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The West as Enigma: Why Muslims Must Understand the Occident on Its Own Terms

The ideas of Shariati, Mawdudi, Qutb, and Nadwi provide important critiques of Western materialism, imperialism, and secularism, but remain largely reactive in their approach.

Times Now channel pulled up for communal report on “Zameen Jihad” in Haldwani

The program gave a skewed account that portrayed Muslims who were protesting the eviction order as adversaries of the State

Hindu society at war, natural to be aggressive says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Organiser

Bhagwat’s sudden verbosity on Muslims, LGBTQIA community and Hindu aggression is curious

We Demand unconditional withdrawal of the unjust BMC notice to acquire St. Peter’s Sea Side Cemetery.

We also demand the withdrawal of the Amendments to the Development Plan DP of the Govt in September 2022, which requires the taking over of Cemetery Land for road widening when alternate options are available

Firing of art professor for showing a 14-century painting of Prophet Muhammad condemned: MPAC

The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) has, in a statement condemned the dismissal of art professor, Erica, López Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad

Review of 2022: A year of discrimination & violence experienced by India’s religious minorities

Religious minorities, especially Muslims and Christians, have experienced persistent stigmatisation and attack, with governments and law enforcement complicit in a culture of impunity

Hate Speech in Rajasthan spirals, polls at year end

A trishul distribution event sees targeted hate speech against Christians

Prominent Muslim writers excluded from Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, allege scholars, alternate meet called

Several academics and senior writers have told The Hindu, New Indian Express snd The News Minute that the state has hundreds of Muslim Kannada writers, however, only a select few have been considered for the event.

Graves desecrated in Mumbai’s Mahim church, FIR filed

Over a dozen graves desecrated in Mahim’s St. Michael’s church even as BMC withdraws notices to vacate the 115 year-old Bandra cemetry

CJP moves NCM, writes to DGP Maharashtra against notorious hate offender Kalicharan

In his inflammatory speech, Kalicharan had asserted that "Love-Jihad" may be cured by ingesting water that has had a wild boar tooth left in it overnight.

Muslim man thrashed for ‘walking with Hindu girl’: Karnataka

The Hindustan Times reports that, according to the police, the youth Afeed (20), from Kallugundi near Sullia, came with the minor girl to Kukke Subramanya temple on Thursday.

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Mumbai Police detain Ambedkarite leaders demanding justice for Sahil Wakode; IIT Bombay refuses to hear delegation

As Sahil Wakode’s parents continue their hunger strike over his death and allegations of caste discrimination, Mumbai Police barricaded access to IIT Bombay and detained civil society leaders

Jantar Mantar shut to protest, CJP leaders sent to jail, Delhi police invoke ‘breach of peace’

Denotification of the protest site precedes preventive action against Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who attempted to enter the barricaded area and unfurl the Tricolour

Bihar custodial death: Six suspended after Dilshad Ansari’s death in custody; family demands high-level probe

Dilshad Ansari’s family disputes the police claim that he jumped from a moving vehicle, demanding a thorough probe into his fatal head injury

Supreme Court seeks senior Delhi Police officer’s presence over alleged assault on women journalists; NWMI seeks binding safeguards

The Network of Women in Media, India, has moved the Supreme Court under Article 32, alleging that the detention, physical handling and forcible removal of journalists covering protests violate Articles 14, 19(1)(a), 19(1)(d) and 21 of the Constitution

Bombay High Court orders Maharashtra DGP to review arrest forms, flags failure to communicate grounds of arrest

Ruling in a murder case, the Court orders Shingare’s release over non-compliance with Article 22(1), states signed arrest notice cannot cure failure to communicate factual grounds of arrest

SIR West Bengal: Most Form 7 requests lead to deletions; Form 6 additions remain low

Election Commission data shows that 89.56% of Form 7 requests resulted in deletions, while 20.73% of Form 6 applications resulted in additions. Separately, voters challenging their removal face pending tribunal appeals and reported problems with notices, documents and access to orders.

‘Chalo Delhi’: Thousands march to Supreme court against ‘Vote Chori’, demand Gyanesh Kumar’s removal

Led by the INDIA bloc, the October 12 march brought opposition parties, lawyers, student organisations and civil society onto Delhi’s streets, demanding a halt to the SIR process and accountability for alleged electoral manipulation