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Irfan Ahmad
Irfan Ahmad is Associate Professor of Political Anthropology, Institute for Religion, Politics and Society, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne.... He is the author of Islamism and Democracy in India.
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Minister in Hindu nationalist BJP government says Muslims are not minority causing controversy on status of community.
The choice between the AAP, the BJP and the Congress is far from a real substantial choice.
Discourses about the legitimacy of the interim government continue to obscure the reality on the ground, writes scholar.
In modern day India the impact of the cultural realm may not necessarily be as innocuous as once believed.
Was the US-led operation that killed Osama Bin Laden a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty?
Scholar Irfan Ahmad argues that the Egyptian military staged a coup d’etat that has set democracy back in the nation.
War on terror has not only ‘legitimised’ the killing of millions, but has also silenced a fair discussion about them.
States such as Israel which today “portray themselves” as fighting terrorism were in some ways “born out of terror”.
Rather than promote democracy in the Middle East, the West has a long history of doing the exact opposite.