Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Topic: Muslim

Nuh: Schools without teachers

It cannot be dismissed as a coincidence that a Muslim-majority district in the National Capital Region is undergoing abysmal underdevelopment in most human development indices.

Karnataka: Hindutva men barge into school, opposes students offering Namaz

A Hindutva group in Karnataka's Kolar district barged into a government school as Muslim students were offering namaz within school premises on Friday, January 21. 

Killings, molestations; Rights group reports wave of abuses by BSF in West Bengal

2021 witnessed 10 extrajudicial killings and 19 incidents of torture and molestation by Border Security Force and Central Industrial Security Force personnel in West Bengal's Cooch Behar, Murshidabad, Nadia, and North 24 Parganas districts. The victims were Muslims, Dalits, OBCs including women and minors.

India: Data show Muslims disproportionately in jail relative to their population

The percentage of the prisoner points to the high disproportionate presence of Muslims in Assam’s jail as the share of Muslim population in the state is pegged at 34 %.

‘Scaremongers’, ‘Victim-card players’; Stop accusing and labelling Muslim women

There was a rapid barrage of attacks against Indian Muslim women from all sides, including our own Muslim community. It appears as if people were attempting to take them down and turn them off. We were left with battles from all directions.

Demonization of dissent

It is another big reminder of the fact that if you are an Indian Muslim, you have to pay a price because your identity acts as an albatross around your neck.