News and Analysis (5/26/20)

“The Covid-19 pandemic has beautifully dispelled the taboo, the myth, the common practice ⁠— that women do not and cannot pray with men”:

• When Lockdown Eid Broke a Long-held Taboo in Muslim Homes (Indian Express)

“State enforced disruptions to internet access are problematic at all times and in the midst of a global pandemic, such restrictions are unconscionable”:

• What 300 Days of Internet Winter in Kashmir Tell Us About Erecting a Digital Wall (The Wire)

“Education promotes individual freedom, empowerment and yields important developmental benefits” but in Kashmir getting higher education is an unusually difficult challenge:

• Decisions of Kashmir University and Student Sufferings (Kashmir Observer)

Is the pigeon named Bond? Mohammad Bond?:

• Suspected ‘Spy’ Pigeon from Pakistan Carrying ‘Coded Message’ Captured in Jammu and Kashmir (Hindustan Times)

As tension mounts between the Chinese and Indian military over Kashmir …

• Ladakh Stand-off, Kashmir, Ammunition & Training — Agenda for Army Commanders’ Meet Tomorrow (The Print)

“Debt-laden Islamabad gets Beijing funds for joint venture opposed by Delhi”:

• China Ignores India over Dam Project in Pakistani Kashmir (Nikkei Asian Review)

“Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) has announced a black-band protest across the Union territory following the recent incidents in which doctors were allegedly manhandled, harassed and not allowed to reach hospitals”:

• Police Stop CMO on Way to Work in Kashmir’s Bandipora, Doctors to Hold Protest (Hindustan Times)

Rejecting the misconceptions of his Greek and Roman predecessors, Ibn Haytham’s innovative data-based understanding influenced later scientists including “Galileo Galilei, … Johannes Kepler and … Sir Isaac Newton”:

• How a 10th-century Muslim Physicist Discovered How Humans See (TRT World)