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Khargone riots case collapses: Four years after Ram Navami violence, MP court acquits 11 accused, finds prosecution failed to establish guilt
A sessions court points to hostile witnesses, unexplained delays, lack of identification procedures and forensic inconsistencies; accused, all of whom who were Muslim, spent up to 827 days in jail
It took influential Arab anger to make India notice hate speech
Threat of a diplomatic crisis draws a few words of wisdom, that were missing when anti-Muslim hate spread faster than the Coronavirus, in India.
Muslim minds at the front of disease control in India
An AMU alumnus has developed India’s first Covid-19 testing kit, while Cipla and Wockhardt, both founded by Muslims are developing drugs to combat multiple diseases ailing the country’s citizens
BJP members target Tablighi Jamaat for spread of coronavirus
Indulging in hate mongering, while MLA asked members of his constituency to stay away from the Tablighi Jamaat sect and community, the other said that Jamaatis were the number one problem of the country
Tablighi Jamaat member issues legal notices to media houses for defamation
The notice has been issued to IANS and 3 others for publishing article which suggest that the Jamaat has terror links
After warning, Meerut hospital apologizes for discriminating patients on the basis of religion
The hospital had put out an ad saying it would only admit Muslim patients if they brought a certificate saying they were tested negative for Covid-19
FIR against 4 for attending Tablighi Jamaat
The FIR was filed after the Tablighi Jamaat incident came to light in early April
Science, not Islam, is teaching Muslims how to deal with the coronavirus
Image Courtesy:aljazeera.comReligion, Marx argued was the ‘heart of a...
AAMSU raises concerns about communal FT member with Home Secretary
After calling Muslims “jehadi” and “jahil” in official communication, the FT member gives religion-wise break up of people not declared foreigners
Covid-19: What is India going to do about the Racism and Communalism epidemic that plagues it?
People from the minority communities are being targeted and treated as second class citizens amidst the pandemic
Covid-19: Was Tablighi Jamaat event the only mass gathering leading up to the lockdown?
Are Indian Muslims being selectively targeted despite the fact that gatherings and events were organised by people of different faiths?
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