Topic: Indian Muslim

Adhil Saifudheen Introduction Indian Parliament recently passed an amendment to Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (Hereinafter UAPA), which allows the executive to designate Individual as ‘Terrorist without...

I am sorry to state that I haven’t seen so far, any other Muslim MP, including all big names be that religious scholars using parliamentary forum so effectively as Owasi. It is not so easy for a one-man party MP to make his/her presence felt in Lok Sabha.

Responding to the complaints, the Delhi Minorities Commission in a statement said that, while security precautions are required, but the same should not be used to harm the interests of minority individuals, especially students. The Commission has ordered all government departments and educational institutions to allow Muslim women appearing for exams with hijabs after they have been frisked for security by the staff of the same sex.

The subject is a very topical one and also a very painful one. The Muslims of India in 2018 stand in a much worse position than they did in 1857 and in 1947. In 1857, there was a crème de la crème of Muslim literati and poets and academics in the entire north India and even in the south

In the past few years, India has seen several instances of lynchings in which frenzied mobs have targeted people mainly because of their religious or caste identity – for being Muslim or Dalit. This is part of a larger surge of hate crimes that is corroding social peace and trust across the country.

Be it secularism or any other ideology, it has always kept Muslims on the opposite side. Even the activists here have a notion wherein they consider it as Muslim versus Others and not Muslim versus Hindu