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Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker

It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.

Report: 21 women raped on public transportation in 13 months in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers' welfare platform, published...

You value a rape at Rs 6,500? ‘Shocked’ SC slams MP govt.

The apex court on Thursday said it was “shocking”...

An Unusual Funeral in Pakistan

Asma Jahangir, the doyen of human rights and women’s...

Asma Jahangir: In death, as in life

Photo credit: Geo TVAs I walked into the stadium...

What it means to be a Muslim male feminist

Feminism is quite a loaded term in Muslim societies....

Women Delegates Write to Law Ministry on the Bill of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2017

  Press ReleaseA delegation comprising of P.K Sreemathi (M.P Loksabha),  Sudha Sundararaman    (Vice-President)...

Women speak out on sexual harassment during Hajj

'I was afraid to share this because it might...

#JusticeForAnkitSaxena: Shehla Rashid’s, ‘Question to my Muslim friends’

Would you peacefully allow your sister/daughter to marry a...

The Qur’an Puts No Bar Against a Woman Imam from Leading Mixed Gender Prayer

(Co-author (Jointly with Ashfaque Ullah Syed, Essential Message of...

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