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By Tufail Ahmad On Monday, February 13th, 2017
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Muslim Women are India’s Neo-Untouchable Caste – The Case for Uniform Civil Code

Over the past year, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (the Assembly of Indian Islamic Scholars) – a family-owned religious organisation whose leaders are not elected by Muslims – has been organising events across India More...

By Tufail Ahmad On Friday, January 27th, 2017
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Islamic Leaders Seek Dalit Support to Undermine UCC

“Yeksan civil code thopa gaya to mulk mein takrao ke halaat paida ho jayen gein” – if the uniform civil code is imposed, situations of confrontation will emerge in the country. This is a banner headline More...

By Tufail Ahmad On Thursday, January 12th, 2017
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The Ideology of A.G. Noorani

Over the past few centuries, civilisation has witnessed a worldwide movement to separate religion from the state and law, giving birth to secularism. In India, one man is trying to reverse this process. His name More...

By IndiaFacts Staff On Thursday, January 5th, 2017
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Discrimination against Hindu Institutions-Talk by J Sai Deepak

J Sai Deepak, the Delhi based litigator who practices primarily before the Delhi High Court, delivered a talk at the Press Club of India. The talk was organized by the Srijan Foundation on the topic: Freeing Hindu More...

By Tufail Ahmad On Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017
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The Intellectual Deceit of Faizan Mustafa

 It is time for Faizan Mustafa – a leading columnist on Indian Muslim issues and vice chancellor of the Hyderabad-based NALSAR University of Law – to enroll in a madrassa and teach Islamic Sharia. In article More...

By Shrinidhi Rao On Tuesday, December 27th, 2016
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India after the British rule

[contextly_sidebar id=”AZcjC5m2C7qkZ8mHU4N9aQ2SnWJvWy4I”] In the preceding articles, we have briefly explored various financial and psychological atrocities committed by the British on the Indian people. More...

By Dr. Kausik Gangopadhyay On Monday, December 12th, 2016
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Book Review: Europe, India, and the Limits of Secularism by Jakob De Roover

Europe, India, and the Limits of Secularism (Religion and Democracy), Jakob De Roover, 296 Pages, Oxford University Press (14 September 2015). Two years ago, on one fine afternoon, I happened to run into a congregation More...

By IndiaFacts Staff On Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
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Statement on the Draft Uniform Civil Code for the Indian Citizen

Editor’s note: Here is the statement released by Tufail Ahmad, renowned journalist and political commentator on the Draft Uniform Civil Code/Universal Bill of Rights for the Indian Citizen jointly prepared by More...

By Sankrant Sanu On Friday, October 28th, 2016
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Worship and the Holy Dogs of modernity

One of the biggest strikes of Christianity and Islam against pagan and dharmic traditions is that of “blasphemy” or “shirk.” No bigger shirk than having companions for Allah or that of “idol worship”—that More...

By Shonu Nangia On Friday, September 16th, 2016
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Is NGT panel’s attack on AOL rooted in Secularist malice and mediocrity?

The National Green Tribunal’s assessment that the World Cultural Festival conducted by the Art of Living Foundation in March has resulted in the “complete destruction” of the Yamuna floodplains is steeped More...