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Topic: Muslim community

Is Hyderabad progressive? Muslim men moral policing Muslim women is routine

Muslim women already face issues at home due to patriarchy and misogyny — much like women in any conservative household. Moral policing only makes their lives harder.

Waqf hearing in SC: Why CJI-led bench flagged four key amendments in new law

Concerns under scrutiny were drawn from a batch of nearly 100 petitions challenging the law, and revolve around significant changes to waqf governance and property recognition.

Muslim community stage protest against passage of Waqf Bill at Park Circus Crossing in Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has also criticised the BJP for introducing the Waqf Bill, accusing it of attempting to divide the country.

Modi govt wants centralised waqf, what’s the system in Muslim-majority nations like Pakistan, Bangladesh

Waqf Bill was introduced in LS for 'effective management' of waqf properties & to 'enhance efficiency' of administration. It has come under heavy criticism from Oppn & section of Muslims.

India’s Muslim politics is in flux. The once-important ulema are now on the margins of this churning 

Hindutva has pushed once-visible Muslim clergy behind scenes & underlined its credibility crisis. Ordinary Muslims increasingly feel they achieved little by posing faith in Ulema.

Bihari kebab to Rampuri adrak halwa—new book discovers forgotten food memories of Muslims

Siobhan Lambert-Hurley and Tarana Husain Khan’s co-edited book ‘Forgotten Foods’ doesn’t shy away from the politicised nature of food in India.

Does Kapil Sibal want Dalits as ‘permanent bottom’? His AMU case for Muslims suggests so

The emergence of India's Scheduled Castes from the bottom rung should be a matter of satisfaction and happiness for one and all and not a matter of jealousy and envy.

BJP Minority Morcha wanted 10 Muslims in fray in 3 states but party ‘didn’t find winnable contenders’

BJP has fielded no Muslim candidates in MP, Rajasthan, Telangana and Chhattisgarh in this month's elections. Minority Morcha leaders say they have accepted the decision & would not question it.

AIMPLB has let down Muslim women every time. It’s not just UCC and triple talaq

AIMPLB’s own existence lies in preserving patriarchal interpretation of sharia, even though they lack legal or official approval. They can be likened to khap panchayats.

‘The Bengal Story’, a poll-special ‘Lacquer Shop’ & the ‘40% chair’ tumbling off a cliff

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.