अल्पसंख्यांक
November 28, 2016
For them, Tina Dabi’s Constitutionally Guaranteed Freedom to Choose a Life Partner is Love Jehad says Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
IAS Topper, Tina Dabi, who broke multiple glass ceilings to receive accolades in a male world is facing the ire of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha: her decision to marry her colleague , IAS second topper, Athar Aamil-ul Shafi has attracted an...
November 28, 2016
Amid reports of spurt in hate crimes against Muslims after the electoral victory of Donald Trump, several mosques in the US have allegedly received threatening letters and emails against the community in the country.
An anonymous handwritten letter, which so far has been received by three mosques in California and one in Georgia, warned Muslims to “pack your bags and get out of dodge as...
November 27, 2016
Border Guard Bangladesh in Cox's Bazar district has pushed back at least 95 Rohingya Muslims who fled the country in the face of ongoing crackdown in Rakhain state by Myanmar troops
Photo credit: Dhaka Tribune
The 95 Rohingyas including women and children were sent back home from different border points of Teknaf till Sunday morning starting in the dead hours of the night....
November 27, 2016
Poems in Right filled Anger, Of Resistance
On November 16, 2016, the occasion of the KG Kannabiran Memorial Lecture at Madurai, feminist activist Vasanth Kannabiran read our three powerful pieces of writing. Teesta Setalvad, co-editor, Sabrangindia delivered the lecture. We reproduce these powerful poems of Vasanth Kannabiran, a fellow traveler in the democratic rights struggle, with a...
November 27, 2016
For the political alliance of convenience to mature into a social alliance with Dalits, Muslims have to engage with the entrenched caste practices and ideas within their own community
Photo credit: New Delhi News
The recently held Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Conference in Ajmer gave a call for Dalit Muslim unity. Laudable in its objectives because of the marginal positions of both these communities...
November 26, 2016
Image Courtesy: Kashmir Life: Omkar Nath Bhat outside his home in Haal Shopian.
Pic: Bilal Bahadur
Since July 2016, sustained threats and some sporadic attacks have left the 808 Kashmiri Pandit families in the Valley, threatened. On October 29, 2016, Sabrangindia had reported how a petrol bomb was flung at the home of one such cluster of Pandits living in the Valley. A...
November 25, 2016
While most of the Middle East is gripped with turmoil, terrorist attacks or displacement of both Muslim and non-Muslim residents due to military conflicts, Iranian Christians are smoothly making preparations for Christmas in over 300 churches across the country.
All of the churches in Iran, which amount to 300, are going to celebrate Christmas in the coming weeks, Saeed Taqavi, an official...
November 25, 2016
The disappearance of JNU student, Najeeb Ahmad, now in its 41st day, has been one of the stories to drop off the national radar after the government’s move to abruptly, without proper consultation, de-monetize Rs 500 and Rs 1000 Rs Notes. Huge number of students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) along with other universities staged a protest outside the Delhi Police Headquarters. The...
November 23, 2016
A video of Bajrang Dal goons in Bulandshahr’s Khurja in Uttar Pradesh mercilessly thrashing a Muslim couple because they felt both were ‘dirtying’ Hindu neighbourhood has surfaced.
In the video, the Hindutva brigade goons are seen mercilessly thrashing the man and the woman. We’ve edited the part of the video, where the woman’s identity could be revealed....
November 23, 2016
कर्नाटक सरकार द्वारा गत 10 नवंबर, 2016 को टीपू सुल्तान की जयंती मनाए जाने के मुद्दे पर जमकर विवाद और हंगामा हुआ। पिछले वर्ष, इसी कार्यक्रम का विरोध करते हुए तीन लोग मारे गए थे। टीपू सुल्तान की जयंती मनाए जाने का विरोध मुख्यतः आरएसएस-भाजपा और कुछ अन्य संगठनों द्वारा किया जा रहा है। इनका कहना है कि टीपू एक तानाशाह था, जिसने कोडवाओं का कत्लेआम किया, कैथोलिक ईसाईयों का धर्मपरिवर्तन करवाया और उनकी...