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    In Kashmir, claimed Al Qaeda affiliate Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind may be struggling to survive

    Safwat Zargar
    · Jan 07, 2019 · 09:00 am
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    Listen: A poem and qawwali celebrate Diwali – but classical compositions about the festival are rare

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    · Nov 10, 2018 · 06:00 am
  • Pakistan: Asia Bibi, who was acquitted of blasphemy last week, freed from prison

    Pakistan: Asia Bibi, who was acquitted of blasphemy last week, freed from prison

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    · Nov 08, 2018 · 09:30 am
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    Italy says it will try to help Pakistani woman acquitted in blasphemy case leave the country

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    · Nov 07, 2018 · 06:37 pm
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    Pakistan: Family of woman acquitted in blasphemy case seeks asylum in UK

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    · Nov 04, 2018 · 10:52 am
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    Pakistan: Lawyer of woman acquitted in blasphemy case flees country

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    · Nov 03, 2018 · 03:04 pm
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    Pakistan: Several schools shut as protests continue against woman’s acquittal in blasphemy case

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    · Nov 01, 2018 · 10:32 am
  • Pakistan Supreme Court acquits woman who was sentenced to death for insulting prophet Muhammad

    Pakistan Supreme Court acquits woman who was sentenced to death for insulting prophet Muhammad

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    · Oct 31, 2018 · 11:46 am
  • Glimpses from the rare ‘Menak Amir Hamza’, the Javanese version of the epic on the Prophet’s uncle

    Glimpses from the rare ‘Menak Amir Hamza’, the Javanese version of the epic on the Prophet’s uncle

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    A far cry from Adityanath’s Hindutva, the Nath Yogi tradition has a history of religious pluralism

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    In the month of Muharram, listen to these sozkhwani recitations by classical music maestros

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    How Muharram travelled from India to Trinidad and became uniquely Caribbean

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    ‘No doubt that there are membership elements of RSS who have engaged in lynching’: Walter Andersen

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    Sufi poetry is luminous in Sindhi poet Shah Abdul Latif’s works, now translated into English

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    What Pope Francis’ choice of a Goan-origin Karachi cardinal means for Christians of Pakistan

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