India: Being Muslim in the Workplace: A Report by Parcham Collective
From being asked to remove their hijab to wanting to break out of their bubble, a group of metropolitan Muslims talk about their experience in the formal work sector. Sabrang […]
Social media split over Hindu doctor reciting Islamic prayer for dying Covid patient
The debate began with a Facebook post from the rationalist thinker C Ravichandran who found no merit in celebrating the incident. Published: 25th May 2021 By Express News Service KOZHIKODE: The act of […]
Quraishi Demolishes Population Myths about Muslims
RAJ KANWAR | 23 MAY, 2021 Empirical refutation Former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. QURAISHI’s ‘The Population Myth- Islam, Family Planning and Politics in India’ is both a Treatise and a Primer; treatise for […]
Why India’s pandemic data is vastly undercounted
Trajectory of cases is reminder of how virus can rocket through unvaccinated population Published: May 02, 2021 AP ALSO IN THIS PACKAGE Photos: Lifesaving oxygen aid arrives in India as COVID-19 […]
India: Man Marries 2 Women Together In Chhattisgarh
Both the girls — Hasina and Sundari — used to like Chandu Maurya, the groom. They married him in the same mandap in Tikara Lohnga village of Bastar. All IndiaANIUpdated: January 09, 2021 A marriage which is uncommon for the society was consensual for the newlyweds. Bastar: In an unusual […]
UP inter-faith marriage ordinance tool to demonise Muslim youth
By India New England News -January 6, 202107 New Delhi– The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has moved the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the Uttar Pradesh government’s Ordinance promulgated to curb […]
Life after 370: Beyond the silence of Kashmir Valley
Synopsis Beneath the uneasy calm in Kashmir Valley after the abrogation of Article 370, people are shocked and angry. The real challenge for the government will begin when restrictions are […]
49 years later, lessons that remain to be learnt from 1971 India-Pakistan
New Delhi: On 16 December 1971, India won a decisive victory over Pakistan after a 13-day war that led to the creation of Bangladesh. While it was a short and […]
One year later, New Delhi continues to drag its heels on controversial citizenship law
Activists of All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) hold placards and play traditional instruments during a protest against the Indian government’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Guwahati on December 12, 2020. […]
India’s Most Populous State Bans Muslim-Hindu Marriage or ‘Love-Jihad’
Why India’s Most Populous State Just Passed a Law Inspired by an Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theory Source: Time BY BILLY PERRIGO India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, introduced a law outlawing so-called “Love […]
The backlash against an Indian jewellery advert with a Hindu-Muslim couple makes me despair
Source: Independent The Twitter storm over Tanishq advert about an interfaith marriage and family proves India is no longer a secular nation in anything but its constitution By Akanksha Singh […]
Islam: A Solace, Not a Menace
Islam has been largely misunderstood as an ideology endorsing terrorism. While the opponents of Islam try to assert this narrative, nothing can be further from the truth. HUSAM AHMED SEPTEMBER […]
Nepal PM angers India with Hindu deity claim
Bharatiya Janata Party activists hold a protest in Kolkata on Wednesday against the West Bengal state government, demanding a CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe into the death of BJP […]
In Modi’s India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus
By Alexandra Ulmer and Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) – The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui’s hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under […]
Covid-19 and the Responsibilities of Muslims to combat this Pandemic
To obey the Government Restrictions regarding Coronavirus is not only a Social Responsibility of Muslims; but also a Religious Obligation. Islam is a practical & progressive faith-based a system that encourages people to seek medical assistance alongside relying on the power of prayer. Prophet of Islam (saw) has instructed us […]
Himalayas visible for first time in 30 years as pollution levels in India drop
Epigraph: The sun and the moon run their courses according to a fixed reckoning. And the stemless plants and the trees humbly submit to His will. And the heaven He […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Strongly Condemns Terrorist attack on Sikh Gurudwara in Kabul
Press Release Date: March 28, 2020 Terrorist attack on Sikh Gurudwara in Kabul is condemnable Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at India stands with the Sikh Community in this hour of distress and expresses complete solidarity. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at India strongly condemns the terror attack that happened few days back on the […]
What next for India’s Muslims? More suffering and a further crackdown on their rights by the Modi government
If identity documents are lost – including in attacks such as those seen in Delhi – it is not difficult to envisage a scenario in which a proportion of the […]
