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Rossmann: 'How can anyone be Persian?'

Auburnpub dot com 03 Nov 2021
The question in the headline is borrowed from Montesquieu’s 1721 epistolary novel, "Persian Letters," in which two travelers from a distant eastern country visit Paris and comment on what they see ... “Ah, this gentleman is Persian! How extraordinary! How can one be Persian?” one citizen wonders ... To an extent, we can be Persian after all.
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Top Indian brands baulk after threats by Hindu hardliners

Dawn 03 Nov 2021
NEW DELHI ... Urdu is one of India’s 22 official languages but uses a Persian-Arabic script and is considered a “Muslim language”. While Urdu originated in India, which is home to nearly 200 million Muslims, it is also the national language of bitter rival Pakistan. Many devout Hindus believe it should not be used for their rituals and festivals ... .
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Indian brands face threats from right-wing extremists

The Wire Network 03 Nov 2021
Urdu is one of India’s 22 official languages but uses a Persian-Arabic script and is considered a “Muslim language”. While Urdu originated in India, which is home to nearly 200 million Muslims, it is also the national language of bitter rival Pakistan ... Many devout Hindus believe it should not be used for their rituals and festivals.
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Tel Aviv: Perfect setting for a noir murder - opinion

The Jerusalem Post 03 Nov 2021
Imagine, for a second, that Tel Aviv is a real place ... You get it. We could go on.  ... That is exactly the point ... ISRAEL POLICE) ... Not only that, but the Diaspora has flowed into Tel Aviv’s close quarters, so you can hear the music of Hebrew, English, French, Arabic, Russian, Persian, Italian and other languages spoken by residents and visitors ... .
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Growing religious intolerance: How right-wing hardliners are pressuring top Indian brands to toe the line

Dawn 02 Nov 2021
India's biggest festive season is in full swing but top brands are under pressure from right-wing hardliners accusing them of hurting Hindu sentiments ... Urdu is one of India's 22 official languages but uses a Persian-Arabic script and is considered a “Muslim language”. Many devout Hindus believe it should not be used for their rituals and festivals ... “.
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Fabindia and Urdu a semantic fallout: Why words without thoughts fail

Business Line 01 Nov 2021
Words, language and culture are intertwined inextricably ... It is the British linguist John Gilchrist who worked on the etymology of Hindustani and classified words from Sanskrit and Indic languages into Hindi and those from Persian and Arabic into Urdu vocabulary – thus probably creating the semiotics and religious distinction.
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Na’at research centre set up

The News International 01 Nov 2021
... be governed by the Faculty of Languages of Minhaj University ... The centre, he said, will collect all books and research works on Na’at done in Urdu, Arabic, Persian, English and other national and regional languages to facilitate future research on the topic.
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The way to stop Iran is to brand it as evil in Tehran - opinion

The Jerusalem Post 30 Oct 2021
Indeed, ethnic Persians constitute only half of Iran’s population ... And yet, the Persian ethnic population of Iran is similar to that of the Russian ethnic component in the former Soviet Union ... Despite repeated calls for linguistic diversity, Persian remained the sole language of instruction in primary and secondary education.
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Iran envoy says "outer space" common heritage for all humans

Irna 28 Oct 2021
The full text of Takht Ravanchi's remarks is as follows. ... Mr. Chairman, ... We believe that, in addition to the six official languages of the UN, information should also be disseminated in other languages, including the Persian language that is spoken by tens of millions of peoples and is widely regarded as the root of a great culture and civilization.
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Persianate Selves: Fostering conviviality from tradition

The New Arab 27 Oct 2021
The idea of Persian culture in the premodern period encompassed a shared language, shared morality, social etiquette and aesthetic concerns known as adab, literature and education, which was transregional from the Middle East to South and Central Asia all part and parcel of Islam.
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Hate campaign in India against Urdu for being a ‘Muslim’ language

Al Jazeera 27 Oct 2021
It also borrowed heavily from Persian, Turkish and Arabic languages ... During the 400-year-old Mughal rule of the Indian subcontinent, Persian was the official language of the administration ... Despite Urdu’s Persian-Arabic script and its so-called “Muslim” association, many leaders of ...
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CII asks Punjab to take strict action against presenters of 'Hoor' in Milad procession

Urdu Point 27 Oct 2021
The council endorsed 'The Compulsory�Teaching of�ArabicLanguageBill 2020' and declared that taking measures for teaching Arabic language was religious and constitutional obligation. The council also suggested to introduce Persian, Turkish and Chinese languages as optional subjects in higher education institutions ....
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Iran wanted US out of Afghanistan. It may be sorry the wish came true.

Indian Express 27 Oct 2021
Written by Farnaz Fassihi. For 20 years, Iranian officials have said they wanted the US military out of Afghanistan ... It sheltered al-Qaida’s top leaders in Tehran ... One of Afghanistan’s two official languages, Dari, is a dialect of Persian, and the two countries share many traditions, including celebrating the Nowruz new year holiday in the spring ... X ... .
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Cyberattack Paralyzes Iran's Gas Stations

Voa News 26 Oct 2021
Iranian media say the country's gas stations have been the target of a cyberattack that left many motorists stuck in long lines at closed stations.� ... Some Persian-language news outlets based outside Iran reportedly showed videos shot in the city of Isfahan showing an electronic billboard reading, "Khamenei! Where is our gas?"� ... .
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“Xizang”: China Is Stealing from Tibet Even Its Name

Bitter Winter English 26 Oct 2021
On October 20, the readers of English-language Chinese propaganda mouthpiece Global Times could read the following news item ...Tibet” in its Turkish form “Tüpüt” is attested in Turkish language since the 8th century CE, and in the following centuries variants of “Tubbat” were used in Arabic and Persian.

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