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Claiming public spaces for namaz

Protests against offering namaz in the open have been going on in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for quit

Faking friendship to convert

Religious conversions have been a hot topic in the country for quite a long time now.

Muslims Support Violence

Islam is generally portrayed as a religion that promotes violence and terrorism.

Love Jihad

Love Jihad is an Islamophobic conspiracy theory that led to the new law in Indian states introducing

Minority Appeasement

under-representation of Muslim minorities in the Indian parliament after 2014 has now reached an all

Mughal Muslim Rulers In India

It is a ubiquitous notion even in the 21st century India, that the Hindus suffered religious persecu

Muslims have no sense of art or culture

The ongoing anti-Muslim campaigns portray Islam as a regressive and archaic religion which fuel the

Muslims spit on food

With the rapid surge in Islamophobia in India of late, the anti-Muslim propaganda fuelled by misinfo

Pandit Exodus

Population Anxiety

Uses data to assert that Muslims can never outnumber Hindus in keeping with the trend of last 70 yea

Terrorism

Women in Islam

Below are few tales on how Islamophobia is perpetuated in the everyday life of individuals.

Till Talaq Do Us Part: Understanding Talaq, Triple Talaq and Khula

In Till Talaq Do Us Part, Ziya Us Salam, an eminent social commentator and an associate editor at Fr

Ziya Us Salam

Six steps to build an anti-Islamophobic movement

The concept of Islamophobia has rarely made an appearance in India's public discourse, couched under

Asim Ali

Are Muslims being portrayed unfairly?

Does Islam lend itself to extremism, and have Muslims been vocal enough in condemning the violence?

CNN panel

Summary of Nonviolence and Peace Building in Islam: Theory and Practice

This book came after the events of 9/11, where Islam and Muslims were largely portrayed in much of t

Mohammed Abu Nimer

Mehdi Hasan | Islam Is A Peaceful Religion | Oxford Union

Mehdi Hasan gives his argument for Islam being a peaceful religion.

Mehdi Hasan

Views of Violence

Gallup analysis suggests that one's religious identity and level of devotion have little to do with

Gallup

In nations with significant Muslim populations, much disdain for ISIS

According to newly released data that the Pew Research Center collected in 11 countries with signifi

Pew Research Centre

Madrasas in the Age of Islamophobia

The book is a comment on the decline of madrasas, from being centres of excellence and learning in t

Ziya Us Salam, Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz

Six steps to build an anti-Islamophobic movement

The concept of Islamophobia has rarely made an appearance in India's public discourse, couched under

Asim Ali

Questioning Muslims? loyalty

Can Indian Muslims ever be loyal to the country or must they face mistrust and hostility merely beca

Mohammed Ayoob

India?s Muslim Soldiers

Muslims are underrepresented in India?s army. But this is partly influenced by history

Amit R Saksena

To bust the myth that Muslims don?t belong in India, just look at the armed forces

There is no data that the armed forces releases, but it is obvious that a large number who serve are

Samar Halarnkar

Ethnicity, Religion, Military Performance and Political Reliability --British Recruitment Policy and

A paper on the British army recruitement policy in the sub-continent

Maj (Retd) AGHA HUMAYUN AMIN

Understanding Muslim Identity in Pluralist India

With identity-based politics on surge along with the tinge of Islamophobia, Indian Muslims have late

Nadeem Khan

Consciousness of Muslim Identity in South Asia Before 1947

The concept of a Muslim political identity was a product of British rule when the electoral process,

Ali Mubarak

BJP version of Hindutva is rising but there is one aspect where it failed to convince Hindus

Muslims are often criticised for not conveying their nationalism in symbolic terms. Pew findings sho

Hilal Ahmed

95% Muslims in the country proud to be Indian: Pew survey

India's Muslim community, which is the second-largest religious group in the country, almost unanimo

Asianet Newsable English

Love Jihadis: An Open-Minded Journey into the Heart of Western Uttar Pradesh

Over a year, journalist Mihir Srivastava and photojournalist Raul Irani travelled in and around Meer

Mihir Srivastava

UP Police Report Contradicts Adityanath Claim of ?Rise in Love Jihad?

Eight of 14 interfaith romance cases probed turned out to be consensual, while six cases in which th

Ismat Ara

SIT probe into ?love jihad? rules out conspiracy angle, outside funding

The SIT submitted its report after probing 14 cases lodged in police stations across Kanpur district

Manish Sahu

It was love, no Jihad, says NIA in Hadiya Case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into interfaith marriages in Kerala came to an end, an

National Herald

Laws on Love Jihad? But Modi Govt, NCW Have No Data or Definition

Modi govt, high courts and official investigations have all said they have no data or definition of

Asmita Nandy

Uttar Pradesh?s ?Love Jihad? Law Is Sexist, Unconstitutional

Indian courts have repeatedly reaffirmed the constitutional right to choose a life partner, irrespec

SURBHI KARWA & PRANNV DHAWAN

[ DHCWLF ] Attack on Love Marriages & Freedom of Choice

Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum holds a webinar on "Attack On Love Marriages And Freedom Of Cho

Justice A P Shah, Jagmati Sangwan and Kirti Singh.

The Politics of Love Jihad and its Constitutional Validity

Love jihad is a tool of propaganda that creates social divides. It has no connection to the lived re

MD Zeeshan and Zain Haider

Mission Hate': Finding Jihad in Interfaith Love

A documentary that lays bare the politics and human cost of the ?Love Jihad? campaign in India.

The Quint

The Love Jihad Files By Asiaville Hindi

A podcast investigating several stories of 'love jihad' reportedly emerging from Uttar Pradesh

Amit Bharadwaj

The History of 'Love Jihad': How Sangh Parivar Spread a Dangerous, Imaginary Idea

From moral policing in Dakshina Kannada to stoking riots in Muzaffarnagar, the 'love jihad' bogey ha

Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

Indian Muslim(s) After Liberalization

Among other things, scholar Maidul Islam takes on the subject of Muslim appeasement, particularly in

Maidul Islam

The Myth of Appeasement

Despite popular narratives to the contrary, Muslims are losing ground in India in socioeconomic term

Christophe Jaffrelot, Kalaiyarasan A

Rajinder Sachar (1923-2018) helped puncture the myth of Muslim appeasement in India

The former Delhi High Court chief justice chaired the committee that wrote a landmark report on the

Ajaz Ashraf

The myth of Muslim appeasement

What is the truth behind the accusations of appeasement of Indian Muslims by various political parti

Aijaz Zaka Syed

Muslims Appeasement: Myth or a Reality?

The Muslims in India are generally yet quite wrongly believed to be ?appeased? by the Congress and t

Sajad Ahmad Dar

The Fate of Secularism in India

The political dominance of the BJP?s brand of Hindu nationalism since the 2014 election has called i

Christophe Jaffrelot

Condition of Muslims in West Bengal: A reality check

With the rise of the BJP, some familiar myths are being propagated about Muslims in West Bengal. One

Subhanil Chowdhury, Saswata Ghosh

From Rajiv Gandhi to Modi, nobody defines ?Muslim appeasement? but all use it for votes

The strength of Hindutva politics practiced by parties like the BJP and Shiv Sena in recent years ha

Bilal Ahmed

Aurangazeb: The Man and the Myth

Aurangazeb is one of the most fiercely debated historical figures in India and is portrayed constant

Audrey Truschke

?Tipu Sultan, the Legendary Warrior, Was Not Communal?

The author quotes historical sources that refute the claim that Tipu Sultan was a religious fanatic,

P K Balachandran

Tipu Sultan: Hero or Villain? Resurgence of the Debate

In selective historiography, one example will be used to paint him as anti-Hindu, but one needs to u

Ram puniyani

Tipu Sultan in Malabar: Layered perspectives on a complex personality

When such multiple shades of a historical figure exist, it becomes difficult to label him, especiall

Vishnu Varma

Taj Mahal and the Communalisation of Indian Cultural Heritage

Historians Sunil Kumar and Sohail Hashmi discuss the attempts being made by Hindutva forces in India

Sunil Kumar, Sohail Hashmi

We will never know the number of temples desecrated through India's history': Richard Eaton

Hindutva ideologues claim that 60,000 temples were demolished under Muslim rule. The professor of hi

Ajaz Ashraf

Approaches to the Study of Conversion to Islam in India

For at least a century, severe methodological problems have prevented scholars from explaining the f

Richard Eaton

Imaginary enemies

Contrary to the vilification of Islamic rulers of the medieval era by Hindutva warriors over an imag

Zia Us Salam

Fake News on Internet Is Helping Hindutva?s Retelling of History

The Quint tracked Facebook and Twitter for weeks to understand how users on the internet are retelli

Himanshi Dahiya

The Mughals were an integral part of India ? so why are they being labelled foreigners?

It?s not their place of origin but their Muslim identity that makes them ?foreign?, writes the autho

Parvati Sharma

Six steps to build an anti-Islamophobic movement

The concept of Islamophobia has rarely made an appearance in India's public discourse, couched under

Asim Ali

Good Faith, Bad Faith

Modi claims ?Hindu terror? is an insult, but home ministry probes ?Islamist & Sikh terrorism?

NIKITA SAXENA

The Saffron Terror Debate

Ten points that ought to be remembered but seem to get ignored in most debates and discussions on th

B Raman

Terror in India

This story will show the areas within India most affected by terrorism, detail the types of know act

Conner J Surrency

Clean Chits, Deaths, Acquittals: The Unending 'Tricks of Fate' in Saffron Terror Cases

The article looks at the "experiment of saffron terror," its link with the ruling dispensation, and

Sharib A Ali

Gujarat: The Making of a Tragedy

Gujarat: The Making Of A Tragedy is meant to be a permanent public archive of the events of the comm

Siddarth Varadarajan

There is No ?Hindu Terrorism?. But There is Something Called Sangh Parivar Terrorism

Jyotirmaya Sharma analyses the BJP?s arguments in defence of Hindutva activists accused of committin

Jyotirmaya Sharma

Swami Aseemanand on role of Hindu Extremists in Malegaon Blasts

In this excerpt from ?The Believer? that was published in our February 2014 issue, Leena Gita Reghun

Leena Gita Reghunath

How the Modi Government Has Used ? and Dropped ? the 'Terrorism' Bogey

Once the bogey of terrorism threatened to impact economic interests, it became the propaganda with d

Ghazala Wahab

Will Modi stop India?s cow terrorists from killing Muslims?

The bloodthirsty mobs that kill people, especially Muslims, in the name of slaughtering cows have be

Barkha Dutt

Hindutva Terrorism in India

Cow vigilantism is pre-meditated, politically motivated, and seeks to build fear in a community. Tha

Sudha Ramachandran