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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?

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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?

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Muslims facing tomorrow

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Universalist Muslims

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The Muslim Reform Movement

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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

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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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