Indian police: Mob kills Muslim man who was transporting cow
Source: Associated Press By NIRMALA GEORGE NEW DELHI (AP) — A Muslim man beaten by a mob that accused him of transporting cows for slaughter has died in western India, […]
Indian Idol Junior 2015 Nahid Afrin faces wrath of Mulla’s due to her singing
Statesman, India – Taste of Islamic advance Nava Thakuria | Guwahati March 27, 2017 | 01:30 PM Since time immemorial Assam has been known for its unique social harmony, religious tolerance and pluralism. The land of great Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardev,who spread the message of love, cohesion and brotherhood among […]
REVOLUTIONARIES AND SPIES: When Swiss neutrality hurt the Indian freedom struggle
By Anand Chandrasekhar APR 2, 2017 – The Café de la Couronne along with Hotel Bristol in Geneva were favoured hangouts for anti-colonial activists and foreign agents(by courtesy) A forgotten […]
India, Long at Odds With Pakistan, May Be Rethinking Nuclear First Strikes
The Interpreter By MAX FISHER MARCH 31, 2017 Continue reading the main storyShare India may be reinterpreting its nuclear weapons doctrine, circumstantial evidence suggests, with potentially significant ramifications for the already tenuous nuclear balance in South Asia.A nuclear-capable missile was displayed in the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi in 2009.CreditDaniel Berehulak/Getty Images New assessments […]
Gujarat: India state approves life term for killing cows
Source: BBC The western Indian state of Gujarat has passed a law making the slaughter of cows punishable with life imprisonment. Under an amendment to the state’s Animal Preservation Act, […]
BJP’s crackdown on abattoirs spreads, stoking Muslim unease
Source: Reuters By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj | MUMBAI/NEW DELHI A crackdown on unlicensed abattoirs in India’s most populous state has spread to other states ruled by Prime Minister […]
India’s crackdown on abattoirs spreads, causing Muslim unease
Reuters International MAR 29, 2017 – By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A crackdown on unlicensed abattoirs in India’s most populous state has spread to other […]
Rise of Hindu ‘extremist’ spooks Muslim minority in India’s heartland
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Gorakhpur In Gorakhpur, the power base of a firebrand monk, religious tension grows with Uttar Pradesh’s 40 million Muslims Supporters of the BJP celebrate […]
India: How Tarek Fatah called Ulema’s bluff. Mulla’s do not represent Islam
By Arshad Alam, New Age Islam 01 March 2017 http://www.newageislam.com/islam-and-tolerance/tarek-fatah,-liberal-hypocrisy-and-the-limits-of-muslim-tolerance/d/110249 What is it that riles a section of Muslims against Tarek Fatah? Let’s take what his opponents accuse him of on one by one in order to understand this specific anger against an individual. A section of the clergy accuses […]
Why India can’t defeat Pakistan or China in a war
By John Cheeran Published: March 23, 2017 Narendra Modi. PHOTO: REUTERS To provoke a somnolent establishment into action, your message has to be blunt. There cannot be a more blunt warning to India’s political leadership and defence establishment than what Pravin Sawhney and Ghazala Wahab have delivered in their admirable […]
भारत: अहमदीय मुस्लिम समुदाय का स्थापना दिवस कादियान में मनाया गया
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India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Organizes Peace Symposium In Kolkata
Source: http://www.enigmatixweb.com/ahmadiyya-muslim-jamaat-organizes-peace-symposium-kolkata/ Enigmatix Web Desk, Kolkata, March 21, 2017 : The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at conducted its Annual Peace Symposium on 18th February 2017 in Kolkata. The theme of this year was “World Peace – The Critical Need of the Time”. The audience comprised of diverse background viz. religious leaders, social activists, […]
India meat crackdown leaves butchers concerned
Source: BBC Several slaughterhouses and meat shops have been shut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh after the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comprehensively won state assembly […]
46 Assam mullahs issue fatwa against singer Nahid Afrin
Source:TOI Forty-six Muslim clerics in Assam have issued a fatwa against up-and-coming singer Nahid Afrin, who was the first runner-up in the 2015 season of a musical reality TV show, asking her to stop performing in public. More:
India’s sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers granted same legal rights as humans
Source: Reuters By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An Indian court has declared the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers living entities, giving them the same legal rights as […]
Modi’s Backing of a Hard-Liner to Run India’s Most Populous State Poses Major Questions
Source: Time BY Nikhil Kumar Ever since 2014, when Narendra Modi became India’s Prime Minister, political pundits have been debating his priorities. He leads the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has […]
Hardline priest’s elevation a sign Modi is moving towards Hindu India
Reuters International MAR 19, 2017 – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yogi Adityanath (C) is offered sweets after he was elected as Chief Minister of India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, during the party lawmakers’ meeting in Lucknow, India March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar (reuters_tickers) By Douglas […]
HYDERABAD WOMAN PUSHED BY SAUDI EMPLOYER FROM 3RD FLOOR OF THE BUILDING
March 16, 2017 Hyderabad, News, siasat.com . exploitation Hyderabad: In an appalling incident, a woman from Sanathnagar in the city was pushed off the third floor of a building by her employer in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Both her legs got fractured while she suffered injuries in the back. In a video […]
US, Japan using India to contain China
Source: TOI BEIJING: India should not fall into the “trap” of the US and Japan who are trying to use it to contain China, state-run Global Times said, underlining that such a move may make New Delhi face more risks. “Washington hopes to use New Delhi to contain China in […]