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‘What happened to Ali Mohammad was wrong’: UP temple’s Muslim caretaker held for offering namaz; Hindu priest to arrange bail, says he served with...

In Budaun, Times of India reported how a temple priest has offered to bail out a Muslim caretaker arrested for offering namaz on temple grounds. Paramanand Das condemned the video recording and emphasised Ali Mohammad's decades of faithful service. Despite the arrest and charges of defiling a place of worship, Das affirmed Ali's respect for all faiths and the temple's inclusive nature.

Saudi Funding of Intolerance: The Other Face of the Indian Sufi’s Angst

Image Courtesy: Quora.comThe issues arising from the decision...

Proud to be ‘anti-national’: Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh / Image: Charlie Smith   “You are a lion,...

Religion-based Nationalism is back in Full Force: Romila Thapar

Image: The Hindu   In the 1960s we were confident that...

Talaq, Talaq, Talaq: If it’s inhuman, how can it be ‘Islamic’?

  In response to the Supreme Court's recent suo motu...

The ulama are wrong: Muslim Personal Law in India is not God-given

  In response to the Supreme Court's recent suo motu...

Nailing the sangh parivar’s lies: How the Naujawan Bharat Sabha is doing it

Welcome: NBS library at Mankhurd, Mumbai In Mankhurd, a Mumbai...

‘We are brothers’: Pope washes feet of refugees during Holy Thursday Mass

Image: Reuters   In an extraordinary gesture affirming our common humanity...

ICC order: 40 years in prison for former president, Bosnia-Serbia for genocide, war crimes

Karadžić in court. EPA/Robin Van LonkhuijsenFormer Bosnian Serb leader...

भगतसिंह, सुखदेव और राजगुरू की शहादत पर डा अम्बेडकर

  समसामयिक विचार (जनता, 13 अप्रैल 1931) भगतसिंह, सुखदेव और राजगुरू इन...

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  भगत सिंह होते, तो संघ के खिलाफ़ होते   उस कुर्बानी...

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