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The West as Enigma: Why Muslims Must Understand the Occident on Its Own Terms
The ideas of Shariati, Mawdudi, Qutb, and Nadwi provide important critiques of Western materialism, imperialism, and secularism, but remain largely reactive in their approach.
Hate Watch: Muslim man assaulted in crowded train, no one intervenes
The woman assaulting him is a Hindutva outfit leader, and also claims to be a BJP worker
MP: Communal flare up after 10-year-old Muslim boy allegedly turns up at garbha venue
A Hindu teenager objected to the Muslim boy’s presence, and the arguments eventually turned into communal clash; 20 Muslims and 6 Hindus have been named in FIRs
K’taka: Right-wing goons forcibly shut down meat shops; vandalise Muslim couple’s chicken shop
The incident took place near Belagavi and the police refused to lodge FIR in the matter forcing the complainant to reach a compromise with the attackers, who continue to harass them even now
Bangladesh: Mass strike called on October 23 to protest attacks on minorities
Bangladeshis stand in solidarity with their Hindu compatriots, even as violence against the minority community continues in places
Hate Watch: Right-Wing group sing bhajans in Karnataka church as “protest”
Archbishop of Bengaluru had warned against such vigilante after Karnataka’s Backward & Minority Welfare Department proposed a survey of “Christian missionaries and places of worship”
Survey of Karnataka’s Christian missionaries and places of worship, a dangerous exercise: Archbishop
When conversion bogey, anti-religious feelings are being whipped up, it is dangerous to make such surveys, says Archbishop of Bengaluru Archdiocese Peter Machado
CJP moves NCM over hate crimes against Muslims in Madhya Pradesh
Since August, right-wing groups have reportedly threatened and assaulted Muslims in the State
CJP approaches minorities commission over attacks on Christian nuns, prayer congregation in UP
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Right-wing goons have allegedly targeted the minority community, falsely accusing them of conducting religious conversion
Muslim boy had come to do “recce”: Yati Narsinghanand
The 10-year-old had wandered into the temple as he was new to the area, and didn't understand the "consequences" this could have had for someone from his religion
J&K government directs Migrant staff not to leave Kashmir
The order states that any absence from duty will be dealt with as per service rules
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