SC to examine plea seeking Shariat won’t apply to non-believer Muslims
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea seeking a declaration that those who do not want to…
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea seeking a declaration that those who do not want to…
The Hindus want to repeat the same holocaust that they had staged at Delhi. Their methods of coercing Hyderabad to be a mere vassal is the typical example of the ‘Bania’ rule. The only answer to them is the naked sword …. You will see me slaying or being slain with sword in my hand and the Quran in my body….
Hailed as ‘Bharat Kokila’, the ‘Nightingale of India’, she was a poet from whom flowed words as songs of unity, compassion, love, duty and responsibility towards a nation subjugated.
AIUDF leader Badruddin Ajmal on Saturday stirred controversy by advising Muslims not to travel between 20-25 January.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the 13th edition of the Kolkata Christmas Festival at Allen Park late this afternoon.
Speaking to reporters, Khan charged the ruling BJP for communalising the youth's murder case in his constituency.
There are cases where fanatical groups and masses get utterly deranged by their religious faith and religion produces perverse solidarity that we must be able to find some way to undercut. Many believe that there is a violent essence inherent in religion which inevitably radicalises any conflict because once combatants are convinced that God is on their side, compromise becomes impossible and cruelty knows no bounds. The fanatical bigotry that religion seems always to unleash has to be contained if we have to prevent it from imploding into a destructive archipelago
More generally, why are so many who consider themselves ‘secular’ and ‘liberal’ wilfully silent about caste and class privilege? I do not take for granted the few voices that speak out over the weaponisation of religion against Christian, Hindu and minoritarian Muslim sects.
SIR, This has reference to Nandalal Chakraborti’s article ‘Was Jinnah secular?’ (The Statesman, 29 August, 2021). Jinnah, a liberal South…
"Goa is a small state with a total population of 15 lakh. It will have around 1.5 to 2 lakh Muslims. It is easier to unite 1.5 to 2 lakh persons. Other states have 50 lakh to two crores Muslims. It is difficult to unite them. This is a small state. It can be an example for India," Ali said.
