Category Archives: OTW Politics

On Feb. 6, 2006, three Pakistanis died in Peshawar and Lahore during violent street protests against Danish cartoons that had satirized the Prophet Muhammad. More such mass protests followed weeks later. When Pakistanis and other Muslims are willing to take … Continue reading →

The police investigation into the synchronized September 29 bombing attacks in Malegaon, a city in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, and Madosa, in the neighboring state of Gujarat, has rattled India’s political establishment. The police have thus far arrested … Continue reading →

From IHT: The men came wearing black hoods, firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades, taking hostages, attacking two hotels, a cinema, a café, a train station and other popular and undefended “soft targets.” An e-mail message to Indian media outlets … Continue reading →

Even as the siege of Mumbai was still going on, the finger-pointing began. India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said “external forces” were behind the attacks, a thinly veiled reference to India’s neighbor and longtime foe Pakistan. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee … Continue reading →

(Nov. 28 ) New clashes have broken out as Indian commandos try to end the sieges at the Taj Mahal hotel, the luxury Oberoi hotel and a Jewish center in Mumbai, India.