Tag: Muslim
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Jinnah today, Nehru tomorrow
You could have spotted, as I did, Mohammad Ali Jinnah in an official portrait at the Indian Muslim League’s headquarters in Kerala in the 1990s. I’m not sure if the picture is still around after the party split down the middle, subsequently. Asked to comment on a political ally’s seemingly awkward connection in an election …
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May 10, 2018 -
Namaz in open: Right-wing outfits again disrupt Friday prayers in Gurugram
Right-wing organisations disrupted namaz congregations at several open spaces in Gurugram on 4 May and demanded the worshipers to leave the area.
May 5, 2018 -
Driven by agenda?
While the recent violent incidents being witnessed in the country send shivers down the spine, they also raise important questions such as, where are we heading as a country? What kind of a future are we trying to create? The answers appear bleak. With the manner in which every incident gets communalized, one senses a …
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April 29, 2018 -
Muslim women and mathematics
The drill is well known: every time the results of some sort of worldwide survey are released, women in the Muslim world are towards the bottom. Afghan women usually occupy the lowest rungs of political participation, women in Somalia and Sudan have the lowest access to healthcare facilities, women in Iraq and Syria are forced …
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March 16, 2018 -
Paeans to the Mughals
Indian history has evolved mainly through four phases ~ the Vedic period; the Buddhist era; the Muslim period; and the British era. In its own way, each period has contributed to India’s development. But there is a marked difference between the pre-Muslim and the Muslim period. In the earlier periods, the foreigners who came to …
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March 9, 2018 -
Ayodhya row: Sri Sri renews appeal to AIMPLB to consider out of court settlement
Says going through the court will be a loss for both Hindus and Muslims, and an out-of-court settlement would be a 'win-win situation' for both communities
March 6, 2018 -
The feminist maulana
Much has been written on the works of 19th-century Muslim modernists as well as conservative reformists. Yet, somehow, the name of one rather fascinating scholar and theologian has somehow gone missing – despite the fact that he might have been the most far-sighted. His name is Maulana Mumtaz Ali whose tome Huqooq-i-Niswan (women’s rights) shocked …
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March 3, 2018 -
Muslim women to hold protest rally against triple talaq Bill on Wednesday
A large number of Muslim women will hold a protest march in Jaipur on Wednesday to oppose the proposed instant triple talaq Bill which seeks to criminalise the practice of pronouncing triple talaq in one sitting. The agitating Muslim women have been demanding the withdrawal of this controversial Bill, describing it as “anti- Constitution, anti-Sharia …
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February 28, 2018 -
Call for Dalit-Muslim unity to defeat right wing’s hate-mongering
Muslim and Dalit leaders are struggling to find a way to deal with “institutionalised discrimination” of minorities without instigating the BJP to polarise society by raking up “minority versus majority debate” ahead of parliamentary polls. At a six-hour deliberation on Monday in the national capital, they decided to form a joint Dalit-Muslim front which will …
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February 21, 2018 -
Realms of permissibility
Recently, the Hyderabad-based seminary Jamia Nizamia, started in 1876, issued a ban on Muslims eating prawn, shrimp and crabs, calling them makruh tahrim (abominable). Most Muslims eat meat. In fact the religion defines itself by the eating of meat, even though the Holy Prophet was a vegetarian. However, most Muslims have no idea of what …
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February 11, 2018 -
UP DG Homeguard ‘pledges’ to build Ram Mandir in Ayodhya
An IPS officer of the director general of police rank has stirred a controversy by openly favouring the construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya “at the earliest”. Surya Kumar Shukla, DG, Homeguard, not only participated in an event on Ram Mandir organised at Lucknow University two days ago, but was also captured on camera …
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February 2, 2018 -
Bareilly DM alleges ‘trend’ of raising anti-Pak slogans in Muslim localities
After Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik termed the Kasganj communal clashes as a “blot” on the state, now Bareilly’s District Magistrate (DM) Raghvendra Vikram Singh had uploaded a Facebook post saying, that it has become a “trend” for people to forcefully enter Muslim localities and raise anti-Pakistan slogans. Singh’s remark came two days after violence …
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January 30, 2018 -
Haj subsidy money will be utilised for educational needs of Muslim women: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
In the face of the Opposition tirade against the Central government’s move to end subsidy on the Haj pilgrimage, the ruling BJP defended the step saying there was no political agenda behind the decision. Senior BJP leader and union minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi reiterated that the Haj subsidy money would be utilised for …
January 18, 2018 -
Only half the battle won
To begin with, it needs no rocket scientist to conclude that the reprehensible practice of instant triple talaq is not far away from becoming a punishable offence after the Lok Sabha on December 28 passed this historic Bill by voice vote. The Bill expressly stipulates a jail sentence of up to three years for the …
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January 11, 2018 -
Iran calls for Muslim unity to counter US’ divisive policy
Iran on Sunday urged Muslim nations to forge closer cooperation to counter the US policy of seeking to create division among them. “The US’ dishonest, duplicitous and divisive policy towards Muslim countries, including Iran and Pakistan, requires that they bolster cooperation against the US in addition to maintaining vigilance and taking preventive measures,” Ali Shamkhani, …
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January 8, 2018 -
Government defends allocation of pilgrims quota under Haj policy
The Central government on Friday defended, in the Supreme Court, its Haj policy under which a quota is allocated on the basis of the Muslim population in each state as it told the court that it was not discriminatory and based on objective criteria. The government made its stand to a bench of Chief Justice …
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January 6, 2018 -
No end in sight to RS deadlock, fate of Triple Talaq Bill hangs in balance
On the penultimate day of Parliament’s winter session, the showdown between the government and opposition over the Triple Talaq Bill is likely to continue in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday with both sides refusing to budge. As soon as the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 was tabled in the Rajya Sabha …
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January 4, 2018