धार्मिक कट्टरपन
October 20, 2016
While upholding the conviction of 17 convicts, Gujarat High Court acquitted on Thursday remaining 14 convicts in Sardarpura massacre case of 2002.
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Out of the 62 accused in the massacre that was probed by a Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team, 31 were convicted for life imprisonment and the remaining had pleaded not guilty in the special court...
October 20, 2016
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने 18 अक्टूबर से कुछ ऐसी याचिकाओं पर सुनवाई शुरू कर दी है, जिसका भारतीय चुनावी प्रक्रिया और भारतीय संविधान पर दूरगामी असर पड़ सकता है।
पिछले कई दशकों से खास कर कर इधर, धार्मिक भावनाओं को उभारने ( भड़काने और अन्य कार्रवाई के जरिये ) वाली राजनीतिक पार्टियों के सामने आने के बाद चुनावी प्रक्रिया सांप्रदायिक रंग में रंग दी गई है।(1)
आजकल सुप्रीम कोर्ट उन याचिकाओं पर फिर विचार कर...
October 20, 2016
Growing confidence among resurgent Sikh fundamentalist networks in the UK was evident in recent protests against inter-faith marriage. A desire to control Sikh women’s relationship choices is a key focal point for their mobilisation.
Masked men disrupt an inter-faith marriage at Leamington and Warwick gurdwara, UK. Image: Independent.
On Sunday 11th September 2016, as world...
October 19, 2016
Days after US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s remarks over friendly ties with India and the “Hindu” community, Hindu Sena in New Delhi organised a protest to condemn the rival Hillary Clinton’s alleged attempt at maligning the former’s image.
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The Hindu right wing organisation has offered its full support to Trump...
October 19, 2016
कभी राम मंदिर आंदोलन के अगुवा नेताओं में शुमार रहे भाजपा नेता विनय कटियार भी अब बगावती रुख अपनाते दिख रहे हैं। राम मंदिर के सहारे केंद्र में पहली बार सत्ता में आई, और देशभर में विस्तार करने वाली भाजपा अब इस कार्यकाल में मंदिर की चर्चा तक नहीं करती, और मंदिर आंदोलन से जुड़े नेता भी किनारे पड़े हैं। ऐसे में विनय कटियार ने अयोध्या में रामायण संग्रहालय बनाने के प्रस्ताव को लॉलीपॉप बताया है और कहा है...
October 19, 2016
After MNS, Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh has opposed screening of upcoming Bollywood film “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, starring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.
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Singh threatened that he would “attack” theatres in entire Telangana, starting from his constituency Goshamahal, if the film is screened there.
“My idea is that a message should go to Pakistan in...
October 19, 2016
Justice H Suresh (Retd.) analyses crucial judgements of the Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court (Varma J) in the case of Dr Ramesh Yeshwant Prabhoo (1995 (7) SCALE 1) held Dr Prabhoo and Bal Thackeray guilty of corrupt practice having appealed for votes on the ground of religion (Hindu religion) u/s. 123 (3) of the Representation of People Act, 1951. However, in the next judgement (1995 (...
October 19, 2016
A deconstruction of the filmmaker’s statement asking protestors to allow his movie ’Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ to be screened without violence.
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Karan Johar’s video statement on Tuesday pleading for his new movie to be allowed to run in theatres without disruption looks like a better lit version of the victim videos released by kidnappers and terrorists....
October 18, 2016
Hearing of the final court appeal of Asia Bibi – accused of blasphemy, in the Pakistan Supreme Court was indefinitely adjourned on October 13, 2016 after one of the judges pulled out of the three-member bench hearing the appeal. As per the media reports, the judiciary is under tremendous pressure from the hardline religious groups who want to ensure execution of “blasphemous”...
October 18, 2016
For the BJP, the Uniform Civil Code is Simply a Stick to Bash Muslims With
In 1951, India's first Law Minister Dr. B.R. Ambedkar fought to get our parliament to pass the Hindu Code Bill, a bill he had drafted with great love and care which would have granted equal rights to Hindu women denied to them by tradition and religious practice. Had this bill been passed in time the logical...