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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.
Unwarranted, unethical and un-Christian: Christian group on Bishop’s anti-Muslim diatribe
National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW) expresses its “anguish and displeasure” about remarks by Bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangat of the Syro Malabar Church
Police firing in Assam: Illegal and unforgivable
The law rarely holds the police accountable for Human right violations, but excessive use of power leaves the door open for prosecution. However, the judicial will to hold the police accountable is scarce and police brutality continues
BREAKING: 2 killed, 10 injured in police firing in Assam
The people were protesting eviction from their homes; police opened fire targeting upper bodies of protesters in contravention of set procedure
Atrocity as Mode of Governance
The mass evictions of peasants of largely immigrant Muslim origin from supposedly government land have been planned and set in motion within a short span of time
Suresh Chavhanke’s communal campaign now targets SRK!
Chavhanke and company claim he donates his earnings to Pakistan, make other vile allegations, ignite old hashtags
Are encroachment removal drives in Assam selectively targeting the minority community?
Evicted people left to the mercy of elements amidst heavy rainfall, floods and Covid-19; administration reneges on relocation promise
Meerut: Hindu Jagran Manch leader booked for assault on Muslim youth
Sachin Sirohi, local Hindutva leader and another unnamed man booked for forcing a woman to assault her Muslim friend
Karnataka: Why has the Hindu Jagarana Vedike reactivated its aggression now?
Mob assaulted and manhandled a Muslim journalist, another disrupted a church service
Kerala diocese apologises after its book sparks Muslim protest
Syro-Malabar Church’s Thamarassery diocese, forced to apologise after uproar over a catechism book that allegedly had “derogatory statements against Islam”
The bogey of ‘Love Jihad’
Both, the Kerala Bishop who accused Muslims of making Catholic girls in the state victims of love and narcotic jihad, and the former Gujarat CM who wanted to take action against those who trap innocent girls, disregard the agency and wisdom of adult women
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