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Monday, September 29, 2025
TopicIndian Muslims

Topic: Indian Muslims

Cameras, chocolate, compromise—Muzaffarnagar Muslim boy is forced to repeat his story to everyone

From BJP's Sanjeev Balyan to farm leader Naresh Tikait to Congress and SP leaders, everyone's descended in UP's Khubbapur village looking to quell the tension and absolve Hindu teacher Tripta Tyagi.

‘We’re ready to talk’: Jama Masjid Shahi Imam asks PM to listen to Indian Muslims’ ‘mann ki baat’

Lamenting that the relationship between Hindus & Muslims was endangered, Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari asked Modi govt to hold a meeting to 'save the country from storm of hatred'.

Pune doctor’s arrest in Maharashtra ISIS module case shows extremists aren’t always ‘victims’

Dr Adnan Ali Sarkar was living what many would call a ‘dream life’. So where did things go wrong?

What happened to ‘Hinduism is tolerant, secular’? Difficult question for an Indian today

Confronted with the atmosphere of divisiveness, people ask 'what must it be like to be a Muslim in today's India?' But we should also ask: 'what does it feel like to be a Hindu in today’s India?'

No written order but UP Police has shut Muslim restaurants in Sambhal for Kanwar Yatra

'This is Sambhal. Things may turn [for the worse] any moment here,' is the UP Police's argument. But Muslim shop owners say the police isn't allowing them to open their restaurants and sell just vegetarian dishes either.

How did UCC become a Muslim issue? There’s an invisible apparatus at work

The middle layer of this apparatus not only confines the UCC debate to Muslims but also produces a new binary between religious rights and social justice.

Question for UCC critics—Why don’t you want Sharia law for Muslim criminals?

There is no better way than UCC to pull Muslims from the margins of separatism into the mainstream of nationalism.

Hussain Obama, Modi UCC pitch, Bakr-Eid goat—TV channels’ unhealthy obsession with Muslims

What Indians newspapers don’t do is chase after ‘Musalmaan’ like India TV news. And the stories can be anything as long as Muslims are involved and can be named.

Are Brahmin voters the new Muslims of India? Bloc-voting for BJP will hurt them

Muslims across India have been fixated on supporting any party that challenges the BJP, which has resulted in weakened influence over time.

Tractor ride, midnight fear: Muzaffarnagar victims recall riots but unmoved by rape verdict

Ten years after the 2013 UP riots, a court convicted two men of gangraping a Muslim woman fleeing with her 3-month-old child. But for many families, life is stuck between ‘before riots’ and ‘after riots’.

On Camera

Poll loss in Bodoland is a wake up call to BJP in Assam. How Zubeen’s death puts CM Himanta in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India looks to procure more S-400/S-500 air defence systems from Russia

The 2018 contract with Russia for 5 S-400 systems had a follow-on clause for 5 more. S-400 was described as a 'game-changer' for shooting down 5 Pakistan fighter jets during Op Sindoor.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.