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Sunday, July 27, 2025
TopicIndian Muslims

Topic: Indian Muslims

‘Conversion’ case: Why Karnataka HC quashed FIR against 3 Muslim men preaching Islam near temple

FIR accused them of distributing pamphlets promoting the teachings of Islam and verbally explaining their religious beliefs in the premises of a temple in Jamkhandi.

Are Indian Muslims privileged or victims? Rijiju, Owaisi aren’t giving you the full picture

Affirmative action exists for Indian Muslims, but it must be restructured to address the hierarchy within the community. It is Pasmanda Muslims who sit at the bottom.

Hindi TV news channels’ favourite villain the Muslim is back—Mitthoo Mian to Muharram

From conspiracies to feed onions to kavadiyas to UP’s ‘conversion king’ Jamaluddin – Muslims made news for all the wrong reasons this week.

Indian Muslims are hiding their dowry practice in a Sharia loophole

Inheritance is often handed over at the time of marriage in the name of dowry. And once it enters the husband’s household, it no longer remains hers.

‘People love the Khans, hate Muslims’— book event calls out Bollywood double standards

Even positive representation of Muslims now has a ‘tonality’ problem, said panellists at a discussion on Nadira Khatun’s book Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity.

To deal with a 2.5-front war, India must tackle the half-front inside

As Gen Bipin Rawat once pointed out, India has to be ready for a two-and-a-half front war, with the half referring to unnamed internal enemies.

A new Indian Islam must rise—and it must start by questioning the Muslimness of terrorists

After the Pahalgam attack, there has been a loud condemnation from the Muslim society. But it's too early to say that the ideological hegemony of militant Islam has begun to erode.

Aurangzeb is politics, not history. Indian Muslims must bury his ghost

It is said that Aurangzeb was a man of his times. No, he wasn’t. He was a plain bigot and not the complex, nuanced character he is made out to be.

Outrage over Aurangzeb is a smokescreen—the Muslim community itself is the real target

If the goal was to erase Aurangzeb's presence, it seems we are only ensuring that he never truly leaves the conversation.

Imagine Muslims playing Holi on the way to namaz—why can’t this be India’s normal?

Indian Muslims have already been celebrating Holi and other Hindu festivals on social media. Why not make this virtual trend a ground reality?

On Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.