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After 772 Days in Detention, Ajabha Khatun Returns Home: CJP helps secure her release

Ajabha Khatun’s conditional release brings relief to her family, while her pending legal case and her plea for another detainee underline the fight that remains

The Language of Hate – BHU students protest Muslim Sanskrit teacher

As we watch yet another pointless controversy unfold with a handful of BHU students protesting the appointment of a Muslim teacher in the Sanskrit department, we have to question the big picture.The brighter side is the larger number of students who came out in Prof Khan’s support

Islamophobia: What’s Common between Payal Tadvi and Fathima Latif

Lately committing of suicide in higher places of learning...

Kashmir ‘normal’? Reality round-up 107 days after shutdown

Contrary to popular narrative, Kashmir’s wounds brought on by the government still run deep

Liberal Muslims: The Term Sounds like an Oxymoron, Both to Muslims And Non Muslims

What It Means To Be a Liberal Muslim“Liberal Muslims”...

D Litt to former Ajmer dargah terror blast accused at Lucknow minority varsity opposed

In a surprise move, Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Urdu Arabi...

Students across Mumbai come out in support of Fathima Latheef, JNU students

As the protests across both IIT Madras and JNU...

Nation-wide NRC confirmed; Assam will cover FT related expenses for people

The entire nation is in anticipation of the proposed CAB and NRC as their modalities have not been finalised yet and it has created an environment of fear and distress amongst the minorities, especially the Muslim community. Today’s Rajya Sabha session revealed quite a few crucial points as the Muslim community grows more and more anxious.

Bengali Muslims seek answers for their less percentage in jobs, stereotype in Bengali Cinema

A two-day conference - Bengali Muslims at A Crossroad, also discussed about how the British had also set Hunter commission to study the Muslim condition, just like Sachar Commission in present India. However, unlike the British who aligned with the progressive Muslims to encourage the community to embrace English education, today’s governments are yet to act on Sachar report

Will Taj Mahal meet the same fate as Babri Masjid?

One of the greatest wonders of the World and the only one in India, Taj Mahal, has become the newest target of the Hindutva killer/demolition squad. It was ordered to be built by Mughal king Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram known as Shahjahan (1592-1666) in the memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is interesting to note that it was named as Taj Mahal (Crown of the Palace) despite being a mausoleum which took 20 years to be built.

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