भेदभाव

March 17, 2016
Synopsis Muslim legal tradition does not treat men and women equally. At the root of this discrimination lies a theological assumption: God has given men authority over women. This assumption is justified with reference to a Qur'anic verse (4:34) and is expressed in two key legal concepts that underlie the logic of most contemporary Muslim family laws. One, qiwamah, generally denotes a...
March 17, 2016
  Recent Posts on Facebook by Om Thanvi, former editor, Jansatta and Visiting Professor, JNU     यमुना पाट के आयोजन में पाकिस्तान ज़िंदाबाद के जवाब में रविशंकर महाराज ने 'जय हिन्द' कहा, भारत माता की जय तो नहीं कहा?   नहीं कहा, तो क्या फर्क पड़ता है अगर वे "जय हिन्द" कह देते हैं। भारत की जय बोलने में भारत माता की जय क्या शरीक...
March 16, 2016
Human Rights Defenders Alert-India has made this Urgent Appeal: Appeal: for Journalist and Human Rights Defender Pushp Sharma, Fair Investigation and End to Harassment   We, therefore urge you to immediately take necessary steps and ensure that this Hon’ble Commission to urgently:     Orders an immediate, thorough, transparent, effective and impartial investigation...
March 14, 2016
Join JNUSU's call for People's March to Save Democracy Against Continuing Crackdown and Witch-Hunt by the University and State Machineries at the Diktats of the BJP govt! 15 March, Mandi House to Jantar Mantar, 2.00pm #StandWithJNU      #JusticeForRohitVemulla Amit Shah has assured the RSS conclave on Sunday that the Central Government will not...
March 14, 2016
March 10, 2016
  In Conversation with Pranjal Rewa This interview was conducted in New Delhi on March 9, 2016. It is a collaborative effort between Communalism Combat, Newsclick and Hillele TV The battle of the gun fosters more conflict, never peace: Soni Sori Bandook ki ladhai se hamesha Ashaanti hogi, Shaanti Kabhi Nahin: Soni Sori   We are neither with the Naxalites who have the guns...
March 9, 2016
In Conversation with Teesta Setalvad This interview with Kanhaiya Kumar, President of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) was conducted on the JNU Campus on March 8, 2016. It is a collaborative effort between Communalism Combat, Newsclick and Hillele TV   If the last bus on Delhi’s streets at 11 p.m. had fifty per cent of women, and we as a society...
March 8, 2016
500 women from 21 women’s organizations which have been working for women’s rights for two decades or more will be marching from Kotwal Gardens, Dadar West to Amar Hind Mandal, Dadar West. Main Speaker: Ms Suhasini Ali, President of the All India Women’s Democratic Association Songs and a Play on the Women’s Movement will be presented by Stree Mukti Sanghatana Date...