Thursday, April 25, 2024

Topic: Indian Muslim

State sanctioned violence against Muslims increasing in India: South Asia State of Minorities Report

The past ten years have been abysmal for minorities particularly Muslims and civil rights activists in India, according to the South Asia State of Minorities Report 2020.

Call for action by global academics over treatment of Muslims in India

On Human Rights Day 2020, more than 20 global academics have expressed their deep concern over the deterioration of the human rights situation in India, in particular the treatment of minority groups (especially Muslims) students, activists and journalists who are denied their constitutional right to dissent and protest peacefully.

Liberal quandaries over the politics of Muslim assertion

The organic formulation of assertive politics of a deliberately subverted group is unpalatable as per the likes of the liberal.

Incongruities in the Constitution

There must be some errors because of which the Constitutional texts have failed to replicate in spirit. As Benjamin Franklin said that Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are, there is a clamant need for all the sections of the society to come forward and raise their voices against such incongruities in the Constitution.

Thinking beyond identity politics; seeking anti-caste emancipatory politics in Islam

. The politics of identity is about the politics of belonging, and limiting someone and their voices to their caste identity, caste people and closed caste circles delegitimizes the potential of belonging to an emancipatory faith or pursuit of a new identity where they can belong with all kind of acceptance.

Hindu nationalists have always had a problem with Adhan

It's a ridiculous notion that any sane mind can realize, even the most exaggerated explanation would be pressed to justify the connection between covid 19 and Adhan.