Topic: Muslim
Owaisi says Muslims, Dalits have been squeezed between BJP & Congress and used for votes
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has tied up with Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar for 2019 polls and calls alliance an assertion of Dalit, Muslim and OBC rights
Delhi tuition teacher shot dead for ‘affair’ with Muslim student
Police said the attack took place Monday morning at the coaching centre where Ankit Garg took political science classes.
New Indian Muslim middle class is privately religious, barely political
The new Muslim middle class in India is neither a victim nor a threat.
The term ‘Muslim middle class’ in India goes against the present day ‘political correctness’, which relies heavily on an imagined and convenient Muslim homogeneity.
Although the good Muslims versus bad Muslims kind of division is often evoked by the political parties to legitimise their favourable Muslim icons, any public discussion on the internal socio-economic configuration of the Muslim communities is intentionally discouraged.
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So, we are forced to construct images of Indian Muslims either as victim or as part of a global threat to the nation.
The narrative of Muslim victimhood, which emerged as an official explanation after the publication of the Sachar report, is often used by the so-called secular elite. It has only deepened after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, and with reported mob lynchings and targeting by cow vigilantes.
On the other hand, the BJP and RSS’ Hindutva politics relies on the spectre of global...
You like a Muslim more, cop asks as woman is slapped for having Muslim lover
Three police personnel seen abusing and slapping woman suspended after video of incident becomes public.
Deoras to Bhagwat: The evolution of RSS view on Muslims over the last 70 years
Mohan Bhagwat has said Muslims are 'us', now RSS must move to arrest violence against them.
The Muslims voting for the BJP are richer, more educated and conservative
More Muslims now support the BJP than they did in the last decade.
Photoshopped image of PM Modi wearing Muslim skull cap shared on social media
Pictures tweeted from PM’s official handle show that Modi wasn’t wearing a skullcap while exchanging greetings with the Syedna, the head of the Dawoodi Bohras.
PM website calls period of mourning ‘Ashara’ as ‘Ashara Mubarak’ & Shias are not happy
Several Muslims have taken objection to the PM's website using the word ‘Mubaraka’ for a period of mourning.
In optics play, Narendra Modi addresses his second Muslim gathering since 2014
Narendra Modi addresses a gathering of Dawoodi Bohras in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, highlights govt's clean image and welfare measures.
Are Indian Muslims more religious than other communities?
Sikhs and Christians appear more confident than Muslims in asserting their religiosity.
The participatory campaign logic behind ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’
From Mahatma Gandhi to Arvind Kejriwal, everyone’s tried participatory campaigns to draw people’s attention.
Is EC over-regulating elections with strict code of conduct or is it doomed in digital era?
The Election Commission has barred the political parties from releasing their election manifestos in the 48 hours prior to voting.
Defence
China sends fighters for Pakistan Day parade, days after thwarting Masood Azhar terror tag
China had last week placed a technical hold on a proposal moved by France, the US, and the UK at the UN Security Council for sanctions against Masood Azhar.
China humiliated India because of these 5 fatal follies of Modi Doctrine
India looks less equal to China than 5 years ago, US alliance is hobbled by trade, and Pakistan looks anything but chastened by Balakot. What’s gone wrong?