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India’s Anti ‘Love-Jihad’ Law – Regressive and Misogynist

January 11, 2021 | by Zubin Madon | 0 Comments

The paranoia among India’s Hindu Right about ‘Love Jihad’ reflects age old patriarchal notions of women as the property of men. The planter class which had entrusted its wives and daughters to male slaves when the masters went off to fight the Civil War was now in near hysterics over the slightest interaction between white […] Read more

Hindu Nationalism – Hindutva – & Rising Violence Against India’s Christians

August 24, 2020 | by Rachel Muthusamy | 0 Comments

Hindu Nationalism, Hindutva, is rising in India. The PM is a member of extremist organisation RSS, and violence against religious minorities is celebrated. Read more

Rational Empathy – A Book By Rohit Balakrishnan

January 23, 2019 | by Guest Writer | 0 Comments

Rational Empathy: How the Mind Reveals Objective Morality through Happiness is a debut book written by Rohit Balakrishnan from India, available for purchase from Amazon Kindle in an e-book format. The questions about good and evil, right and wrong–or in other words, moral questions–have always perplexed mankind from time immemorial. What is morality? Is it […] Read more

Muslim Heroes of the First World War: How One Man’s Great Grandfather Changed the Course of History

December 3, 2018 | by Sarah Mills | 0 Comments

The Gul Mawaz Khan Memorial Foundation is devoted to forgotten heroes–heroes whose history can bridge the divisions that plague British society today. Read more

India’s Supreme Court Declares Triple Talaq ‘Unconstitutional’

September 20, 2017 | by Donya Taher | 0 Comments

The New Delhi Supreme Court reaches a historical decision which will change the future of many Muslim women in India by suspending the “triple talaq” divorce law and declaring it unconstitutional. Read more

“Not In My Name” – Secular India Revolts Against Lynchings of Muslims

July 1, 2017 | by Rakshit Sharma | 1 Comments

Secular parts of Indian society have been finally galvanised into action to protest the lynchings of Muslims under the guise of opposition to cow slaughter. The spate of lynchings, murders and violence being perpetrated in India by so-called cow defenders, also known as ‘gau rakshaks’, who are apparently finding cow slaughter an affront to their […] Read more

Two Men in India Killed by Mob for Stealing “Sacred” Cows

May 7, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Abu Hanif and another man were set upon by mob of villagers who accused them of stealing cattle. Cows are considered sacred to Hindus. Read more

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