Shafaqna India: As the 2024 General Elections are looming on the horizon some Muslim elite are appealing to Muslim community to give a relook at BJP. They claim that Indian…
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SHAFAQNA Pakistan | by Arsal Mir- Aggressive and terrorist incidents against Muslims in India are not new. Muslims in India have always been victims of the actions of Hindu extremist parties…
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There is an urgent need for government steps to arrest the declining enrollment of Muslims in institutes of higher learning. Besides, the government should initiate swift measures to establish universities…
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What is Happening to Muslims in India today Happened to Dalits in 1980s, Says Rahul in US
by Abbas AdilFormer Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is on a six-day visit to the US, said “what is happening to Muslims in India today, happened to Dalits in the 1980s” and…
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Accounting for 17 per cent of the population – and the second largest Muslim community in the world – Indian Muslims seem to be under “severe pressure, on the verge…
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Hijab Ban, Violence, Release of Rape Convicts: Major 2022 Events That Affected Muslims in India
by Abbas AdilMuslims in India have been undergoing a critically adverse situation since 2014 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power at the Centre under the leadership of Prime Minister…
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Residents and experts fear the right-wing BJP’s policies in India are disenfranchising and disempowering the Muslim-majority population. The year 2022 has been tumultuous for Indian-administered Kashmir as the ruling Bharatiya…
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After politics, business and academics, the ostracization of Muslims has gradually permeated into the entertainment industry as well, with Bollywood blockbusters failing to represent Muslims. Neither as comedians, nor as…
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In Edison, New Jersey, a bulldozer, which has become a symbol of oppression of India’s Muslim minority, rolled down the street during a parade marking that country’s Independence Day. At…
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The Bharatiya Janata Party government in the Indian state of Karnataka in another controversial move against Muslims and their organizations has sought a report on activities of madrassas from the…
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Muslim community in India is at the crossroads. They are facing numerous challenges, primary among them being Hindutva fascism that is hurtling to exterminate the entire Muslim community. Even an…
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Muslims in India bear two major burdens: the first is to prove “Jinnah” wrong, who said that Muslims in India would have to prove their patriotism for the rest of…
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Amnesty International has joined the long, long list of those whose beating hearts refuse to side with India’s relentless bigotry. Two days earlier, the country’s top judiciary had also slammed…
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In response to the protests against the use of derogatory remarks by BJP officials, the Indian government—perhaps not surprisingly considering its past actions—decided to answer with more force. Instead of…
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The BJP’s rule since 2014 has shrunk the space for Muslims in India. In seven years, the party in power has changed the social architecture envisaged by Ambedkar’s constitution and…
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The latest US State Department report on human rights has highlighted major violations in India, including extrajudicial killings by government agents, violence against Muslims and killings by government and non-government…
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A Muslim food vendor’s stall was vendalised by a Hindutva mob, said to be supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sangeet Som, in Meerut’s Sardhana. They looted his cart…
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Global Experts, Scholars to Join 3-day Summit Starting Today on Looming Genocide of Indian Muslims
by Abbas AdilOver 50 renowned intellectuals, thinkers, scholars and activists are converging today at a virtual three-day Summit – called India On The Brink: Preventing Genocide. The summit, with sessions on February…
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A court in India capital of New Delhi framed charges under sedition against a Muslim university student for allegedly making inflammatory speeches against a contentious citizenship law based on a…
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Your silence, Honourable Prime Minister, emboldens the hate-filled voices and threatens the unity and integrity of our country. We request you, Honourable Prime Minister, to stand firm against forces that…
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President Ramnath Kovind on Monday presented civilian awards or Padma awards to 119 personalities at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi. The list includes foreigners, artists, sportspersons, people…
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The so-called ‘Facebook Papers’ leaked by a whistleblower has revealed how the social media platform failed to curb hate speech, misinformation and inflammatory posts against Muslims in India. There have…
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A recent survey throws contradictory and unbelievable findings, yet it also underlines how an Indian really feels. For most political parties, sociologists and psephologists what a common Indian on the…
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Uttar Pradesh’s Anti-Terror Squad has arrested two Rohingya men from Ghaziabad district alleging that they were living illegally in India. “At around 6 pm on June 7, UP ATS arrested…
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An Assam-based Muslim activist has filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court seeking intervention of the apex court to stop harassment of religious and linguistic minorities particularly Muslims…
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With 15 per cent (over 100 million) of India’s population, the Muslim in Hindu-majoritarian is the largest minority. India boasts of being the third-largest Muslim populated country in the world.…
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SHAFAQNA- Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, said this while briefing reporters during a conference call on the impact of COVID-19 on religious minorities throughout the world. A religious…
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HYDERABAD: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said that everything is being used to demonise Muslims in India. “Everything is used to demonise Muslims in India. From our attire to our occupations to our food.…
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Mob lynching that seemed to be occurring in Northern states of India has now crept in South India for the first time. Mohammed Faizan, 24, posted a picture of himself…
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The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to withdraw 18 cases related to the Muzaffarnagar riots and asked the district authorities to approach the court, sources said Sunday. UP’s special secretary…