Topic: mosques
Muslim women enjoyed greater freedom during Delhi Sultanate and Mughal rule than now
Many royal women were known to have built imperial mosques; many mosques, from Delhi to Bengal, had sections reserved for women to come and pray.
In echo of Sabarimala dissent, SC junks plea seeking entry of Muslim women in mosques
Supreme Court’s emphasis on the ‘standing’ of petitioner Hindu Mahasabha is reminiscent of Justice Indu Malhotra’s dissent in Sabarimala judgment.
Indian liberals want to support everything Muslim, but that’s not the way to equal rights
Equal rights for Muslim or Hindu women cannot be earned from within the ambit of religion, it requires one to move out of the structure of organised religion.
SC invokes Sabarimala in plea seeking entry of women into mosques
SC issues notices to minority affairs ministry, Muslim law board and NCW on a petition filed by a Muslim couple challenging ban on entry of women in mosques.
Muslim couple moves Supreme Court seeking entry of women in mosques
The Pune-based couple said there is nothing in the Quran that opposes women entering mosques and offering prayers.
On Camera
YourTurn
India has 71 towns, cities under Police Commissionerate. It just creates hierarchy
There is a need to re-examine not just the 1861 Police Act, but also the colonial practice of four-stage recruitment and the non-involvement of city governments in law and order.
Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet
The world is worried that India might restrict exports of rice after wheat, pushing prices higher and worsening global food security.
Defence
India’s Eastern Seaboard gets its first naval air squadron INAS 324
With INAS 324, the Indian Navy's Eastern Seaboard will now operate a naval air squadron with HAL’s indigenously built Advanced Light Helicopter.
Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.