Topic: Muslim

Propaganda and policy geared towards the saving of Muslim women has occupied a very central position in the politics of BJP.

Jaiswal is a member of the Committee on Judicial Accountability which is a group of eminent lawyers of India who work to improve the accountability of judges. In July, the veteran lawyer spoke with Maktoob's Shaheen Abdulla about the depleting trust among law fraternity to access justice.

While urging the Union government to reconsider its aggressive stance towards getting the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) implemented in the country, the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has called the proposed UCC 'unconstitutional and unworkable for a diverse country like India'.

Marking their opposition to the CPI(M) led government’s decision to rejig the minority scholarship ratio, an umbrella body of Muslim organisations in Kerala on Sunday has constituted a Sachar Samrakshana Samithi (roughly translates as Save Sachar [Sachar Commission] Committee).

The families of five Muslim youth who were arrested by Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) over “al-Qaeda module”, have outrightly denied the allegations made by the investigation agency and maintained that their kin are being falsely framed as terrorists with no firm evidence against them, demanding an immediate release of all the 'wrongfully arrested.'

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH), the prominent organisation and Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), a civil rights advocacy group have said they will provide legal assistance to Muslim youth arrested in Uttar Pradesh for their alleged connection with an "al-Qaeda module".