Muslim Community

Dilemma of Muslim community: How minority politics in India has prioritised 'identity' over issues of actual concern

What Muslim community has had in plenty is identity politics with an obsessive focus on supposed symbols of Islamic identity rather than bread-and-butter issues like education, jobs, and security

PFI ban: An important step in countering rising Islamism in India

The move to ban the Popular Front of India is the most concrete signal yet of the government’s intent to stem the growing radicalisation of Muslim youth

Why India's efforts to ban Islamist PFI need to be applauded

Islamist groups often become a pain under the nose, not only for the countries, but also for the Muslim community

Why patrons of Kashmiriyat don’t want ‘Ishwar with Allah’ in Kashmiri schools

For Kashmir-based Islamists, who repeatedly invoke India’s Constitution and constitutionalism and often swear by secularism, Kashmiriyat is a one-way street. Syncretism is good till Islamic identity remains supreme

Imams coming to Assam madrassas from outside state must register: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma issues SoPs

The Assam government has issued SoPs after two imams were arrested on Saturday in Goalpara district of the state for alleged linked to the Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) terror groups

BJP's Pasmanda Muslims push and the great electoral math

Neglected and ignored by the dominant Ashraaf community, BJP's outreach towards Ajlaf Indian Muslims has rich political dividends in store

Maharashtra: Over 100 booked for unlawful assembly following protests in Aurangabad

A protest was staged by members of the Muslim community near the Divisional Commissioner's office in the Delhi gate area of Aurangabad on Friday

If Britain’s Christian roots don’t turn it theocratic, how will India’s Hindu identity make it less secular, democratic?

Hasan Suroor’s ‘Unmasking Indian Secularism’, despite several shortcomings, is an important book. It at least makes a plea, even if grudgingly, to move India towards its roots, to stop denying its core Hindu identity

What is Shab-e-Qadr? Find date, significance, celebrations and special dua for Laylatul Qadr

This year, the most significant night of the Muslims - Shab-e-Qadr - will be marked on 29 April, Friday

Muslims placing faith now in PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath, says UP's lone minority minister

Danish Azad Ansari said the Muslim community is now shedding the "illusion" created by opposition parties like the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress