Source: The Tribune Express By Aakar Patel: The writer is a columnist. He is also a former editor of the Mumbai-based English newspaper Mid Day and the Gujarati paper Divya Bhaskar aakar.patel@tribune.com.pk Published: January 31, 2013 In India, the Muslim lives on sufferance. It is the Hindu who has freedom to attack […]
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) to treat people who have converted to Islam in the Backward Classes (Muslims) category during appointments.The order was passed on a PIL filed in the court alleging that converts to Islam were being treated as “other castes” […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Bangladesh will retain Islam as the state religion in amendments the government is proposing to its constitution, a government minister said yesterday, […]
Source: Two Circles In August of this year, two Muslim youth died and about a hundred injured when a program in Mumbai organized to protest anti-Muslim violence in Assam and Myanmar turned violent. This has brought into question the logic of protest. Why do we protest? What issues bring Indian […]
NY Times: By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: Three weeks ago, the prime minister of India appointed Syed Asif Ibrahim as the new director of India’s Intelligence Bureau, its domestic intelligence-gathering agency. Ibrahim is a Muslim. India is a predominantly Hindu country, but it is also the world’s third-largest Muslim nation. India’s greatest security […]
Source: Indiaprwire Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance, the world’s most heavily-enrolled Islamic finance certification institute, teamed up with their exclusive partner in India, Infinity Consultants to recently deliver “Achieving Financial Inclusion for Muslims in India – How Can Islamic Finance Help?”, a live talk presented by Saif Ahmed, Managing Partner […]
Source: Milli Gazzette Mumbai (1 December 2012): Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) conducted an insightful and successful seminar on “Vision 2020 for Indian Muslims” in Mumbai today. Considering the plight of Indian Muslims, AMP organized an discussion and brainstorming to have a vision charted out for improving the state of affairs of […]
Source: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2012/11/21/Indias-madrassa-schools-refuse-to-teach-math-science/UPI-97291353500451/ Special Report by UZMI ATHAR, Written for UPI BANGALORE, India, Nov. 21 (UPI) — Shabana Rizvi, 17, nervously shakes her legs as she talks. She is overshadowed by her eldest brother, Meer, and appears apprehensive to voice her opinion in his presence. She glances in his direction after […]