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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.

Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV)

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Plight of Muslim women: Who cares?

  Mullahs, Muslim men are blind to gender indignitiesSometime ago,...

If it’s unjust, it’s un-Islamic

  On the face of it, the ulema’s advice to...

Are male and female brains really different?

The ConversationOn a wide range of psychological measures, it’s...

Muslims facing tomorrow

Motto: God is beautiful and He loves BeautyMission Statement Whereas...

Universalist Muslims

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The Muslim Reform Movement

  Motto: “Ideas do not have rights, human beings have...

Caste Reverberates on TISS Campus, counter allegations against Dalit student made

Through January 2016, the campus of the Tata Institute...

Queer and Proud: The last legal challenge to a law that criminalises homosexuality

Image: ThinkProgress   Tomorrow is a historic day before the Supreme...

How the West undermined Women’s Rights in the Arab World

Mother of the martyr. Photo by Nicola Pratt   This article...

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