Hindutva has pushed once-visible Muslim clergy behind scenes & underlined its credibility crisis. Ordinary Muslims increasingly feel they achieved little by posing faith in Ulema.
Some experts say the criticism sheds light on divisions within religious authorities, but doubt whether it will be 'game-changing'. Others say silence of other clerics is significant too.
In a video, an elderly Muslim man is seen dragging an unconscious woman to a dark room. On being confronted by the cameraperson, he says he is ‘treating the woman’ in the ‘name of god’.
Anti-blasphemy campaign in India isn’t being led by clerics. And accused in Udaipur and Amravati killings didn't have any religious education or ties to right-wing organisations.
In ‘Indian Muslims’, K. Rahman Khan writes that more Muslim religious leaders, especially younger ones, need to promote the message of genuine spirituality.
Clerics deciding PTI school curriculum will magnify body-related taboos. Pakistan is now on track to overtake Saudi Arabia as most stoutly conservative.
Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.
The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.
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