At Burdwan village Muslims join Hindus in celebrating Lakshmi Puja
Communal harmony was on display in East Burdwan where Muslims, over the decades, have been participating in Lakshmi Puja with the Hindu families for three consecutive days.
Communal harmony was on display in East Burdwan where Muslims, over the decades, have been participating in Lakshmi Puja with the Hindu families for three consecutive days.
Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds is an idiom that summarises Pakistan’s consistent tryst with religiosity.
Remembering Vidyasagar’s health care service for the Santal people of Karmatar, a little known village in the Jamtara Sadar Subdivision of present day Jharkhand state, may be a fitting tribute to him on his 204th birth anniversary.
Jaleel asked what reforms “Malappuram lovers” expect to implement in the Muslim community if they fail to address this issue.
Over the last ten years, the global community and media have persistently highlighted the extensive atrocities inflicted by China upon its minority groups, particularly the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province.
There are cases where fanatical groups and masses get utterly deranged by their religious faith and religion produces perverse solidarity that we must be able to find some way to undercut. Many believe that there is a violent essence inherent in religion which inevitably radicalises any conflict because once combatants are convinced that God is on their side, compromise becomes impossible and cruelty knows no bounds. The fanatical bigotry that religion seems always to unleash has to be contained if we have to prevent it from imploding into a destructive archipelago
More generally, why are so many who consider themselves ‘secular’ and ‘liberal’ wilfully silent about caste and class privilege? I do not take for granted the few voices that speak out over the weaponisation of religion against Christian, Hindu and minoritarian Muslim sects.
SIR, This has reference to Nandalal Chakraborti’s article ‘Was Jinnah secular?’ (The Statesman, 29 August, 2021). Jinnah, a liberal South…
"Goa is a small state with a total population of 15 lakh. It will have around 1.5 to 2 lakh Muslims. It is easier to unite 1.5 to 2 lakh persons. Other states have 50 lakh to two crores Muslims. It is difficult to unite them. This is a small state. It can be an example for India," Ali said.
The petitioners said the Muslim community is not entitled to any special treatment for the reason that they were the rulers for a long number of years and even during British rule, they enjoyed and shared the power.
