IMO News Service New Delhi: Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) held a press conference here at Press Club of India on 7th February 2018 to condemn and oppose the Narendra Modi government’s desperate attempts to pass the Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha. The press conference was addressed among …
IMO News Service Kasganj is a small town in Uttar Pradesh, which is around 220 km from Delhi and 340 km away from Lucknow. It has a population of about 1.40 lakh people. Kasganj has no record of communal polarization or violence, except after the Babri Masjid demolition. People here …
Faizy is the first Indian to be nominated to the 21-member apex board of the Cairo-based international association IMO News Service Kozhikode: Noted Islamic educationalist and architect of Wafy, Wafiyyacourses in Kerala, Abdul Hakeem Faizy has been nominated to the Executive Board of Cairo-based The League of Islamic Universities (LIU). …
By Nissim Mannathukkaren In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. —Edmund Burke. As the nation celebrated the Republic’s 69th year, the one dangerous trend that is becoming solidified since 2014 is the political invisibilisation of the Muslim, by …
In order to prove that Indian regime indeed cares for Indian women Muslims, a minimum of 20% seats in academic institutions and jobs must be reserved for Muslim women. Also a minimum of 10% seats in the parliament and state assemblies should be reserved for Muslim women and there should …
The problems of Dalits and Muslims are similar in many if not in all ways. Dalits have the privilege of several constitutional provisions on their side which have helped them in improving their conditions. Muslims are deprived of the benefits despite their all too known backwardness because of their religious …
By Syed Ali Mujtaba The concept of high politics is used to categorize issues of varying levels of priority to the survival of the governance of a state. It is also seen as a strategy of the political groups to come to power and take the reins of governance. The …
By Abdul Hafiz Lakhani Calicut (Kerala): Close on the heels of emotional appeal from President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week for the early passage of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, also known as the Triple Talaq Bill, during the Budget …
By Syed Ali Mujtaba The Hindu-Muslim communal riot at Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh over ‘Tiranga Yatra’ on January 26 is yet another sign of deteriorating communal situation in north India particularly Uttar Pradesh. There is a deliberate attempt that is being painstakingly built to polarize the Hindu Muslim votes and …
IMO News Service Surat (Gujarat): Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) in association with Surat Islam Yatimkhana Society (SIYS) and Progressive Muslim Education Trust (PMET) organized a Mega Job Fair in Surat on 27th January 2018, which was a huge success. For this Job Fair, the organisers tied up with the …
IMO News Service Aligarh: Sir Syed Awareness Forum (SAF) recently held a seminar titled “Sir Syed & Contemporary India” during Aligarh Mahotsav on 29th January 2018 at the Exhibition Ground. Dr. Hameeda Tariq, wife of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice chancellor, who is also a leading paediatrician in Aligarh, was …
By M Ghazali Khan Following an unprecedented rebellion by four most senior judges of the Supreme Court of India against the Chief Justice, things are being described, business as usual and the rebellious judges have returned to their work. According to the latest information Chief Justice Dipak Mishra had an …
We, retired civil servants belonging to different Services and batches, wish to register our deep concern at the continuing incidents of mindless violence in the country, especially those targeting the minorities, and the lackadaisical response of the law enforcement machinery to these attacks. The killing of Mohammed Afrazul, a migrant …
Whatever happened in the past, religious-based violence is real in modern India, and Muslims are frequent targets. It is thus disingenuous to single out Indian Muslim rulers for condemnation without owning up to the modern valences of that focus. By Audrey Truschke The idea that medieval Muslim rulers wreaked havoc …
By Mubashir V.P The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, has finally been passed in Lok Sabha. The bill which offers criminal punishment to civil offence is unprecedented in India except in the rare cases of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, and the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, …
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