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What ISIS Really Wants The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it. What is the Islamic State? Where...

Professor Syed Badiuddin Soharwardy, Islamic Supreme Council of Canada and Muslims Against Terrorism, speaks to reporters as he arrives to appear at a Senate national defence committee in Ottawa on Monday, February 2, 2015, to discuss security threats facing Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean...

Why Perumal Murugan's "One Part Woman" is Significant to the Debate on Freedom of Expression in India By N KALYAN RAMAN | January 13, 2015 Perumal Murugam, whose novel "Madhorubagan"came under attack from Hindutva outfits recently announced that he is withdrawing his entire body of work from...

Saudi cleric issues fatwa on snowmen Religious leader forbids building of anti-Islamic idols that might resemble human beings, after winter storm in north of country The building of snowmen has been forbidden by a top Saudi cleric. Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP Reuters in Dubai A prominent...

NEW DELHI: Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on national security and foreign affairs, has alleged that India is using Afghanistan soil to carry out attacks on Pakistan. Sartaj Aziz, however, also admitted that the India's involvement had decreased since the adoption...

India: MP Sakshi Maharaj vows death sentences for Hindus converting to Islam or Christianity BJP's MP Sakshi Maharaj with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi(Facebook) An Indian lawmaker with the ruling Hindu conservative party has claimed death sentences should be introduced for people who...

Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria's Baga town hit by new assault Boko Haram What now? New start in US for escapeesWatch Escape from Boko Haram Battle to free the girls Bodies lay strewn on the streets of a key north-eastern Nigerian town following an assault by militant Islamists, officials have...

Hi all, What are the new technologies that you think South Asian countries should start focusing on? New technologies are essential not only for research supremacy but also for economic development and military benefits down the line. I personally would nominate two areas that South Asian...