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Oct 6, 2026, 2:33 PM

India’s Captain Stared Down a Global Catastrophe

Captain Smit Machchhar’s extraordinary courage aboard a Tel Aviv-bound commercial flight may have prevented a mass-casualty disaster from igniting an already volatile Middle East. His actions deserve global recognition—but the geopolitical consequences of such an attack remain a chilling...

Purna Lal Chakma

Oct 5, 2026, 8:18 AM

Is Bangladesh Turning the CHT Accord Into a Security Issue?

Santu Larma, chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council, is shown in an editorial illustration highlighting Indigenous concern over Bangladesh’s three new CHT committees and the future of the 1997 CHT Accord. Editorial illustration created by the author for editorial purposes.

For the Indigenous peoples of Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts, three new government committees are raising an old and troubling question: is a political problem that Bangladesh promised to resolve through the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord being turned once again...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 5, 2026, 4:02 AM

Software, AI, AGI, ASI and Governance – ISO 42001.

When Machines Stop Following Instructions - understanding evolution of AI and ISO 42001 as the benchmark governing standard for AI today. This article is partially based on a paper accepted as abstract at SCAI 2026, in Odense, University of Southern...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 4, 2026, 12:25 PM

The calf that changes shape.

עבודה זרה | الشرك بالله Avodah Zarah | Shirk Billāh Understanding idolatry in the past and today - and how it enters the heart. Focusing on purifying oneself rather than casting stones on others. Before the calf was cast in gold, Before an...

Kostis Konstantinou

Oct 3, 2026, 1:37 PM

Another Myth Falls Apart: Our Slain ‘Colleagues’

It was one of the most powerful narratives of the Gaza war: first dozens, then hundreds, of “journalists” were killed. Names on lists, photographs in tributes, numbers in headlines — and the same conclusion: Israel had made journalists targets. Except...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 3, 2026, 10:37 AM

Before the Final Horn

Before the Final Horn Before our kingdoms learned to rise, Before a crown adorned a head, A man of clay first opened eyes, And walked where all his children tread. He knew the names that he was taught, He knew the Garden and the fall; He...

Allen S. Maller

Oct 2, 2026, 8:31 AM

Islam’s 99 Names of Allah, and Judaism’s One Sacred Name of YHVH

Islam's 99 names of Allah, and Judaism's 70 sacred names of God share deep linguistic, historical, and spiritual connections. We have Shared Semitic Roots: Arabic and Hebrew are sister languages. Divine attributes in the Qur'an and the Hebrew Bible...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 2, 2026, 1:06 AM

Gardens beneath which rivers flow

Gardens beneath which Rivers Flow A letter to the world’s leaders, from a Muslim You may command the earth I tread, The borders I may never cross; You may leave ruins for my home, Then ask me to explain my loss. You may destroy the...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 1, 2026, 10:02 AM

On Reflection – Part 2 – Mindful.

Reflection, Part 2 There is a difference between looking and seeing. There is a difference between hearing and listening. And there is an enormous difference between passing through life and actually paying attention to it. In the first part of this discussion, I...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 30, 2026, 7:48 AM

On Reflection – When Moses (a.s.) asked to see.

On Mindfulness: Savouring and relishing moments in life. In an age obsessed with quick and more, perhaps the Qur’an occasionally asks something different of us: stop, reflect, and ponder. There is a peculiar temptation in religious and secular life today. More. Read more...

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