Muslim teenager set on fire in India ‘after refusing to chant Hindu slogan’
A Muslim teenager has claimed he was set on fire by a gang after he refused to chant a Hindu slogan in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 15-year-old boy said he was kidnapped by four men who poured kerosene on him and set him alight after telling him to chant “Jai Shri Ram”, Outlook India reports. The Indian magazine said the boy was left in a critical condition with 60 per cent burns over his body.…
‘Complete Charade’: Activists, Civil Society Groups Condemn Triple Talaq Bill
Several activists, including those specifically devoted to women’s rights, have released a statement condemning the government’s attempts to “criminalise Muslim men in the guise of protecting Muslim women” through the Triple Talaq Bill which was passed on Tuesday in the Rajya Sabha. Questioning why the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights of Marriage) Bill, 2019, was not sent to a parliamentary committee but instead passed in “great haste,” the signatories vowed to petition President Ram Nath Kovind to not sign it into a law.…” You cannot pretend to save Muslim women, while seeking to bring the Muslim community to its knees,” the statement read.…
BJP MP’s Claim about “Illegal Mosques on Govt. Land” Completely False, Says Delhi Minorities Commission
The Delhi Minorities Commission on Thursday, while releasing its fact-finding report, said the claims by some BJP Members of Parliament that “Mosques are mushrooming on government land in Delhi” are completely false.…During the field visits, the fact-finding team found that Muslim Waqf properties have been mismanaged and encroached upon by non-government and government institutions, individuals and groups resulting in scarcity of space for places of worship and burial for Muslims. While visiting various Masjids, the committee saw umpteen numbers of Mandirs cropping up on the pavements, inside the public parks, under a tree and even illegally occupying various roads. A very interesting phenomenon came to the fore was that of ‘broken idols’ (Khandit Murtiyan) becoming Mandirs.…
Communal Harmony
- Customer cancels Zomato order for sending non-Hindu delivery boy. Their classy reply wins Internet
- UP: Muslims set up half-a-dozen camps for kanwarias in Purkazi, win hearts
- ‘A Muslim in the Midst’ review: a play that makes you ask difficult questions
News Headlines
- Bharuch: Five men asked my name and beat me up, says Mumbai youth
- Muslim teenager set on fire in India ‘after refusing to chant Hindu slogan’
- First RSS ‘Army’ school from next April; Ist batch to have 160 students
- Twitter users slam Hum Hindu Founder Ajay Gautam for closing eyes on seeing Muslim anchor on TV
- BJP MP’s Claim about “Illegal Mosques on Govt. Land” Completely False, Says Delhi Minorities Commission
- Modi govt laying the ground for pan-India NCR with National Population Register
- Indian students, tourists ordered to leave Kashmir
- ‘Complete Charade’: Activists, Civil Society Groups Condemn Triple Talaq Bill
- 5 Years After FB Post on Modi, UP Man Arrested And Charged With Sedition
- Unnao rape survivor’s security kept jailed BJP MLA informed about their movement: FIR
Opinions & Editorials
- Militarising Minds, Hindutvaising the Nation – By Subhash Gatade
- UAPA Amendment – Another nail on the coffin of Democracy! – By P Victor Vijay Kumar
- India Faces a Looming Disaster – By Sumit Ganguly and Jai Shankar Prasad
- Muzaffarnagar: The expanding web of injustice and impunity in Uttar Pradesh – By Gitanjali Prasad
- As Govt Tells Amarnath Yatris, Tourists to Leave Kashmir, Valley Struck by Fear of the Unknown – By Mudasir Ahmad
- Having Accused a Politician of Rape, She Feared for Her Life. Now, She’s Fighting for It. – By Jeffrey Gettleman, Hari Kumar and Suhasini Raj
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Book Review
- Partitions of the Heart: Unmaking the Idea of India – By Harsh Mander