Indian Muslims
Is Modi going down the route of demonising hapless Indian Muslims simply a cynical and racist ploy to cultivate Hindutva electoral vote? Or are there also more deep-rooted and systemic issues in India that its ruling elite are keen to cover up?
Updated 26 May, 2024 10:26am
“People forget that we're all just the same as the next person when they are incited by hateful speeches," says a Delhi local.
Published 25 May, 2024 11:43pm
A police complaint filed by the opposition Congress party accused the video of promoting “enmity between different religions”.
Published 08 May, 2024 10:49pm
Election commission warns parties against misuse of AI tools to create deep fakes, tells them not to publish and circulate such videos.
Published 06 May, 2024 08:23pm
Activists in northern India actively seek to replace ancient mosques with Hindu temples.
Updated 26 Apr, 2024 10:16pm
Congress party files complaint with Election Commission against Modi's “divisive, objectionable and malicious” comments.
Updated 22 Apr, 2024 10:30pm
Muslim representation in parliament has nearly halved, with voters accusing the ruling party of stoking anti-Muslim sentiment.
Published 08 Apr, 2024 01:31pm
“Secular Kerala will stand united in resisting such subversive attempts aimed at fostering communal discord,” Kerala’s chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:45am
Allahabad High Court order affects 2.7 million students and 10,000 teachers in 25,000 madrassas.
Published 23 Mar, 2024 07:48pm
Stones hurled at 75 students in Gujarat University.
Updated 18 Mar, 2024 10:41am
Foreign Office spokesperson advises Indian authorities to “stop pre-choreographed targeting and systematic marginalisation of minorities”.
Published 14 Mar, 2024 06:29pm
Rights advocates have criticised the act, calling it a discrimination against Muslims.
Published 14 Mar, 2024 07:38am
Amended law excludes Muslims in grant of Indian citizenship.
Published 13 Mar, 2024 08:17am
BJP’s efforts to demonise Muslims in order to please its core constituency risks creating permanent communal fault lines.
Published 13 Mar, 2024 08:17am
Opposition parties hit out at BJP govt for notifying rules of Citizenship (Amendment) Act weeks before polls.
Published 12 Mar, 2024 07:39am
"This will pave [the] way for the persecuted to find citizenship in India,” says a spokesperson for the prime minister’s office.
Published 11 Mar, 2024 07:28pm
Only a tripartite solution — involving Pakistan, India and the Kashmiris — can pave the way for stability.
Published 09 Mar, 2024 07:18am
“I am working hard to win your hearts, and my attempt to keep winning your hearts will continue,” the Indian PM says.
Updated 07 Mar, 2024 04:04pm
Brick by brick, the Sangh is seeking to destroy the edifice of Muslim civilisation in India that goes back a millennium.
Published 05 Mar, 2024 07:09am
Space for minorities continues to shrink in India.
Updated 03 Mar, 2024 09:21am
Muslim opposition leaders say repealing is discriminatory; Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935 allowed underage marriage.
Published 25 Feb, 2024 12:33pm
Five dead, dozens injured; curfew imposed, internet suspended in Uttarakhand areas.
Updated 10 Feb, 2024 09:27am
“We cannot accept any law that is against Shariah,” says Muslim organisation representative.
Published 07 Feb, 2024 09:57pm
Orders district authorities to “make proper arrangements within the next seven days” to facilitate worshippers.
Published 31 Jan, 2024 05:15pm
Hindutva’s sway is a harbinger of a belligerent approach globally.
Updated 31 Jan, 2024 09:50am
Mumbai's Malang-gad is famous for its 12th-century shrine of Sufi saint Haji Abdul Rahman.
Updated 30 Jan, 2024 08:50am
“This is not an anti-Islam movement. This is a movement to seek the truth that should be welcomed by the world,” says RSS leader Indresh Kumar.
Published 27 Jan, 2024 05:52pm
Envoy Munir Akram condemns consecration of Ram temple on site of demolished Babri Masjid.
Updated 26 Jan, 2024 07:33am
"This action represents a policy of punitively demolishing Muslim properties following episodes of communal violence,” says Amnesty International official.
Published 25 Jan, 2024 07:10pm
If the BJP hopes to exploit a daylong spectacle in Ayodhya to canvass support, that shouldn’t worry the opposition at all, provided peace prevails.
Updated 23 Jan, 2024 09:57am
