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Sunday, July 27, 2025
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Topic: Islam

Islam didn’t originate in India but reached it in various ways—before nation-states existed

In 'A Brief History of the Present: Muslims in New India', Hilal Ahmed rethinks the role of minorities in 'New India' and provides an accurate picture of Indian Muslims.

SC alimony order gives Muslim women agency to file for divorce. Ask how many will dare to do it

Unless we address the root cause, which is personal civil codes, Muslim women will never be able to obtain justice.

Rahul Gandhi ignorantly linked ‘abhay mudra’ to Islam in speech. Abrahamic religions are complex

If we want to focus on the symbol of the hand specifically as part of Islamic culture, it does exist among Middle Eastern Muslims and is called Hamsa in Hebrew and Khamsa in Arabic.

Muslim schools caught up in France’s fight against Islamism

Local offices of the national government have closed at least five Muslim schools since Macron came to power in 2017, according to a Reuters tally.

3 days after anti-Islam activist was stabbed by an Afghan in Germany, cop who intervened dies

Activist Michael Stürzenberger & 6 others were injured in an attack at far-Right rally which was live streamed on YouTube. 25-yr-old assailant was shot at by police & is under treatment.

Tunisian imam, resident of France for 38 yrs, deported after referring to French flag as ‘satanic’

Muslim cleric Imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi was deported within 12 hrs of his arrest. French Interior Ministry has accused him of promoting 'backward, intolerant & violent conception of Islam'.

Gaza to Pakistan, political Islam is at its strongest and weakest. Depends how you look at it

This is not an argument about Islam, the faith. This is about political Islam, where the faith is the state religion, defines a nation and/or maintains its mostly unelected leaders in power.

Giorgia Meloni is wrong about the Islam-Europe compatibility problem. Look at Albania

Understanding that most Muslims see Islam as a personal faith, not a complete societal solution, is crucial for addressing the complexities within the community.

Who brought Sanskrit to Baghdad? This is how Iranian Buddhists, Zoroastrians changed Arabs

Sanskrit scholars were patronised by the Caliphate. This reshapes how we should think about conquest today.

Islam’s Syedwad more toxic than Hinduism’s Manuwad. Denying SC quota to Pasmandas is unjust

The denial of SC quota to Dalit Muslims is based on fallacies. Discourse about their experiences does not exist in the mainstream due to a lack of scholarly discussion.

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.