rule by forcing …

Word For Peace Yet another shamefully opportunistic film that plays on the good Muslim-bad Muslim divide I don’t think I have seen a more vile start to a Bollywood film in recent times than in Commando 3. If the global Islamic terrorism trope wasn’t enough in itself, the opening scene seems bent on inciting even more hatred against the Muslims than already …

Word For Peace Hotel Mumbai Movie Review: Promotional poster of the film (courtesy HotelMumbaiFilm) Cast: Dev Patel, Arnie Hammer, Anupam Kher, Nazanin Boniadi Director: Anthony Maras Rating: 3.5 stars (out of 5) The lessons may have been learnt but the lesions haven’t healed. The horrors are still fresh in the minds of those who bore the brunt and those who watched from afar. And closure …

Word For Peace Iraqi intelligence sources have provided solid information that the brains of IS have moved to Turkey…..Turkish security units were then compelled to take action. They raided 37 addresses and detained 22 people Sept. 19. The operation revealed that IS operatives in Syria and Turkey used a computer program called al-Haram for money transfers. Turkish security determined that …

Word For Peace New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asserted in Lok Sabha that after abrogation of provisions of Article 370, terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have come down to almost nil. He also said the Army, paramilitary forces and the Jammu and Kashmir Police have been coordinating to fight terrorism in the state. “Terror incidents have …

Word For Peace The Babri Masjid dispute reveals the dichotomy between religious theory and practice In Mecca, a large number of historic sites, including mosques, and even sites associated with Prophet Muhammad’s life, are being broken by the guardians of the Kaaba. This is being done to prevent these sites from becoming shrines, for that would amount to idolatry, which …

Word For Peace Before we proceed, let’s keep in view that most Hindus and nearly all Muslims in India stand with Dr Feroze Khan’s academic credentials, integrity and his teaching rights, and have strongly defended him so far. Even many of the BHU students have marched yesterday in solidarity with Khan. Hundreds of students reportedly on Wednesday came out in …

Word For Peace Varanasi, 21 Nov: After two weeks of protest by ABVP (the RSS affiliated students wing) against the appointment Firoz Khan, a Muslim professor in the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan in the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) hundreds of students on Wednesday evening came out in his support. The students under the banner of the Joint Action Committee, BHU, …

WordForPeace.com Special New Delhi, November 21, 2019: In order to deliberate on whether to file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict on Babri mosque and whether to accept five acre plot as an alternative land for the mosque, the national working committee meeting of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind was held under the presidentship of Maulana Qari Mohammad Usman Mansoorpuri, President …