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Urdu is not the monopoly of mullahs, nor even the Muslim community
Our self-styled “left liberal” intelligentsia, otherwise loud in denouncing Hindu majoritarianism, suddenly turned mute when confronted with Muslim right-wing pressure
CAA disregards India’s inclusive plural ethos, ‘betrays’ ideals of freedom struggle: PUCL
"Outraged" at the move of the Central government to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA 2019) weeks before the election, the top rights group, People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), has demanded that the law be repealed. Filing an urgent application for stay on the implementation of the law before the Supreme Court, PUCL said in a statement that it will "continue to fight against citizenship laws such as the CAA, which are unconstitutional and discriminates on grounds of religion."
Tensions rise as Chhattisgarh sees frequent attacks on Christians
Chhattisgarh sees Christian community protest as the Bajrang Dal continues to accuse them of religious conversion.
15-year-old Muslim boy reportedly driven to suicide after he was humiliated and beaten by teachers
Hate crimes against minorities continue to abound as religious minorities, including Muslims, face violence across the country. From vigilante groups to school teachers and principals harassing and perpetuating anti-Muslim hate, Muslims continue to live a dangerous life.
Gauhati University is under complete lockdown, as protests against the CAA implementation spread across Assam, fears of the 2019 repression and loss of life...
A series of protests have unfolded all across Assam after the Centre, on March 11, furnished the rules and regulations of the Citizenship Amendment Act, which was passed in 2019.
Government notifies CAA regulations, opposition decries it as a means to polarise voters
The government officially issued a notification on March 12, bringing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) into effect in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Selective & discriminatory, CAA notification likely to be followed by NPR-NRC
Since the time that the intent of what became the CAA Amendment of 2019 was conceived and found its way into the BJP’s 2014 manifesto, its intent has been divisive and exclusionary; the threats issued time and again by the minister for home affairs that CAA 2019 would follow a “chronology” –All India NPR and NRC—made the intent worse; insecurity and social upheavals will be the result of this cynical diktat
Anti-constitutional, bereft of humanity & religiously bigoted: CAA 2019 is now enforced in India
Not only are the Balochis and Ahmadiyas from Pakistan abandoned under this skewed law, but so are Uyghur Muslims of China and Tamil Hindus or Sri Lanka
Class 3 student threatens to kill Muslim classmate in Gujarat
On February 17th in Vadodara, Gujarat, an 8-year-old student studying in class 3 was targeted and reportedly abused by his fellow classmates. Reports suggest that similar incidents of discrimination have happened in the school earlier as well.
Karnataka: Muslim girl asked to not wear hijab to school, after students protested wearing saffron shawls
The hijab ban continues to evoke student protests against Muslim girls wearing the hijab, as a recent case from a private college in Karnataka reveals a girl wearing a hijab was told to remove it after students protested against her wearing the head covering.
UP Government SIT recommends closure of 13, 000 Madrasas, alleges unaccounted funding from ‘Gulf’
A three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Uttar Pradesh government has brought about its preliminary report and has stated that there are 13,000 ‘illegal’ madrasas spread across Uttar Pradesh.
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