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India's Muslim correction

Indian Muslims are alienated, othered, angry, and nearly disenfranchised. Their vote no longer counts and that makes us a very imperfect democracy.

Prime Minister Modi's outreach to pasmanda Muslims: A strategic pause?

The invention of "pasmanda Muslims plus Hindutva" also serves to confuse and destabilise an Opposition still trapped in its old political rhetoric

Indonesian Muslims celebrate Eid amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has disrupted ritual slaughter of animals to mark Eid al-Adha as millions of Muslims across Indonesia celebrate one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar

With Naqvi's Rajya Sabha term ending, no Muslim among 395 BJP MPs

Opposition has been accusing BJP of not giving adequate representation to Muslims, but the saffron party has maintained that its MPs work for all communities and aren't representatives of any religion

Bangladesh to start de-radicalising campaign for jailed Islamists

"The initiative is aimed to prevent the jailed militants' return to the path of militancy, said a spokesman of police's Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit

Indian-American Muslim group hails Congresswoman for anti-India resolution

An Indian-American Muslim body praised Congresswoman Ilhan Omar for introducing a resolution that condemns India for the alleged human rights violation against the minorities in particular the Muslims

The head and heart of secularism

Let institutional efficiency and not essence of religion be our guide

Prophet row: From UP to Assam, communal violence erupts across India

From Jama Masjid in Delhi to Howrah district in West Bengal, several states saw large communal protests during the weekend due to remarks made by Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammad.

New Bharatiya Janata Party's troubled road ahead

The BJP will find it extremely difficult to calibrate the utterances of its loudmouths so as not to hurt Muslim sentiment and maintain good relations with the Muslim world

The burden of being Muslim

Mr Owaisi believes everyone - not Muslims alone - must fight for secularism

Gyanvapi row: Court hears arguments of Muslim side, next hearing on July 4

During the hearing on Monday, the Muslim side argued against the maintainability of the plea, District Government Counsel Rana Sanjiv Singh said

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind opposes UCC, passes resolution on Gyanvapi issue

We have to defeat the merchants of hate with wisdom, courage and a long-term strategy: Maulana Mahmood Madani

The free rider problem of Hindutva

Political free-riding happens everywhere because even though people don't actively espouse a cause, they don't disapprove of it enough either

Karnataka BJP govt to bring out ordinance to implement anti-conversion law

The Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill was passed by the Legislative Assembly in December last year.

Secular Islamophobia

BJP's political bulldozer has crushed the political skills and imagination of its rivals into rubble. It's made them Islamophobic in that they'd rather not identify with Muslims in any visible way

Udupi students who had challenged hijab ban return without writing exam

The students insisted that they should be allowed to write the exam wearing hijab but the college authorities citing the High Court order denied them entry

Swedish Prime Minister condemns unrest in wake of Quran burning: Reports

I will make it very clear, those attacking the Swedish police, attack the Swedish democratic society. The perpetrators must be arrested, prosecuted and serve a sentence in prison: Magdalena Andersson

Vehicles torched amid curfew in Khargone, Muslim clerics meet police

So far, 95 people have been arrested in connection with violence that started during a Ram Navami procession on Sunday and the law and situation was under control in the city, police officials said

Clash within civilisations

The world has changed in a manner nobody had imagined. Definitely not those who imagined that people need to be divided by religion, culture, civilisational differences to go to war with each other

NCW seeks arrest of UP seer for 'rape' threat, asks police to take action

The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Friday sought the arrest of a seer from Uttar Pradesh, who allegedly issued rape threats to women of a particular community