A Muslim affair: Anti-CAA protests are against Islamophobia, can't be turned into BJP vs Opposition slugfest
5 years, 2 months ago

A Muslim affair: Anti-CAA protests are against Islamophobia, can't be turned into BJP vs Opposition slugfest

Firstpost  

The citizenship law is an attack on Muslim and Muslims have come on the streets to fight and safeguard their membership in Indian society, and it should not be appropriated into a BJP versus Opposition or Hindu-India versus Secular-India wrestling match. These protests are a historic moment for the Indian Muslim — firstly because they came out en masse on the streets for the first time in post-Partition history for the discrimination they face and secondly because Muslims know whom they’re struggling against. Secular parties including Shashi Tharoor’s Indian National Congress, over the years, have made little to no considerable efforts to change the status of Muslims. The citizenship law is an attack on Muslims and Muslims have come on the streets to fight and safeguard their membership in Indian society, and it should not be appropriated into a BJP versus Opposition or Hindu-India versus Secular-India wrestling match.

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'Congress Hated Ambedkar, Didn't Consider Him Worth Awarding Bharat Ratna': PM Modi In Rajya Sabha
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Congress Hated Ambedkar, Didn't Consider Him Worth Awarding Bharat Ratna': PM Modi In Rajya Sabha

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday trained guns on Congress saying the party believed in 'tushtikaran' in its rule till 2014 while his government believed in 'santushtikaran'. Replying to the Motion of Thanks in Rajya Sabha, Modi said, "Country got an alternate model in 2014 and this new model believed in satisfaction and not polarisation." Further attacking the Congress, PM …

Hindu BJP candidate trounces 11 Muslims in UP. What led to his massive win?
4 months ago

Hindu BJP candidate trounces 11 Muslims in UP. What led to his massive win?

India Today  

Amid BJP's rallying cry of "ek hain to safe hain", the saffron party has pulled off an unprecedented poll stunner by winning the Uttar Pradesh Kundarki Assembly seat, a Muslim dominant region, in the recently-concluded by-election, courtesy - Ramveer Thakur. According to the Election Commission of India, Ramveer Thakur defeated 11 of his contenders from the Muslim community in Kundarki, …

Book Review | Making sense of the ‘new reality’ of India
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Book Review | Making sense of the ‘new reality’ of India

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 12, 2024 23:12 IST - 5 MINS READ The political philosopher Antonio Gramsci once compared a hegemonic political project to an “orchestra” in which differently attuned political and social forces “come to life as a single instrument”. A Brief History of the Present: Muslims in New India by the political sociologist Hilal Ahmed is a sophisticated engagement …

India hits out after Iranian leader criticises treatment of Muslims
6 months, 1 week ago

India hits out after Iranian leader criticises treatment of Muslims

Al Jazeera  

Despite strong ties, Khamenei’s past criticisms include India’s handling of Muslim issues and the Kashmir region. India’s Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement on Monday that remarks made by Ali Khamenei in a post on X were “misinformed and unacceptable”. While India and Iran generally enjoy close relations, the approach of India’s Hindu nationalist government to minorities has …

Islamic radicals want to make Bangladesh another Afghanistan, it's scary and alarming: Taslima Nasrin
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Islamic radicals want to make Bangladesh another Afghanistan, it's scary and alarming: Taslima Nasrin

The Hindu  

Expressing concern that Bangladesh might go the Afghanistan way, writer-activist Taslima Nasrin has said that Islamic radicals are brainwashing and indoctrinating youths to make them "anti-India, anti-Hindu, and pro-Pakistan". Ms. Nasrin said she and others had initially supported the students' movement in Bangladesh against an "autocratic government". However, the recent actions like violence against Hindus, targeting of journalists and the …

Why BJP’s election upset failed to halt the persecution of Muslims in India
8 months ago

Why BJP’s election upset failed to halt the persecution of Muslims in India

Al Jazeera  

Rather than engaging in introspect, authorities in BJP-governed states responded to the electoral setback by inventing novel methods to harass, humiliate and attack Muslims. It was hoped that having a smaller number of MPs in the Parliament of India would chasten the BJP and its new “secular” allies would act as a brake on the party’s anti-Muslim policies. Earlier this …

Bajrang Dal members detained in Ahmedabad for protesting against Rahul Gandhi’s anti-Hindu remarks
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bajrang Dal members detained in Ahmedabad for protesting against Rahul Gandhi’s anti-Hindu remarks

Op India  

Members of the Bajrang Dal staged a protest against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Ahmbedabad on Saturday, over his alleged “anti-Hindu” remarks in the Parliament. #WATCH | Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Bajrang Dal staged a protest against Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's visit over his 'Hindu' remarks during his speech in Lok Sabha. #WATCH | Ahmedabad, Gujarat: On Bajrang …

Respite may still elude a beleaguered community
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Respite may still elude a beleaguered community

The Hindu  

In November 1888, Lord Dufferin wrote, ‘Muslims of British India, a nation of 50 million reigned supreme from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin’. There is optimism that regional parties could act as a check on the propaganda machinery of the Hindutva right and its anti-Muslim biases, potentially curbing the Narendra Modi government’s pursuit of discriminatory policies against Muslims. No Muslim …

ISIS calls for genocide of Hindus, targets PM Modi, Nupur Sharma, Ram Temple: Exclusive
9 months, 1 week ago

ISIS calls for genocide of Hindus, targets PM Modi, Nupur Sharma, Ram Temple: Exclusive

Op India  

In the latest edition of the ISIS-backed magazine “Voice of Khurasan”, there is a section targeting India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Hindus, and Hindu leaders. Source: VOK The article read, “Hit the Indian polytheists with cars, cut their stomachs with knives, burn temples, houses, cars, property, and crops, target crowded places, and show them that the Ummah of the Prophet …

Lack of Muslim representation in Modi cabinet does not mean marginalisation
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lack of Muslim representation in Modi cabinet does not mean marginalisation

Op India  

On Sunday, 9th June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath for the third consecutive term and became the second ever Prime Minister to do so after India’s first PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Congress supporter Dhivya Marunthiah posted, “293 MPs 72 Ministers ZERO Muslims Sums up NDA.” Source: X Rajdeep Sardesai, who is a Journalist and husband of Trinamool Congress’s journalist-turned-Rajya …

FROM THE SIDELINES | Results of the 2024 election is a seismic moment for Muslims that restores faith in democracy.
9 months, 2 weeks ago

FROM THE SIDELINES | Results of the 2024 election is a seismic moment for Muslims that restores faith in democracy.

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 10, 2024 15:56 IST - 7 MINS READ “Love has illuminated my body My inner self has brightened My words now have the fragrance of musk” —Kabir, 15th-century poet-philosopher from Varanasi In the past decade, there appeared to be no limits to the exclusion-cum-violence, real and psychological, against India’s Muslims that the Narendra Modi regime and its …

Modi loses ground in India’s parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Modi loses ground in India’s parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay

LA Times  

Muslims protest outside Srinagar in Kashmir in 2019, when India’s Hindu nationalist government stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semiautonomous status. That decision now seems to be irreversible, with India’s top court upholding the move, ruling in December that the region’s special status had been a “temporary provision.” The Supreme Court said the government had promised to restore Jammu-Kashmir’s statehood …

Why a third term for Modi could be ‘catastrophic’ for India’s 200 million Muslims
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Why a third term for Modi could be ‘catastrophic’ for India’s 200 million Muslims

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Muzammil Ahmed, who teaches such children in Delhi, says …

Conspiracy to create distrust about the democratic system
10 months ago

Conspiracy to create distrust about the democratic system

Times of India  

Keshav Upadhye, a young, dynamic and prominent face, has been working with the Bharatiya Janata Party for over two decades. Throughout this election campaign, the Opposition’s blatantly obvious strategy for undermining the Modi government over ten years became evident. The BJP’s opponents thought that by supporting the farmer’s agitation in Delhi or attempting to provoke violence over the Agniveer Yojana, …

Four anti-Muslim claims dominating India’s election: What’s the truth?
10 months ago

Four anti-Muslim claims dominating India’s election: What’s the truth?

Al Jazeera  

India’s Hindu nationalists have peddled conspiracy theories about Muslims. ‘Those with more children’ What Modi said: During an election rally on April 21 in the western state of Rajasthan, Modi claimed that if the Congress party came to power, it would distribute the country’s wealth among Muslims. ‘Congress will snatch mangalsutras, give them to its vote bank’ What Modi said: …

Modi’s BJP wants the votes of India’s ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims. Will they bite?
10 months ago

Modi’s BJP wants the votes of India’s ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims. Will they bite?

Al Jazeera  

Ahead of the national election, the party has tried to make inroads among the largest section of India’s 200 million Muslims. Even as its politics is driven by a Hindu majoritarian ideology, it has tried to make inroads with the largest section of India’s 200 million Muslims – the “Pasmandas”. “It’s because the people at the top have taken all …

Fact Check: Modi Claims He ‘Never Made Hindu-Muslim’ Remark. But He Has, In Multiple Speeches
10 months, 1 week ago

Fact Check: Modi Claims He ‘Never Made Hindu-Muslim’ Remark. But He Has, In Multiple Speeches

ABP News  

In a recent interview with Indian news channel News18 India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed surprise at the interpretation of his controversial remarks regarding “infiltrators” and “those with more children”, claiming that they were not intended to target the Muslim community. The prime minister was referring to a comment he made during an election rally held in the north …

India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows
10 months, 1 week ago

India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows

Associated Press  

MALAPPURAM, India — Preventing Muslim migrants from gaining citizenship. India has gone from being a country where Muslims were largely marginalized to one where they are “actively excluded,” said Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a political scientist and historian at New Delhi’s Ashoka University. so they remain enemies,” said Mehmood Bhai Khatri, a 64-year-old Muslim voter from Modi’s home state of Gujarat, …

‘I will not do Hindu-Muslim’: PM Narendra Modi amid ‘infiltrators’ row
10 months, 1 week ago

‘I will not do Hindu-Muslim’: PM Narendra Modi amid ‘infiltrators’ row

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has defended himself amid allegations that he was stoking divisions between Hindus and Muslims to win the Lok Sabha elections 2024, saying “the day I do Hindu-Muslim, I will be unworthy of public life” and “it is my resolve” that “I will not do Hindu-Muslim”. Follow full coverage of Lok Sabha elections 2024 Modi also clarified …

India's ruling party is accused of incitement against Muslim minority
10 months, 2 weeks ago

India's ruling party is accused of incitement against Muslim minority

NPR  

India's ruling party is accused of incitement against Muslim minority The Hindu nationalist BJP is increasing its anti-Muslim rhetoric as the country's elections heat up. LEILA FADEL, HOST: As India's six-weeks-long elections rumble on, the leading Hindu nationalists face allegations of incitement against the Muslim minority. DIAA HADID, BYLINE: It began with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Hindu nationalist …

“Congress is anti-Hindu,” says Modi
10 months, 2 weeks ago

“Congress is anti-Hindu,” says Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

Narayanpet: Launching a blistering attack on the Congress for indulging in religion-based appeasement politics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday described it as anti-Hindu as it opposed construction of Sri Ram Temple in Ayodhya and celebrating Sri Rama Navami. “Congress wants to make Hindus as second class citizens and accordingly speaking about ‘Vote Jihad’”, he said, adding that the Congress …

Congress trying to eliminate Hindu faith, give job quotas to Muslims, says Narendra Modi
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress trying to eliminate Hindu faith, give job quotas to Muslims, says Narendra Modi

Hindustan Times  

The Congress is engaged in a conspiracy to eliminate the Hindu faith, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a Lok Sabha an election rally in Nandurbar, Maharashtra on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting for the Lok Sabha elections, in Nandurbar, Maharashtra, on Friday. “The hidden agenda of the Congress is to rob you of your quota and …

Modi says he does not oppose Islam or Muslims amid mounting criticism over campaign speeches
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi says he does not oppose Islam or Muslims amid mounting criticism over campaign speeches

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Narendra Modi has said in …

Modi and Lalu Prasad spar over the issue of reservations for Muslims
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi and Lalu Prasad spar over the issue of reservations for Muslims

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday sparred over the issue of reservations for Muslims, with Mr. Modi accusing the Opposition of being unable to look “beyond appeasement” after Mr. Prasad had supported the idea of reservation for Muslims. Hours later, Mr. Prasad clarified that he was in favour of extending reservation benefits to …

PM Modi: People have to decide if ‘vote jihad’ will work or Ram Rajya
10 months, 2 weeks ago

PM Modi: People have to decide if ‘vote jihad’ will work or Ram Rajya

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 7 said the country has reached a turning point in history and the people have to decide whether it will be run by "vote jihad" or Ram Rajya. Addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, Mr. Modi hit out at the Opposition Congress, saying its intent is very dangerous and it calls for …

Watch | PM Narendra Modi says he does not oppose Islam: 'Muslim community is…'
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch | PM Narendra Modi says he does not oppose Islam: 'Muslim community is…'

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he does not oppose Islam or Muslims and wants the community to think about their future growth as they vote in an ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024 that completes its third phase on Tuesday, May 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to cast his vote for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in …

Modi escalates rhetoric against Muslims as India enters third phase of national elections
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi escalates rhetoric against Muslims as India enters third phase of national elections

LA Times  

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows the indelible ink mark on his index finger after casting his vote during the third phase of general elections, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, on Tuesday. In recent campaign rallies, Modi has called Muslims “infiltrators” and said they “have too many children,” referring to a Hindu nationalist trope that Muslims produce more children with the …

Imtiaz Jaleel Interview: 'Opposition Wants Muslim Votes, Not Muslim Leadership'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Imtiaz Jaleel Interview: 'Opposition Wants Muslim Votes, Not Muslim Leadership'

The Quint  

There are some people for whom they will. A memorial was being built for a BJP politician here and crores of rupees worth government land was allotted for building it. But when I posted this news on social media, a lot of BJP supporters commented as to why I said 'Aurangabad' and not Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. When the Uttar Pradesh …

Muslim community understands Congress, INDIA bloc using them as pawns, says PM Modi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Muslim community understands Congress, INDIA bloc using them as pawns, says PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 5 said Muslims now understand that the Congress and INDIA bloc are using them as pawns, asserting that the community is distancing itself from them after seeing the development carried out by the BJP. "The Muslim community also realises that the Congress and INDI alliance have made them pawns," he said, adding that "that …

Muslims now stand with BJP; understood Congress, INDIA bloc using them as pawns: PM Modi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Muslims now stand with BJP; understood Congress, INDIA bloc using them as pawns: PM Modi

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Muslims now understand that the Congress and INDIA bloc are using them as pawns, asserting that the community is distancing itself from them after seeing the development carried out by the BJP. Addressing a rally in support of BJP candidate Rekha Verma in Dhaurahra, Modi said that the poor and those belonging …

‘Hindus have become second class citizens in Bengal’: PM Modi slams Mamata govt
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Hindus have become second class citizens in Bengal’: PM Modi slams Mamata govt

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lamented Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress during his public address in Bardhaman-Durgapur, Krishnanagar and Bolpur in West Bengal saying that TMC has reduced Hindus to second-class citizens. Starting with the slogans of Jai Maa Durga, Jai Maa Kali and Har Har Mahadev, Modi spoke vividly and furiously about various hot issues, including Sandeshkhali, Ram mandir, …

‘Vote jihad’: As Modi raises anti-Muslim India election pitch, what’s next?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Vote jihad’: As Modi raises anti-Muslim India election pitch, what’s next?

Al Jazeera  

As the campaign targeting of Muslims becomes more direct and shrill, experts fear Modi’s words could encourage violence against the community. After Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party attacked her for the use of “jihad” in her speech, she clarified to the press that by “jihad”, Arabic for struggle, she was encouraging Muslim voter participation. ‘Infiltrators’, ‘invaders’, ‘looters’ In a campaign speech …

Pakistan wants Congress to win, says PM Modi in Gujarat poll pitch
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan wants Congress to win, says PM Modi in Gujarat poll pitch

Hindustan Times  

AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stepped up his attack on the Congress, saying Pakistan wants the opposition party to return to power and Rahul Gandhi as the next prime minister. It’s evident that the country’s enemies desire a weak Indian government, not a strong one,” PM Modi said in Anand. PM Modi said his government had punctured “tyres …

Ecostani | The silence of the Muslim voter could be real and strategic
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Ecostani | The silence of the Muslim voter could be real and strategic

Hindustan Times  

There was silence outside Darul Uloom in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoband town, as students walked into India’s biggest Muslim seminary dressed in spotless white kurta-pyjamas and wearing a ‘taqiyah’, the round skull cap, on April 17, two days before polling was to be held for the first phase. “We will talk after June 4,” was his polite refusal, summing up the …

Kerala: BJP’s lone Muslim pick defends Modi’s Rajasthan speech
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala: BJP’s lone Muslim pick defends Modi’s Rajasthan speech

New Indian Express  

MALAPPURAM: NDA Malappuram candidate M Abdul Salam, the lone Muslim candidate from the BJP in fray, defended the party’s decision to expel BJP’s Minority Morcha Bikaner district president Usman Ghani, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks at an election rally in Rajasthan’s Banswara last week that snowballed into a controversy. As for Modi’s speech, Salam said it was an …

After Election Commission's warning, BJP repeats ‘Muslims’ charge at Congress
11 months ago

After Election Commission's warning, BJP repeats ‘Muslims’ charge at Congress

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Friday attacked Congress over its Lok Sabha poll manifesto, saying that the grand old party's hidden agenda is to snatch away the rights of the backward sections and poor and give it to Muslims for their politics of appeasement. BJP president JP Nadda Follow Phase 2 polling LIVE Updates here "The hidden agenda …

View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment
11 months ago

View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment

Hindustan Times  

After a relatively staid first round of polls, the campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was fired up with the opposition Congress firing salvos of wealth distribution, inheritance tax, and including Muslims in the OBC category for reservation in Karnataka to protect its minority vote bank, which is key to defend its 15 seats in Communist-ruled Kerala and increase …

Farooq, Mehbooba regret PM Modi’s remarks on Muslims
11 months ago

Farooq, Mehbooba regret PM Modi’s remarks on Muslims

The Hindu  

National Conference president Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent remarks about Muslims during a poll speech. “In pursuit of their anti-Muslim agenda, the BJP is destroying the social fabric of the majority Hindu community itself, radicalising and criminalising Hindu youth for their power lust,” …

The tactically silent Indian Muslim voter
11 months ago

The tactically silent Indian Muslim voter

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh has just finished its first phase of Lok Sabha elections and several recent reports have shown that Muslims have observed a “tactical silence” in this election. First, we must reject historical essentialisation — a view of the community that assumes a special historical continuity between the Muslim monarchs of India and Muslims in India today. This view of …

Modi is accused of using hate speech for calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’ at an Indian election rally
11 months ago

Modi is accused of using hate speech for calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’ at an Indian election rally

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s main opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” — some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith, days after the country began its weekslong general election. At a rally in the state of Rajasthan, Modi said that when the Congress party was in government, “they …

India’s prime minister accused of using hate speech after calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’
11 months ago

India’s prime minister accused of using hate speech after calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’

LA Times  

India’s main opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” — some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith — days after the country began its weeks-long general election. “They will distribute it among infiltrators,” he continued, saying, “Do you think your hard-earned money should be given to infiltrators?” Mallikarjun …

Modi’s ‘hate speech’ against Muslims sparks backlash as Indian elections get underway
11 months ago

Modi’s ‘hate speech’ against Muslims sparks backlash as Indian elections get underway

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s …

‘Infiltrators’: Modi accused of anti-Muslim hate speech amid India election
11 months ago

‘Infiltrators’: Modi accused of anti-Muslim hate speech amid India election

Al Jazeera  

The Indian PM turned to old anti-Muslim tropes in an election rally, potentially signalling a shift in his campaign strategy, say analysts. New Delhi, India — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing accusations of spreading hatred against Muslims after controversial comments on Sunday wherein he equated the community to “infiltrators” and peddled anti-Muslim tropes in the middle of the …

Muslims will oppose UCC like CAA and NRC, will never accept it: Maulana Mushtaq Malik
11 months, 1 week ago

Muslims will oppose UCC like CAA and NRC, will never accept it: Maulana Mushtaq Malik

Op India  

Maulana Mushtaq Malik, President of Hyderabad-based Tahreek Muslim Shabban, has attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party for including the promise of implementing a Uniform Civil Code in its manifesto, and threatened nationwide unrest and riots similar to anti-CAA agitation. Maulana Mushtaq Malik said that Muslims in India will never tolerate UCC, and it will be met with massive protests. The BJP …

IUML spreading misinformation about CAA, says Abdullakutty
11 months, 2 weeks ago

IUML spreading misinformation about CAA, says Abdullakutty

The Hindu  

Bharatiya Janata Party national vice president A.P. Ashwini, the National Democratic Alliance candidate in the Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency, Mr. Abdullakutty said the CAA aimed to grant Indian citizenship to those who accepted the legal system and culture of the country, including foreigners. The CAA would address the plight of persecuted minorities including Parsis, Sikhs, and Jains, he said, adding …

BJP continues offensive, Congress hits back over ‘Muslim League’ remarks
11 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP continues offensive, Congress hits back over ‘Muslim League’ remarks

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party continued its offensive accusing the Congress of conspiring to create conflict, confrontation, and division even as the main opposition party on Monday filed a memorandum with the Election Commission of India over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Muslim League remarks. In a post on X separately, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of …

Kharge accuses BJP's 'ideological ancestors' of backing British, Muslim League over Indian interests
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Kharge accuses BJP's 'ideological ancestors' of backing British, Muslim League over Indian interests

New Indian Express  

"Even today, they are invoking the Muslim League against the 'Congress Nyay Patra', guided and shaped according to the aspirations, needs and demands of common Indians," he added. In his post, Kharge alleged, "Modi-Shah's ideological ancestors opposed Mahatma Gandhi's call for 'Quit India' in 1942, which was the movement chaired by Maulana Azad." Everyone knows how Shyama Prasad Mukherjee formed …

Congress manifesto bears Muslim League imprint: PM
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress manifesto bears Muslim League imprint: PM

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as a “mission vs commission” contest. Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a public meeting, ahead of Lok Sabha elections, in Saharanpur, Saturday Speaking at a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur, he targeted the Congress, which released its manifesto on Friday and said it reflects the ideology …

The CAA, Muslim exclusion and the lens of the right
1 year ago

The CAA, Muslim exclusion and the lens of the right

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while speaking at a conclave recently, gave two reasons, during the discussion, for the exclusion of Muslims from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh in the recently implemented Citizenship Act, 2019. If the Hindu right seeks to justify Muslim exclusion owing to Partition, it needs to be blamed for deliberately failing to appreciate the resistance that Muslims …

'Won't Get Misled by Mamata, Kejriwal, Owaisi': Muslim Influencers Say CAA of No Concern to Community
1 year ago

'Won't Get Misled by Mamata, Kejriwal, Owaisi': Muslim Influencers Say CAA of No Concern to Community

News 18  

Amidst the political furore over the Citizenship Amendment Act, a number of Muslim influencers have come out in support of the law. Dr Feroz Bakht Ahmed, former chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, said there’s nothing for the Muslim community to debate or protest about the CAA since it does not concern them. When asked about the spectre of …

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