Dr. Habib Siddiqui

Dr. Habib Siddiqui has been a prolific author in the genre of humanity, social conscience and human rights since 1978. He has written over 200 essays, many of which are published as Op/Ed columns in newspapers, magazines, journals and the Internet around the globe [www.habibsiddiqui.org].


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	Closing schools and bulldozing Rohingya shops are cruel and bad policies by Dr. Habib Siddiqui Bangladesh hosts over 1.1 million Rohingyas who fled neighboring Myanmar during a genocidal campaign by the security forces in 2017. Most of them live in and around Kutupalong and Nayapara refugee camps in the Cox’s Bazar region - which h
	Hindutvadi chauvinism needs to be censured by Dr. Habib Siddiqui Chauvinism remains the greatest threat to pluralism and often triggers genocide. When a chauvinist group is in power, it poses a mortal threat to others not just within its own confined spaces but also outside. In our time, Modi and the Sangh P
	The 'Other' Victims of the Liberation War of Bangladesh by Dr. Habib Siddiqui Bijoy Dibosh or the Victory Day is celebrated as a national holi

	The 'Modi-fied' Indian democracy is a threat not only to its religious minorities but also to its neighbors by Dr. Habib Siddiqui Indian democracy has always been majoritarian since its first day as a republic. As a matter of fact the trend has its roots in the pre-partition days of Congress leadership that did
	A Divided America by Dr. Habib Siddiqui The Rittenhouse ‘not guilty’ verdict once again showed how divided America is today. Justice is not, or so it seems, color-blind in this land of Abraham Lincoln. The five felony counts against Kyle Rittenhouse stemmed from the 2020
	COP26 and reclaiming our neglected duty of stewardship by Dr. Habib Siddiqui COP26, the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference, is being held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, U.K., between 31 October and 12 November 2021. Who would have believed that the lev
	Disingenuous remarks that matter in a digital world by Dr. Habib Siddiqui Last week, a friend of mine shared a tweet from Aparna Sen, a Bengali-speaking Indian actress and movie director. She had tweeted: “What has h
	Colin Powell - the dead 'war criminal' by Dr. Habib Siddiqui A 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary who had absconded before her trial f
	Religious extremists in South Asia are a threat to regional stability by Dr. Habib Siddiqui Religious harmony is becoming an illusion these days with the election win of extremist forces in some parts of our world. Organized violence directed against vulnerable minorities, scripted by ruling power, is often the nor
	Has squandering of public wealth become the new norm? by Dr. Habib Siddiqui This year the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York city was poorly attended in-person by the world leaders. Only about 73 heads of state and 31 heads of government
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