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26-Year Citizenship Battle Ends: Barpeta Tribunal rules Alam Khan is Indian

After decades of uncertainty, the Tribunal finds that credible evidence, not documentary imperfections, determines citizenship under the Foreigners Act

Sajjad Nomani says girls should not be allowed to go to college alone

He spoke in a video uploaded on his Facebook page, speaking about Quran during Ramzan

Stones pelted during Eid namaaz in Allahabad

Police registered an FIR based on the complaint filed by the Eidgah’s managing committee

Eid Mubarak: Mussalmans & a United Nation- India

First published on: 11 Nov 2016The Musalmans and a United...

Harmony vs disharmony in 2 states: Kerala temple welcomes Muslims; MP temple fires Muslims

While Kerala temples invited Muslim for Iftar, Madhya Pradesh, debarred a temple in Maihar from employing Muslims, leading to two people losing their jobs

Report Finds ‘Systematic Discrimination’ Against Muslims in Govt Schemes in 10 Districts

The report by SPECT Foundation, which surveyed 10 minority districts, also drilled holes into BJP allegations of population influx and minority appeasement.

Political Opportunism and the Indian Church

Easter Sunday greetings with head bowed in prayer by the pro-active Prime Minister of India does not answer concerns and questions about repeated physical attacks and vilifications of India’s minorities, including Christians

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat again warns of “deceptive” missionaries taking advantage of people’s vulnerabilities

Skirting caste-driven exclusion, at Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district on April 16-17, Bhagwat once again vocalised the Sangh’s animosity to the Christian faith and its cadres

Muslim man peacefully offering Namaz at UP railway station “offends” Hindutva leader

Constitutional right to profess and practice religion violated by “leader” as he uploads a  counter video voicing his objections and calls offering namaz an act of defiance of the orders of the CM!

No minister, all is not well with India’s Muslims

A fact check of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s strange link between Muslim well being and ‘population growth’

Red for blood, love and Ramzan

The author, an activist and lawyer recounts her personal experience of shared pain among Hindus and Muslims, even as Gujarat and India are now coloured with the poison of hate

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26-Year Citizenship Battle Ends: Barpeta Tribunal rules Alam Khan is Indian

After decades of uncertainty, the Tribunal finds that credible evidence, not documentary imperfections, determines citizenship under the Foreigners Act

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