धर्मनिरपेक्षता
October 23, 2016
It was a sad day for many of us when we saw Karan Johar’s video requesting not to ban an Indian film in India. Film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, that features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, ran into trouble after Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) said it won’t allow release of any movie in India that featured Pakistani artistes . It is due for release on October...
October 21, 2016
It is time for the Muslim community to introspect on how things have come to such a pass. Practices like triple talaq, halala and polygamy, steeped in patriarchal and medieval narratives, can hardly be regarded as just and fair.
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In the background of a bunch of writ petitions filed before the Supreme Court by some Muslim women’s organisations and individual victims...
October 20, 2016
A group of experts from United Nations (UN) has asked the central government to release the Kashmir-based human rights activist Khurram Parvez immediately, who has been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) by the government of Jammu and Kashmir.
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According to an Indian Express report, the UN group has conveyed its concerns about Parvez, who was stopped from going...
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
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
The ironical problem is that amidst all this debate, it is the BJP which is coming out as a supporter and champion of gender justice.
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The latest controversy over the Law Commission questionnaire eliciting responses over the viability of a uniform civil code has raised many questions. But at the outset, it should be made clear that there is nothing wrong in the...
October 14, 2016
Ashley (extreme left) with friends at the Eat-what-you-like, multiple options dinner hosted by him in Delhi a year ago
On this day, October 14, last year, NP Ashley, a Muslim hosted a 'Pork Dinner' to combat growing religious extremism
Some months ago, Sugathakumari, a Malayalam writer and a supporter of the Hindutva ideology, criticised Beef Festivals which came up protesting...
October 13, 2016
A final chance has been granted to a Christian woman – convicted of blasphemy in Pakistan and facing execution.
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The much awaited hearing of Asia Bibi’s last appeal in the court against her conviction for blasphemy in Pakistan’s Supreme Court was adjourned today, according to a report by Dawn. Another date for the hearing was not declared...
October 13, 2016
Hate crime against Muslims in the US is at its highest level in 15 years. The #MuslimsHaveRights campaign assembles academics, activists and artists who refuse to accept anti-Muslim bigotry.
Image: AP/PA Images/Craig Ruttle
In August 2016, Khalid Jabara was shot on his front porch by his neighbour Stanley Vernon Majors in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It took place only 30 minutes after Jabara...