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Pakistan Seeks Extended Debt Maturities to Ease Electricity Price Hikes
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan Seeks Extended Debt Maturities to Ease Electricity Price Hikes

Live Mint  

Pakistan's finance minister expresses optimism over China's response to its request to lengthen maturities for debt involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. The country is seeking breathing room to lower electricity prices, which have been significantly higher in recent years. Pakistan has seen a period of stability after securing a new $7 billion loan program from the IMF, and …

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No Muslim dynasty ever damaged or built mosques on Hindu temples, claims AIMLPB
11 months, 1 week ago

No Muslim dynasty ever damaged or built mosques on Hindu temples, claims AIMLPB

Op India  

On Friday, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board voiced disappointment over the Varanasi district court’s decision to allow Hindus to worship in the Vyas cellar of the Gyanvapi structure. The plea was moved by Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee challenging the Varanasi District Court’s January 31 order allowing Hindus to perform prayers in the Vyas Ji ka Tehkhana, the southern …

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Shahi Idgah case: A look at claims involving Aurangzeb, Krishna’s birth place
1 year ago

Shahi Idgah case: A look at claims involving Aurangzeb, Krishna’s birth place

Live Mint  

The recent Allahabad High Court order allowing the survey of the Shahi Idgah premises has brought back in focus the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah case. The case pertains to the disputed site in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, where petitioners claim that the Shahi Idgah adjoining the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura holds signs suggesting that it was a Hindu temple once. This …

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Mumbai man held for using Aurangzeb’s picture as social media photo, FIR filed
1 year, 6 months ago

Mumbai man held for using Aurangzeb’s picture as social media photo, FIR filed

Live Mint  

A Mumbai-based man was detained on Sunday for using an image of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb as his WhatsApp profile picture. In Kolhapur city, protesters pelted stones during a demonstration against the alleged use of Tipu Sultan’s image along with an objectionable audio message as social media “status” by a few locals on Wednesday. A poster of the Mughal ruler had …

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Illegal Tipu Sultan Memorial In Mumbai Demolished After Uproar By Righ-Wing Groups, BJP
1 year, 7 months ago

Illegal Tipu Sultan Memorial In Mumbai Demolished After Uproar By Righ-Wing Groups, BJP

ABP News  

An illegal memorial of Tipu Sultan, situated at Vadjai Road, Chauphuli in Maharashtra Dhule’s district, was demolished after several local right-wing and Hindutva organisations raised objections over it. Dhule, Maharashtra | An illegal monument of Tipu Sultan built at a Chowk in Dhule city, was ordered to be removed by the municipal corporation following a complaint by local Hindu organisations …

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Trimbakeshwar: Demolition by Aurangzeb to build mosque, restoration by Marathas
1 year, 7 months ago

Trimbakeshwar: Demolition by Aurangzeb to build mosque, restoration by Marathas

Op India  

On 13th May 2023, at around 9:15 pm, a mob of Muslims barged into the Trimbakeshwar temple at Nashik in Maharashtra. Muslims forcibly entered Trimbakeshwar As the local Muslims attempted to enter the temple, the temple management committee lodged a complaint with the police after security guards stopped them from reaching the sanctorum. Muslims blamed Hindus for disturbing the communal …

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‘Akbar, Aurangzeb responsible…’: Owaisi's jibe at Modi over jobs, price rise
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Akbar, Aurangzeb responsible…’: Owaisi's jibe at Modi over jobs, price rise

Hindustan Times  

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday launched an all out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party over unemployment, inflation and price rise. Addressing a public meeting, Owaisi took a jibe at the prime minister saying that Mughal emperors Aurangzeb and Akbar were responsible for skyrocketing fuel price and unemployment. “I want to …

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A long-dead Muslim emperor vexes India’s Hindu nationalists
2 years, 7 months ago

A long-dead Muslim emperor vexes India’s Hindu nationalists

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Narendra Modi rose from his chair and walked briskly towards the podium to deliver another nighttime address to the nation. “For today’s Hindu nationalists, Aurangzeb is a dog whistle for hating all Indian Muslims,” said Audrey Truschke, historian and author of the book “Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth.” Hating and disparaging Muslim rulers, particularly Mughals, is …

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India’s Hindu nationalists use a long-dead Muslim emperor as a rallying cry
2 years, 7 months ago

India’s Hindu nationalists use a long-dead Muslim emperor as a rallying cry

LA Times  

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rose from his chair and walked briskly toward the podium to deliver another nighttime address to the nation. “For today’s Hindu nationalists, Aurangzeb is a dog whistle for hating all Indian Muslims,” said Audrey Truschke, historian and author of the book “Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth.” Hating and disparaging Muslim rulers, particularly the Mughals, …

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Why the Aurangzeb mindset needs to be exorcised once and for all | OPINION
2 years, 7 months ago

Why the Aurangzeb mindset needs to be exorcised once and for all | OPINION

India Today  

After a protracted freedom struggle, our eventual independence was rather hasty. Those who continue to be in obstinate denial and insist on ‘wazu’ on desecrated sites of Hindu worship, continue to keep the Aurangzeb mindset alive - a mindset that will impede closure and will never allow the country to move on. WHY THE SURVEY BECOMES IMPORTANT In the last …

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How discovery of Shivling at Gyanvapi mosque holds key to amicable Hindu-Muslim relations
2 years, 7 months ago

How discovery of Shivling at Gyanvapi mosque holds key to amicable Hindu-Muslim relations

Firstpost  

Not many history books, both Indian and Western, mention that from the 8th century onwards, Muslim invaders believed that it was their sacred duty to raze Hindu, Jain and Buddhist temples, and bury the idols of their Gods and Goddesses under the steps of the mosques that were built upon the razed temples so that generations of Muslim worshippers would …

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Agra Mayor Calls for Aurangzeb Plaques to be Removed after MNS Asks Maha CM to Demolish Tomb
2 years, 7 months ago

Agra Mayor Calls for Aurangzeb Plaques to be Removed after MNS Asks Maha CM to Demolish Tomb

News 18  

Agra mayor Naveen Jain on Wednesday said he, in the capacity of the national president of the mayor’s council, has appealed to all mayors to remove all plaques of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb from all places. Following his visit, the security in and around the grave of Aurangzeb in Khuldabad was tightened following calls by Bharatiya Janata Party and Maharashtra Navnirman …

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Kashi Vishwanath temple: Court allows ASI survey of Gyanvapi Mosque complex
3 years, 9 months ago

Kashi Vishwanath temple: Court allows ASI survey of Gyanvapi Mosque complex

Op India  

In a huge step forward, the Varanasi district court has allowed the ASI to conduct an archaeological survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex. A local lawyer, VS Rastogi had filed a suit in the district court demanding that the land on which the Gyanvapi Mosque stands be restored to Hindus since the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1664 had pulled down …

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The new flashpoint
6 years, 1 month ago

The new flashpoint

The Hindu  

At the height of the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi struggle, it was not unusual to hear Bajrang Dal-Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists raising the slogan “ Ayodhya toh sirf jhanki hai, Kashi-Mathura baaki hai ”. While the mosque dates back to Aurangzeb’s period, we do not know who built it.” In her book, Audrey Truschke wrote: “Mosques were erected on the former …

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