Tariq A. Al-Maeena
Posts by Tariq A. Al-Maeena:
India Must Resist Policy Of Racial Division
It has been five months since the government of India slammed Kashmir and more than eight million of its residents into a lockdown, isolated from most of the world and…
India Splinters With Divisive Moves
It has been more than four months since the people of Kashmir in the Indian administered region have been placed under heavy armed lockdown, with all communication to the outside…
The Shameful Collapse Of Indian Judiciary
Nothing coming out of India seems to surprise me lately. After the reported arbitrary arrests of Muslims in some states tending to their cattle business, to the mob lynchings that…
Kashmir Should Be Free
October 27th, 1948, is forever scarred in the collective minds of the Kashmiri people as the day they became occupied. And more recently the arbitrary abrogation of Article 370 of…
The Israeli Operatives In Washington
Israel’s Netanyahu publicly declares his intention of annexing Palestinian land for illegal Israeli settlers. He says it loudly and he does not fear retribution. Why? Because he is confident America…
The Other Side Of The Coin
My recent articles on Kashmir have evoked a wide range of responses that keep trickling into my mailbox. The majority seems to be in agreement with my alarm at the…
India’s Democracy Is At Stake
My columns on the recent events in Kashmir have prompted a flurry of letters, some supportive of my views while others vehemently opposed to them and accusing me of being…
India’s Road To Fascism
What so-called democracy in the world invades a disputed territory that has enjoyed autonomy for decades with tens of thousands of heavily armed troops, arrests local leaders, enforces a complete…
Kashmir Is Under Attack
THE current Indian government has acted swiftly and against all international norms, beginning with the use of cluster bombs against the civilian population of Kashmir, and has followed it by…
Do Unto Others As You Would Do To Yourself
A friend of mine told me how he had once checked his mother into a local hospital, and as all the private rooms were reserved, his mother had to occupy…
A Racist & Islamophobic Message
If you were to run into Burt Prelutsky on the streets of Los Angeles or Chicago, you would see an affable looking elderly white male going about his business. A…
Disguised Islamophobia At US College
The phobia against Muslims stirred up by Donald Trump in his run for the US presidency has spilled over into other venues. Muslims are being marginalized because of their faith…