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Hindutva has come to mean the belief in Hindu supremacy and the extremism, anti-egalitarianism, ultra-nationalism, and authoritarianism that accompany it. Eduardo Ramon_Getty Images

Understanding Hindutva ideology: Origins and future

A look at a powerful ideology born from historical grudges against Muslims and how its ascension under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has jeopardised India's secular democracy

Shakir Husain 08 June 2024
Gurjeet Singh Aujla (C), an election candidate of the Indian National Congress (INC) party alongside supporters, celebrates after taking the lead in vote count figures for India's general election in Amritsar on June 4, 2024. Narinder NANU / AFP

Indian voters shatter BJP's dream of domination

The BJP's poorer-than-expected performance gives its potential coalition partners more leeway as Modi awaits an invitation from India's president to form a new government

Shakir Husain 05 June 2024
A member and activist of left-wing organisations holds a placard during a protest against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and Delhi's Inderlok incident, in Bengaluru on March 13, 2024. AFP

India citizenship law seen as attack on secularism

The recently implemented CAA law grants Indian citizenship to certain non-Muslims. Critics decry it as yet another step towards fascism in the world's largest democracy.

Shakir Husain 15 March 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Indonesian President Joko Widodo before a meeting at Hyderabad House on December 12, 2016 in New Delhi, India. (Getty)

Why Religious Tolerance Won in Indonesia but Lost in India

Asia’s two largest and most diverse democracies held national elections in recent weeks, and religious tolerance was on the ballot in both. Voters, however, delivered diametrically opposed verdicts. …

Dan Slater and Maya Tudor 12 July 2019
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In a wide-ranging sitdown interview with Al Majalla, AANES Foreign Affairs Chief Ilham Ahmed lays out the lingering points of contention with Damascus and the way forward

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Trump may be willing to accept global isolation to keep supporting Israel, but at some point, he may conclude that he isn't getting enough from Netanyahu in return

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Med market? Europe eyes closer trade with North Africa

01 October 2025

After being hit by tariffs from its Washington ally, Brussels is seeking to diversify its business partners. Across the Mediterranean Sea, states offer labour, materials, and markets

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Palestinian artist breathes life and meaning into Jaffa’s shoreline shards

03 October 2025

Mohammad Qundus uses the fragments of former lives in his latest exhibition that seeks to reaffirm the Palestinian presence of today and its connection to the past

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