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Gurugram: University students protest African group offering namaaz on football field
Students also demand separate plates for veg and non-veg
BJP’s Giriraj Singh demands survey of mosques, madrasas in Bihar
Seemanchal region of Bihar is considered Muslim dominant area of Bihar
Break this chain of Hate: Teesta Setalvad’s 2018 speech in Allahabad
As journalist and human rights defender Teesta Setalvad spends...
Punjab: Christian Pastor’s car set on fire
CM promises action, but Jathedar of Akal Takht demands anti-conversion law
Badruddin Ajmal accuses BJP of targeting Muslims, mosques
Attacks on Muslims, Madrasas, Mosques have been increasing ahead of 2024 general election, says AIUDF chief
Karnataka: Ganesha Festival Celebrated at Hubballi Idgah Ground Amid Tight Security
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Anjuman-e-Islam claimed that the Idgah property was protected under the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which says no religious place of worship can be converted.
Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations at Bengaluru Idgah Maidan: Supreme Court orders ‘Status Quo’
The petition challenged Karnataka HC’s verdict permitting the use of Idgah Maidan in Bengaluru’s Chamarajpet for Ganesh Chaturthi
Krishna Janmabhoomi: Allahabad HC directs Mathura court to finish hearing Idgah survey plea within four months
Hearings were delayed as the Mathura court was first conducting day-to-day hearings to determine maintainability of suit demanding removal of mosque and return of land to the temple authorities, but the HC had stayed those hearings on August 4
Meghalaya: Catholic church vandalised, statues desecrated
Incident took place in a Catholic church in North Garo Hills; case registered, but no arrests so far
A half baked secularism: Teesta Setalvad on caste and communalism
Drawing on the subcontinent's history of faith entwined politics and the resultant consolidation of power in the hands of the few, Teesta Setalvad invokes Ambedkar, Periyar and uses her own engagement with communalism to argue that the battle for secularism in India simply cannot be won without addressing the issue of caste. First published in Communalism Combat in April 1999.
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