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Feb 21, 2019
Kerala rape case: Sister Lucy, who protested against accused bishop, says sexual abuse is rampant in Church
Religious women, priests and laymen who supported a nun after she filed a police complaint of rape against Franco Mulakkal are being targeted in Kerala. -
Feb 09, 2019
On personal choices and Khatija’s Hijab: What empowers women is freedom to choose, and it should be theirs alone
Our choices are cherished because they are ours. Social endorsement for personal choices is not the basis for recognizing them. The Constitution of India guards personal liberty from censure. -
Feb 09, 2019
Time may have come for Islam to go local
Neither the Quran nor the Prophet give the Arabs superiority over their brethren, but the Arabs have imposed the language and dress code on Islam worldwide. -
Feb 09, 2019
Guru Mantra: This isn't the time for coalition government
"Right now the coalition that we are seeing is just about winning the election," says Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on Opposition's attempt to form a grand alliance against Modi government in the upcoming Lok Sabha Election -
Feb 07, 2019
Sabarimala devotees not surprised by Devaswom Board's volte face, but fear retaliatory violence when temple opens on 12 Feb
With the TDB opposing the review petitions in the Sabarimala case, the devotees are fearing another wave of violence. -
Feb 04, 2019
Firstpost Editor's Picks: Mamata Banerjee's brazenness, ghost villages of Uttarakhand, Nandini Krishnan row; today's must-read stories
In his zest or nervousness, Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, it appears has shifted his loyalty to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee -
Jan 31, 2019
Politics gives clash in Madhya Pradesh's Khujner communal tone as villagers demand ban on entry of Muslims
Khujner, which already has a bloody history and has seen several riots, finds itself in the middle of a ‘communal’ controversy. -
Jan 27, 2019
Hate crimes in Uttar Pradesh caused by combination of petty politics, gender issues and economics
Investigation from the site of many of these crimes found that hate crimes are not motivated by religious hatred alone. -
Jan 26, 2019
In South Asia, jihad is a mix of three ideologies
From living rooms to newspaper columns to security gatherings, jihad is a much debated topic. -
Jan 18, 2019
BJP's manouevre over Citizenship Bill alienates North East; goal of Hindu consolidation could prove illusory
Though religious identities are important in the North East, they are interpenetrated by other identities based mainly on ethnic (often tribal) and linguistic solidarities, which is why the BJP’s Citizenship Bill, designed to consolidate Hindus outside the Hindutva constituency did not go down very well in the region
