Opinion

Recently, while the discussion around demuslimization of Maulana Rumi was gaining momentum, I was going through a collection of poetry of Dr. Bashir Badr, it suddenly stuck with me how we often reduce him to romantic poetry, taking cue from Maulana Rumi’s romanticization. Dr. Badr was born in Babri Masjid’s Faizabad, now Ayodhya, is a poet bearing the trauma of Anti-Muslim Meerut violence.

David Miguel Gray, University of Memphis U.S. Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana sent a letter to fellow Republicans on June 24, 2021, stating: “As Republicans, we reject the racial essentialism...

The hypocrisy of large sections of media in creating scare and propaganda about inter-faith marriages, calling them ‘Love Jihad’ or a conspiracy if a Muslim groom marries a Hindu girl, has led to numerous criminal cases, arrests and couples facing harassment apart from separation.

The victim is denied his victimhood and is posthumously awarded a background story powerful enough to drain out all support and sympathy from the liberal masses.

Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University No one is expecting any major breakthroughs from US president Joe Biden’s first meeting since his election with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Senior officials on both sides...

I am a young lawyer having recently joined the profession, is in the process of understanding the depth of law, the decorum of courts and nuances of litigation. However, one thing I have clarity about—or you may say I have been made to have clarity about—my identity. I am a Muslim—a visible Muslim.

Akhlad Khan On June 7 2021, the Imam of a mosque, Nasir Mohammad, and worshippers were brutally beaten by a group inside the prayer hall of the mosque in Rampur...

Jeff Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University Nigeria’s decision to suspend Twitter indefinitely could backfire for the government and cost the country economically in terms of new investments into its technology sector....

Jonathan Beloff, SOAS, University of London French president Emmanuel Macron has just paid his first state visit to Rwanda. While many world leaders have visited the central African nation of...

Ramzy Baroud The ceasefire on May 21 has, for now, brought the Israeli war on Gaza to an end. However, this ceasefire is not permanent and constant Israeli provocations anywhere in Palestine...

Sharjeel Imam, a well known and recognised name, forebearer of anti-CAA/NRC protest is more than just a political name, he often escapes many gazes for his political aura. It is necessary to remark that he is a terrific scholar of critical attributes who led a movement against CAA/NRC that marked its footprint on the walls of history.

For six months now, images of Indian farmers protesting on Delhi’s roads have been beamed around the world. Farmers have been protesting changes to India’s agricultural laws they say would undermine their autonomy as cultivators