Topic: Muslims
‘Where will people like us go?’ — Nearly a year later, ‘no FIR’ in viral Delhi assault video
On 24 February 2020, Wasim Ali, Faizan and 3 others were assaulted allegedly by policemen during the Delhi riots. While Faizan succumbed to injuries, Wasim is still seeking justice.
Not fatwa brigade or Islamophobes, scientists and Muslim leaders must set vaccine facts right
Many Islamic groups have spoken up for the vaccines, and Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca have cleared suspicions of pork gelatine usage.
Mahatma Gandhi was ‘greatest Hindu patriot of our times’, says book RSS chief will launch
‘The Making of a True Patriot: Background of Gandhiji’s Hind Swaraj’ tells the story of Gandhi's evolution as a ‘Hindu patriot’. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will release the book on 1 Jan.
Nageswara Rao, the retired IPS officer who believes Hinduism is the only marker of India
Nageswara Rao, who briefly headed CBI, has found a new avatar, particularly on social media. His vision is of a ‘Civilisational India’ and his mission is ‘Equal rights for Hindus’.
In Modi’s AMU pitch to Muslims, retreat from party politics hurting foreign policy interests
Modi’s AMU address after Shah’s CAA remarks suggests govt has realised downside — for international relations, and internal security — of pushing too hard on politics of Muslim exclusion.
Are Covid vaccines halal? Malaysia tries to find middle ground
Muslim religious authorities have previously exempted vaccines from halal labeling. Still, concerns about the shots containing items banned under Islamic law continue to linger.
That Muslims enslaved Hindus for last 1000 yrs is historically unacceptable: Romila Thapar
The book ‘Inquilab: A Decade of Protest’ chronicles some of the most powerful speeches and articles by Kavita Krishnan, Romila Thapar, Kanhaiya Kumar, Mahua Maitra, and others.
Pakistan, Iran to promote ‘Islamic unity’ with art contest weeks after Prophet cartoon row
There was an outcry among Muslims worldwide over the publishing of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in France and Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to fight ‘Islamist separatism’.
The BJP does not want Owaisi, the BJP does not need Owaisi
The BJP’s aim is to invisibilise Muslims. Owaisi is a challenge to that project.
Asaduddin Owaisi’s rise is just the opportunity Hindutva politics is waiting for
The idea that all Muslims must vote as a single bloc is as deeply abhorrent as the attempt to unite all Hindus in a vote bank.