Muslim rule in Hindustan was mainly Turkish rule - from Mahmud to Babur all Turkish conquerors or rulers - interspersed with episodes of Afghan rule as under the Lodhis and Sher Shah Suri. But we the denizens of the Fortress of Islam - the confused begetters of holy enterprises like Jehad-e-Afghanistan - what have we in common with those warrior...
Late Cardinal Francis George said a few years ago: "I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square."...
It all started over the matter of succession, after Prophet Muhammad passed away, almost 14 centuries ago. Since neither Prophet Muhammad, nor the Holy Quran addressed this matter, it has caused a lot of bloodshed through the history of Islam. ...
...
A later work by Pablo Picasso and a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti sold for $179.36 million and $141.28 million, respectively, becoming the most expensive artworks to be sold at an auction so far, Efe news agency reported....
...
The rise of China as a great power is no longer a matter of speculation; it is a given fact. Most nations today seriously consider the Chinese factor when determining policy. The question uppermost in the minds of Indian policy makers is: should we contain or oppose the rise of China, singly or in tandem with others, or should w...
After searching 100,000 galaxies for signs of highly advanced extraterrestrial life, a team of scientists using observations from NASA's WISE orbiting observatory has found no evidence of advanced civilizations in them....
A geologist has found a rare African plant that prefers to grow on diamond-bearing kimberlite rocks. The plant, identified as Pandanus candelabrum, is the first indicator species for diamond-bearing rocks, Stephen Haggerty, researcher at Florida International University in Miami, told Science magazine....
Journalism, or especially news reporting, is a rather ephemeral form of literary expression, concerned as it is with bare facts of a developing situation in a terse and concise style. But there are practitioners of the craft whose reportage is no less a work of literature - like this intrepid, peripatetic Polish report...
