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Atmosphere vitiated with suspicion and mistrust: Shabana Azmi

In this interview from 1994, actor-activist Shabana Azmi tells Communalism Combat co-editor Teesta Setavad, how after the Babri Masjid demolition she was suddenly made conscious of her Muslim identity

Newsrooms, Living Rooms and Class Rooms: Evolution of the Ayodhya Narrative

How a corrosive refashioning of India took place in our personal and social spaces

End harassment of Kashmiri journalists, lawyers: Kashmir Reading Room

The Jammu & Kashmir Reading Room (KRR), a collective...

Delhi violence: LG order appointing MHA picked officers way to defend the indefensible?

The stated reasons for the violence are lies, investigations faulty, and the prosecution is chosen to fill up any gaps that are there in this saga of injustice, says Brinda Karat arguing for the need for an independent prosecution

Unarmed meat transporter critically injured by Haryana mob  

Lynch mobs calling themselves ‘cow’ protectors, are back in NCR, and threaten grow bigger than before, unless the government stops them right now

Citizens groups condemn divisive advertisement by Peace Party

Talking of Nizam-e-Mustafa in a secular India, maliciously fuels hate campaigns, say secular citizens

How long will it take to find lawyers to argue NE Delhi riot cases?

Thousands of riot survivors must wait for justice, till the CM-Governor turf war over who can appoint the legal team gets sorted

Misconceptions about animal sacrifice

Image Courtesy:nytimes.com  EVERY year millions of heads of sheep are...

No Eid-ul-Adha prayers at AMU, other states list Dos and Dont’s

Some allow 50 worshipers in mosques, others ban animal sacrifice in public, some others want ‘drone surveillance’

Bakrid and the forced controversy around animal sacrifice

Every year around Bakrid, a new controversy around animal slaughter erupts dampening the festive spirit for the Muslim community

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