Topic: muslims
Row over Kolkata Mayor’s remark exposes grim realities of Muslims in West Bengal
The debate over Muslims as a minority community in India gained renewed attention when Kolkata’s Mayor, Firhad Hakim, made a controversial statement during an...
“I have no answer when people ask me why Congress not fielded a Muslim candidate”: Arif Naseem Khan
Senior Maharashtra Congress leader Arif Naseem Khan resigned from the state party campaign committee Friday, flagging his concern about the party not fielding a single candidate from the Muslim community in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
An unbroken covenant with God: what the Hajj means for Muslims
Ali Hammoud, Western Sydney University
Millions of men, women and children have converged on Mecca this week for the Hajj pilgrimage. The Saudi government says...
India’s cities have high segregation on the basis of caste, religion, says new research
Indian cities have a high level of segregation based on both caste and religion—about as much as current levels of Black/White segregation in the...
Minorities upset by housing apartheid in Indian cities
“I opted to rent a house in Noida, it was a renowned society. The owner had no issues in accepting me as the tenant...
Over 30% of detainees in Indian prisons are Muslims: Data
In 2021, over 30% of all detenues in Indian prisons were Muslims, according to Prison Statistics of India. The Muslim community’s share in the population is only 14.2% as of 2011.
