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India: In Kerala focus back on Wahhabis as many attempt joining ISIS

By: Vicky Nanjappa Published: Tuesday, July 12, 2016, 9:11 [IST]Read more at: http://www.oneindia.com/india/kerala-focus-back-on-wahhabis-as-many-attempt-joining-isis-2150507.html?utm_source=daily-newsletter&utm_medium=email-newsletter&utm_campaign=12072016 New Delhi, July 12: With speculation rife that nearly 20 persons from Kerala may have joined the ISIS either in Iraq and Syria, the police officials are blaming the rise of Salafi groups. A police officer in Kerala […]

India: This Islamic preacher might have influenced one of the Dhaka terrorists. Now Indians want him banned.

http://www.washingtonpost.com  By Rama Lakshmi July 6  NEW DELHI— One of the terrorists in the deadly Dhaka restaurant attack last week had posted a Facebook message quoting the sayings of the controversial Mumbai-based Islamic preacher Zakir Naik urging “all Muslims to be terrorists.” Now, many Indians are calling for a ban on Naik’s group, the Islamic Research Foundation […]

War and peace, and water

Jun 28,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – LAURA TUCK India is currently facing its worst water crisis in years, with an estimated 330 million people — one-quarter of its population — affected by severe drought. Ethiopia is also dealing with its worst drought in decades, which has already contributed to the failure […]

Why triple Talaq should be abolished?

Following petitions by Muslim women in the Supreme Court, there has been an on-going debate about triple talaq (divorce) and the need for its abolition. The dominant views on the issue are either by the likes of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board or the Muslim women themselves. It signifies two extreme positions; continuation of status quo versus […]

An elite club of suicide bombers

Source: Dawn.Com It is always baffling, isn’t it, to see the yawning difference in our responses in South Asia to a gathering communal threat, for instance, as opposed to the catastrophic prospect of nuclear annihilation? Only recently, Pakistan toggled between public outcry and terrified whispers when teeming mourners showed up […]

Catch up world, India has changed

OPINION Catch up world, India has changed By Prateek Khare, swissnex India, Bengaluru JUN 15, 2016 – 11:01 Stereotypes of India as a backward country are still prevalent, according to Prateek Khare whose job involves promoting the country as a destination for Swiss start-ups. In this article he explains what […]

India: Talaq must go through a court of law, not a Qazi

Bader Sayeed is one of the top lawyer-activists in Chennai, the first woman chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board. – See more at: http://newageislam.com/interview/shobha-warrier/talaq-must-go-through-the-court-of-law/d/107673#sthash.R6qOzxYY.dpuf A schoolmate of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, she was the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the 2004 parliamentary elections from the […]