Muslim bodies say Saudi's statement against Tablighi Jamaat ‘unjust’The crackdown on Tablighi Jamaat comes just a week after the last batch of foreigners belonging to the theological organisation left India ...
15 Dec, 2021, 09.51 AM IST
Can the Taliban suppress the potent IS threat?“Historically, the majority of IS attacks have targeted the state ... Now that the US and the international presence is mostly gone, they n...
12 Oct, 2021, 12.41 PM IST
Dhaka witnesses lone wolf terror attack weeks after Taliban takeoverA Bangladeshi national carried out an attack near the Thai Embassy in Dhaka's posh diplomatic zone, ET has learnt. The perpetrator is being...
20 Sep, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
Centre to challenge in SC acquittal of five SIMI activistsET has learnt that the Ministry of Home Affairs has given its go-ahead to the proposal.
03 Jun, 2019, 08.40 AM IST
Leader of Kerala IS module ‘killed by the US forces in Afghanistan’Abdulla was the leader of the 21 people from Kerala who migrated to the IS stronghold in Afghanistan in May-June 2016.
03 Jun, 2019, 08.35 AM IST
View: It's time to ask the right questions after the Pulwama attackThe very fact that the suicide bomber is a local Kashmiri youngster from Pulwama highlights the futility of confining the investigation to ...
12 Mar, 2019, 04.10 PM IST
Ex-IB chief: Just 108 of 180m Indian Muslims joined IS“The more religious you are the more fundamentalist you are is the current narrative, but this was proven wrong by UK’s security agencies, ...
08 Dec, 2018, 10.43 AM IST
Here's how schools of faith, mobiles are radicalising KashmirThe traditionally moderate school followed by the majority in Kashmir is being replaced by the Saudi-imported Salafism or Wahhabism.
09 Jul, 2017, 11.18 AM IST
Why a section of Kerala's Muslim youth is treading a radical pathKerala has so far had an indigenous version of Salafism, which is considered relatively progressive, with its emphasis on educating women.
31 Jul, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
Islam Is Non-Violence: Unfortunately Sufis, Islam’s original mystics, are succumbing to sectarianism tooExtremism feeds on selective retrieval of sacred texts and history, creating irrational fears that require urgent remedial measures.
19 Apr, 2016, 12.49 PM IST
Al-Qaida still a clear and present dangerThe US, at the vanguard of the fight against this deadly mutating virus, has bled more than $3 trillion over 10 years trying to tame it.
05 Sep, 2014, 11.44 AM IST
ISIS trying to expand influence in PakistanThe militant outfit is distributing pamphlets in Peshawar and border provinces of Afghanistan, seeking support for jihad.
03 Sep, 2014, 03.21 PM IST
Tahrir Square protests and beginnings of a new dictatorship in EgyptThe operation by the security forces in Egypt against supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi can only be described as slaughter.
16 Aug, 2013, 04.35 AM IST
Al-Qaida still a clear and present dangerThe US, at the vanguard of the fight against this deadly mutating virus, has bled more than $3 trillion over 10 years trying to tame it.
14 Aug, 2013, 12.23 PM IST
Competing pressures and threats: A long road ahead for Nawaz SharifNawaz Sharif is reaching out to India in a gushing, warm Lahori embrace. But Delhi must not lose sight of the enduring realities of the Pak...
15 May, 2013, 02.10 PM IST
Despite similarities Tahir-ul Qadri is different from Anna HazareQadri, the founder of non-profit Minhaj-ul-Quran, returned to Pakistan after spending seven years in Canada, where he sought asylum in 2008.
19 Jan, 2013, 07.11 AM IST
- Jihadi connection now stretches from Kashmir to Kovalam
The Army and the Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir have killed a militant hailing from Kerala in the Lolab Valley of Kashmir. T...
08 Oct, 2008, 02.16 AM IST