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When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands
Ayesha’s Suicide Lays Bare the Sickness of Muslim Society
Muslims who are arguing that Ayesha should have divorced her husband simply do not know how Islamic law works in India.
Mother of dowry victim urges Muslim men to condemn dowry
Grieving over her daughter’s death, the mother is appealing to Muslim boys to openly refuse and denounce the social evil of dowry
Tenets of free and fair trial are sacrosanct: Delhi court on media leak of chargesheet in violence case
During the hearing, the court took cognisance of supplementary chargesheet against 18 accused, including Umar Khalid and others
Is WhatsApp facilitating the demonisation of Indian Muslims?
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Revisiting Northeast Delhi a year after the February 2020 pogrom
Senior activists, lawyers and experts working on-ground with Delhi pogrom survivors discuss with SabrangIndia the progress, or the lack of it, in the case of communal attacks in Northeast Delhi
Delhi HC seeks response in plea seeking quashing of DMC’s report on Delhi riots
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Truth has been hijacked to serve political interests: Brinda Karat on Delhi violence
On Tuesday, the Left organisation remembered the atrocities suffered by residents of Northeast Delhi and condemned the central government for stifling dissent.
Mob Lynching in 2020: Misleading Exception than a Norm
Excerpts from a piece that appeared originally in Secular Perspective, February 16-28, 2021 edition
Delhi violence: Government pays compensation to over 2,000 affected
Over 26 crores paid as compensation to families of the dead, people who were injured and for damage to property
Tablighi Jamaat: Delhi court orders release of passports of acquitted foreign nationals
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