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Arzan Kakh
Pandits left and kept their keys with Muslims. Pandits who stayed back died and were cremated by Muslims. This all is reported already. But...
A Hajj of Many Firsts
For Jammu and Kashmir, the Hajj 2023 was a mix of many interesting firsts, reports Syed Shadab Ali Gillani
For Jammu and Kashmir, Hajj 2023...
Zakat Corpus
A chain of NGOs and social groups are managing the destitute and the underprivileged across Kashmir. But the mangers of these groups insist that...
The Cow Divide
For nearly 200 years, beef was a whisper and not the talk. Then, hearths would go up in flames with homes and the human...
An Evolving Trust
Away from public gaze, a chain of schools across J&K has built massive infrastructure with community participation to educate more than 100000 boys and...
The Invisible Palanquin Man
Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus visit the Kashmir Himalayas every year for pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine. Many old, infirm or rich...
Sarore Sorrow
The morning police raid on Gujjar hutments in Samba is not an isolated incident. Syed Asma talks to the community living under the fear...
Faith no barrier
A Muslim woman is taking Sikh boys and girls in Srinagar closer to their religion by teaching them kirtan singing. Tasleema Langoo is a...
A Shariah Sultanate
Within decades of their rule when Muslims were still a minority, Shahmiri Sultans took the advice of their spiritual leaders seriously and implemented Shariah,...
Languages Of Faith
Languages can be windows into cultures as well as tools of influencing belief and behaviour. Shazia Yousuf takes a look at who is attracted...
Seminaries In Focus
Dar-ul-Ulooms and Madrassas have remained part of Kashmir’s Muslim ethos for centuries. Never ever have these institutions, preaching and teaching the faith, landed in...
Hanging An Imposter
In 1859, the East India Company hanged a Jammu Faqeer in Sialkot for claiming to be a prophet. Its details were published by Lahore...
The Shrine Factor
An informal managerial arrangement at a Sufi shrine on the outskirts of Srinagar city which draws thousands of devotees every year has become a...
Jam them while you pray
Disparate cell phone ringing tones during prayers often irk many inside the mosques. Some mosque management bodies have discovered and installed jammers inside mosques...
Kashmir’s Jewish Connection
Scores of books and ethnolinguistic literature have been around to explain who the Lost Tribes of Israel took refuge in Kashmir. The authors studied...
