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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.

Reform! reform! reform!

  Nazma Bibi, Orissa   Nazma Bibi is a 26-year-old Muslim woman...

‘No faith in the Muslim Personal Law Board’

Haseena Khan Co-ordinator, Awaaz-e-NiswanThe All India Muslim Personal Law Board...

‘Triple talaq has no place in the Koran’

Nilofer S. Akhtar Advocate, Mumbai high court, specialising in family...

Reform! reform! reform!

Rahmathnisha, SivagangaiRahmathnisha, a resident of Thirupattur in Sivagangai district,...

‘All unjust personal laws must go, be they Hindu, Muslim or Christian’

  Indira Jaising Senior lawyer, Supreme Court of India, and women’s...

‘A Muslim cannot divorce his wife at his whims’

 Flavia Agnes Senior advocate, Mumbai high court, and women’s rights...

‘If there is anything truly secular in India it is the violence against women’

  Brinda Karat General secretary, All India Democratic Women’s Association   There are...

Triple talaq: counter–perspective

  The recent meeting of the All India Muslim Personal...

Laws relating to divorce in Muslim majority countries

  Algeria: Islam is the religion of the State and...

‘Us’ or ‘the enemy’

In their attitude towards notions of freedom of conscience,...

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