Tag: Muslim
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Bheem Army chief’s Muslim outreach triggers speculation
Shortly after his release from jail after 15 months on 14 September morning, Chandrashekhar got a warm welcome not only from his supporters, primarily Dalits, but also many political and social personalities who came to meet him at his home in Chutmalpur town of Saharanpur district. They included some Muslim leaders as well.
September 22, 2018 -
Why Citizen Khan becomes angry
BBC’s popular TV series, ‘Citizen Khan’, has completed its sixth year. It’s the first comedy series on the Asian immigrants in that country; the title inspired by the popular Hollywood thriller ‘Citizen Kane’ (1941). In the series, Mr. Khan is a Pakistani immigrant to Britain who lives with his family at Sparkhill, East Birmingham, which, …
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September 7, 2018 -
Drowning out extreme views
In today’s environment, some may ask what we —a Jew and a Muslim — could possibly have in common. The truth is, we’ve been friends for years and we share a great deal, including a common understanding of what it means to be on the receiving end of prejudice. Prejudice, unfortunately, can be found in …
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August 18, 2018 -
UN asks Myanmar to work harder on Rohingya repatriation deal
The UN agencies in June signed a memorandum of understanding offering assistance for the safe and sustainable return of the refugees.
August 8, 2018 -
In Meerut’s Lisari, Muslims are putting their houses on sale out of fear
About ten Muslim families have decided to migrate from their native Lisari village in Meerut in view of the communal unrest in the area. The families have put up posters on their houses citing the behind their decision.
June 28, 2018 -
Opposition slams Mamata, says Muslim appeasement charge against her not baseless
Cutting across ideological divide, Opposition parties in the state rubbished the contention of chief minister Mamata Banerjee that she loves and respects all religions and communities and the charge of Muslim appeasement levelled against her is baseless. While leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly said that she is trying to hoodwink the people, …
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June 17, 2018 -
In pics: Gaiety marks Eid-ul-Fitr across India
June 16, 2018 -
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