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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 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 26, 2016
Today at the stroke of the midnight hour, thanks to the collective efforts of the Sabrangindia Team and the never dying support of friends, comrades all, Sabrangindia turns one. November 26, Constitution Day. This was a re incarnation of Communalism Combat, a print magazine born out of the fires of hatred, and our commitment to real, meaningful journalism alive between 1983...
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 25, 2016
Hindus and Christians can enter shrines at Nankana Sahib, but a security protocol keeps Muslims out.
Image credit: Wikipedia Commons
On the occasion of the 548th Nanak Gurpurab earlier this month, Siddiq-ul-Farooq, the chairman of the Evacuee Trust Property Board, the government organisation responsible for looking after non-Muslim property in Pakistan, announced the opening of...
November 24, 2016
Image Courtesy: BBC
After 1,322 days in arbitrary detention, journalist Mr. Mahmudur Rahman has been finally released on bail late on Wednesday afternoon (November 23). The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) have welcomed his long-overdue release, and urge authorities to drop all pending charges against him.
Acting editor of the Daily Amar Desh, a...
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....