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Indian Muslims need to be protected as much from the communalism of their co-religionists as majoritarian communalism: In remembrance of CM Naim

An intrepid critique of entrenched and entitled Muslim elites, CM Naim, a historian and essayist, recently passed away at 85. Here his work is remembered for its out of the box thinking and commitment to both the culture and language around Urdu; an essay that recalls his works

Assam: Mass evictions continue as approximately 2500 Bengali-speaking Muslim families get displaced; pleas go unheard

Now, Sanitpur district is under target as poor farmers, mostly Muslim, are evicted, bulldozers run unregulated

Bombay HC seeks policy on old settlements for protected monuments; stays evictions at Vishalgarh

The Court had last week stayed demolitions by Western Railways on its land, stressing upon the need for rehabilitation of those displaced

Rajasthan: 2 Muslim men allegedly kidnapped and burnt to death; FIR against Bajrang Dal members

They were kidnapped 2 days ago and today their bodies were found in a burnt car

University takes on a communal colour as Muslim students are targeted, abused, called terrorist by ABVP

During a General Body meeting, at Hyderabad University, ABVP outfit physically and verbally attack Muslim students

1000s or hundreds of thousands, the Karnataka govt’s ill-motivated ‘Hijab ban’ has pushed Muslim girls out of school

Whether the figure is in the 100s or the hundreds of thousands, young Muslim girls have been pushed out of the state’s schools; CPI-M John Brittas speaking in the Rajya Sabha recently claims it’s close to one lakh

Will arresting the breadwinner and driving women to suicide help solve the societal evil of child marriage: Guwahati HC grants ABA in cases while...

As POCSO, IPC (Rape), and PCMA is applied on the cases registered, this "crackdown on child marriage" seems more likely to be driven by extra judicious factors

Communal statements by Muslim Maulanas come to the rescue of Modi & Mohan Bhagwat

It’s clearly not a coincidence that at the recent...

Are both state and non-state actors to be blamed for this attack on religious places of the Muslim community?

From hate speech to physical acts of violence, from UP to MP, instances of hate crimes by Hindutva outfits are being reported

Scapegoats and Holy Cows: Crime and Justice Delivery in the Age of Sectarian Nationalism

Representation ImageIn the case of Jamia violence of 2019,...

Madhya Pradesh: Church Defiled by miscreants, ‘Ram’ written on walls

According to reports, the vandals allegedly set fire to holy literature stored inside the church

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Indian Muslims need to be protected as much from the communalism of their co-religionists as majoritarian communalism: In remembrance of CM Naim

An intrepid critique of entrenched and entitled Muslim elites, CM Naim, a historian and essayist, recently passed away at 85. Here his work is remembered for its out of the box thinking and commitment to both the culture and language around Urdu; an essay that recalls his works

Delhi Court sentences riots accused for promoting hatred against Muslims, sentences him to 3 years in custody

Lokesh Kumar Solanki convicted for inciting violence during 2020 Delhi riots; court calls his conduct “fuel to already simmering tensions” but releases him citing maximum sentence already served

Harassment by Delhi Police, blatant extortion & human rights’ violation in process of identification of “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants”: Brinda Karat to HM Amit Shah

Brinda Karat, former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-CPIM), has in a letter to the union home minister, Amit Shah highlighted the blatant violation of human rights, harassment and extortion, in the ongoing process of "identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants" by the Delhi police and other agencies.

Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states

Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer

Thane School Horror: Principal, attendant arrested for forcing girls to strip in menstruation check, case registered under POCSO

Girls as young as 10 were allegedly stripped and subjected to invasive checks by school staff in Thane’s Shahapur after bloodstains were found in a washroom, prompting arrests, protests, and charges under POCSO and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Bihar:  SC signals that ECI should consider Aadhaar, EPIC (Voter ID card) & Ration card for electoral roll revision 

Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the sudden “special intensive revision” being conducted in Bihar by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Supreme Court (SC) pressed ECI to include Aadhaar, Voter ID Card, and Ration cards in Bihar's electoral roll revision process, since the only concern for the constitutional body was establishing accurate identity not citizenship

Mumbai’s Second Lifeline in ICU: Mumbaikars respond to call of “Save BEST”

By deliberately running Mumbai’s unique and stellar public transport system to ‘die’, the BMC backed by a land-grabbing state government is set to make transport even more unafordable for working Mumbaikars

Dissent Note: Maharashtra Special Public Safety Bill, 2024

Sweeping powers, vague definitions, and silencing of dissent entrenched in law; deliberative process exposed as political theatre