Explained: The Kalma, the sacred Islamic verses that Pahalgam terrorists asked tourists to recite
Indore resident Sushil Nathaniel was gunned down by terrorists in Pahalgam as he couldn’t recite the Kalma. Meanwhile, an Assam University assistant professor survived the attack as he murmured the sacred verse. But what exactly are these couplets that decided life and death for many tourists at Pahalgam?
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