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Islamophobia: Causes & How It’s Threatening Inter-Religion Harmony
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Islamophobia: Causes & How It’s Threatening Inter-Religion Harmony

By Dr Majid Khan Dr Mughees Sheikh writes in his doctoral thesis, “After the end of the Cold War, Islam will be an eminent ‘threat candidate’ for the US media”. Mughees Sheikh’s findings in 1992 did predict the inception of a socio-political and media discourse that we now call Islamophobia. But Islamophobia comes into the...

INDIAN DOSSIER REJECTED
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INDIAN DOSSIER REJECTED

ISLAMABAD (Correspondent): According to Indian media, the Indian Army today produced a 33-page dossier document containing a claim of a “terrorist attack” against India by Pakistan. In response to this blame, Pakistan, FO said: A well-documented campaign for state terrorism and widespread human rights abuses at IIOJK. A FO spokesman emphasized that there have been...

Role of Christian Missionaries in West’s Colonies & Its Impact on the Modern World
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Role of Christian Missionaries in West’s Colonies & Its Impact on the Modern World

By Muhammad Azhar Kaleem During the early colonial era, Europeans founded their first colonies in Africa. In the 16th century, the Portuguese settled in Angola and Mozambique while in 1652 the Dutch founded a colony in South Africa. In the late 19th century Europeans colonized most of Africa, South Asia and some other regions, primarily...

Russia attends G20 meeting set to be dominated by Ukraine conflict
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Russia attends G20 meeting set to be dominated by Ukraine conflict

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 7 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was on the Indonesian island of Bali on Thursday preparing for a G20 gathering that will be his first face-to-face meeting with the fiercest critics of his country’s invasion of Ukraine. The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting runs until Friday in host country Indonesia,...

Biden announces intention to rescind designation of Afghanistan as major non-NATO ally
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Biden announces intention to rescind designation of Afghanistan as major non-NATO ally

WASHINGTON, July 7. /TASS/. US President Joe Biden has notified Congress of his intent to rescind the designation of Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally, according to a corresponding statement published by the press service of the White House on Wednesday. Biden is “providing notice of the intent to rescind the designation of Afghanistan as...

Russia warns humanity at risk if West seeks to punish it over Ukraine
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Russia warns humanity at risk if West seeks to punish it over Ukraine

KYIV/KRAMATORSK, July 7 (Reuters) – Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said attempts by the West to punish a nuclear power such as Russia for the war in Ukraine risked endangering humanity, as the near five-month conflict leaves cities in ruins and thousands homeless. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has triggered the most serious crisis...

Oil from U.S. reserves head overseas as gasoline prices stay high
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Oil from U.S. reserves head overseas as gasoline prices stay high

HOUSTON, July 5 (Reuters) – More than 5 million barrels of oil that were part of a historic U.S. emergency oil reserves release aimed at lowering domestic fuel prices were exported to Europe and Asia last month, according to data and sources, even as U.S. gasoline and diesel prices touched record highs. The export of...