The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), a leading Muslim organization in India, on Friday said that it will soon initiate nationwide protests and legal action against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025, which has been approved by both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, “despite strong objections from the Board, all national organizations, Muslims...
BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s anti-muslim slurs against Muslim MP Danish Ali in Parliament during a debate in parliament about India’s moon mission is disgusting and reprehensible but not shocking. It is not uncommon in today’s India and Bidhuri’s comments reflect the image of majoritarian democracy. Ramesh Bidhuri’s threatening and islamophobic remarks can be heard calling Muslim...
A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan today concluded hearing arguments of the convicts in the batch of pleas challenging the premature release of 11 men who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and brutally massacred her family members during the 2002 Gujarat carnage. Bilkis Bano has filed a petition Supreme Court against the remission...
Law Commission of India seeks suggestion from civil society on Uniform Civil Code till 15 July, 2023. By: M. Burhanuddin Qasmi The public notice from LCI The Law Commission of India (LCI) issued a fresh Public Notice dated 14 June, 2023 under subject line ‘Uniform Civil Code – Reg.’ and sought suggestions from common public,...
As we know that the world is in the grip of a raging coronavirus pandemic and uncertainty and fear are gripping everywhere. Amidst the widespread of Covid 19 when every country is taking steps to contain and trying to find a way to tackle one of the worst disease of recent times, TV anchors and...
“Shoot the traitors!” A cry raised by a group of young men, dressed in saffron, the color of the Hindu right, at a metro station in Delhi on February 29, 2020, following massified violence targeting Muslims. The Hindu right’s popular victory in the 2019 elections signaled the reign of majoritarian fascists in India today. The...