Tue. Dec 24th, 2024

Aditi Bhaduri

Why Saudi Arabia’s Deradicalization Program is Successful

Rather than depending solely on security measures, Saudi Arabia started to focus on designing rehabilitation programs directed at extremists inside the Saudi prisons, through psychological and social counselling, and educating them out of their intolerant understanding of Islam.

Photo: European Eye on Radicalization

Racial Overtones of Chinese Development in Kenya

It is dubious that the Belt and Road Initiative is healthy for Kenya’s long-term development. People should pay close attention to the debt relation between China and Kenya, and above all should prioritize the treatment and welfare of Kenyan workers who are most directly affected by the two countries’ growing relationship.

Photo:PSCU

Gulf Migration, Remittances and Religion: Interplay of faith and prosperity among Syrian Christians in Kerala

Christians, including the Syrian Christians of Kerala, constitute 18.6 per cent of the population of Kerala accounting for 6 million people. Of them the Syrian Christians—one of the oldest Christian sects in the world—comprise nearly 3 million. With a high rate of education, occupational diversification, few local job opportunities in the community, Syrian Christians have migrated to other states in India and abroad.