India wants the world to see ‘Religiophobia’ as a major concern instead of keeping the lens solely on ‘Islamophobia’. They told the UN officials that it will be completely wrong to draw out a single religion. You cannot decide that injustice happens only with a single faith. Indians have many beliefs and still co-live. In Read More…
The Babri Masjid case exposed the communal fault lines in India and its troubled history. India has historically been home to multiple religions. But it also had an issue with religious conflict. This article looks at the impact of the Babri Masjid case in India. Babri Masjid Steeped in History First, let us look at Read More…
The Kashmir Files is a recent Bollywood movie that has exposed some of India’s fragile religious fault lines. It depicts a dark timeline in Indian history. Due to rising militancy and attacks by separatist groups, Hindus living in Kashmir were forced to move. This exodus of Kashmiri Hindus started in the 1980s. The year 2022 Read More…
Tyranny is the first step towards a tyrant’s demise! – Author Islam and India, even with a 1000 years long relationship, are still struggling to co-exist. Is India the right word to use here, or Hinduism, we will let you decide! But first, we know that Islam in India began through invasions and invaders are Read More…
The row about Hijab in Educational institutions took the state of Karnataka by storm. We praise our country for being so diverse in religion. But sometimes, it is the very same religion that separates us from our fellow country people. An incident that happened on 3rd February in Kondapur Government PU College in Karnataka surprised Read More…
Sweden is facing a backlash for its forceful separation of children from their parents. Now, this issue has taken a religious angle with allegations of Swedish Social Services kidnaping Muslim children from their parents. Parents are protesting against this trend and even the Nordic Committee for Human Rights criticise it. “They are kidnapping Muslim children, Read More…
Despite the Israeli attacks and restrictions, up to 160,000 worshipers performed the last Friday prayer of Ramadan at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered for prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday afternoon, despite an Israeli raid earlier in the day that left some injured among worshippers. Also Read: Israeli court’s Read More…
By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem 25, April 2022 Seeking to become a publicity hound before contesting elections in Sweden, scheduled for September, the right-wing Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Baludan has apparently decided to recruit supporters and fans by resorting to an unlikely and un-classical method: Setting copies of the Holy Quran on fire. The racist Read More…
The attention-grabbing title of this article is not meant to sensationalize or hyperbolize an otherwise normal or even quasi-normal situation. Quite the contrary, It could be a realistic and timely prognostication of the end game of the fast- metastasizing Hindu fascism against the Muslims of India. Also Read: Religious Fascism in India & Israel: Tweedledum Read More…
News items and opinion pieces that are critical of the Indian government have been erased from the local newspaper archives. Kashmir Press Club was shut down recently after a coup staged by a group of pro-government journalists. Several journalists had to go through a pattern- arrest followed by bail and finally getting re-arrested under Public Read More…
Destruction of Muslim-owned buildings in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh Credit – Manish Madahar Recently, the festival of Ram Navami was celebrated in India. The events surrounding the festivities have polarized the country. Muslims, who are a religious minority in the country, have been left to suffer from economic, social, and political fallout. The festival Ram Navami Read More…
