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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: Islam

In ‘Night of Happiness’, Tabish Khair wants empathy for the liberal Muslim

After 9/11, everyone’s world has changed. Over the last forty years, life has become far more difficult for the liberal, sensitive Muslim whose interests include innocuous subjects like accounting and finance.

After Khattar’s remark, recall what Premchand and Sarojini Naidu had said about namazis

Gone are the days when practices attached with religions other than ours excited us. Now they scare us.

Khurshid’s book is a nuanced take on triple talaq through a lens of Islamic jurisprudence

Author Salman Khurshid makes an insightful remark on the perils of using every examination of personal law to further the rhetoric of uniform civil...

A solid effort to shatter the colonial-era binary of radical, moderate Islam

Raziuddin Aquil’s book The Muslim Question: Understanding Islam and Indian History seeks to understand Islam through its evolution in south Asia from the 13th century to modern times.

Women reveal the sexual harassment they face even on Haj

Are those who go on the Haj better than other men? Do they respect women more than other men do? There is no evidence of this.

People thought that the BJP had paid me money to write a book: Taslima Nasreen

In this excerpt from 'Split', which was once banned in Bengal, Taslima Nasreen talks about the response she received for her book Lajja and the impact of BJP translating it.

No more fatwas: Religious scriptures belong in museums, not in our everyday lives

I am not saying, like liberals, that fatwas are un-Islamic. The truth is fatwas issued so far have all been based on Islam.

तीन तलाक विधेयक: संवैधानिकता की कसौटी पर खरा उतरेगा?

दरअसल, यह विधेयक बेमानी प्रावधानों से भरा पड़ा है और मुस्लिम महिलाओं की मदद करने के अपने मकसद करने में निष्प्रभावी साबित हो सकता है.

Will triple talaq bill stand the test of constitutionality in courts?

The bill is full of redundant provisions, and will likely prove to be ineffectual in its approach. It actually does little to help Muslim women.

The tricks Saudi Arabia can teach India on making Muslim life modern

As post-oil Saudi Arabia undertakes transformative changes, there is a lesson for not only the other Muslim countries, but also for India.

On Camera

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.