Hasan Suroor
How Kejriwal’s ‘soft Hindutva’ has alienated Muslims
From being a darling of Muslims and hailed as a breath of fresh air in the capital’s ossified politics, AAP is now widely viewed with suspicion by large swathes of the community
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Outrage over Taliban's mistreatment of women is justified. Letting it threaten Afghan cricket isn't
A quiet campaign is afoot for an international cricketing boycott of Afghanistan on the lines of the 1970s ban on sporting contacts with apartheid South Africa. Is that fair?
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How Netflix hijack drama is undone by its wobbly politics
Instead of critically examining one of Indian civil aviation history’s darkest moments, the drama tries to play it safe. However, it still managed to get the goat of Hindutva activists
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Why is BJP silencing Kangana for echoing the party’s thoughts?
The party has allowed its members to get away with worse, including inciting hate against minorities. So, why is Kangana Ranaut being punished for saying run-of-the-mill stuff?
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What is ‘Muslimness’? And is it Islamophobic to question it?
After the recent race riots, the UK is considering adopting an official definition of Islamophobia to protect Muslims from hate and abuse. But do we really need new laws for that?
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Is Khurshid the right man to revive India Islamic Cultural Centre?
The IICC was established with the aim of promoting research in Muslim scholarship and culture. But it has ended up as a 'shaadi ghar' and a sleazy networking hub for the rich and famous
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Why UK said 'no' to Sheikh Hasina – and it's not about the rules
Ultimately it is a political decision depending on Britain's equation with the applicant in question, rather than rules. And in Hasina's case, the odds are stacked against her
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Why Muslims and liberals should welcome move to reform Wakf Boards
It is a landmark legislation with far-reaching implications for how the Muslim community runs its institutions. But the government must ensure that it doesn't end up being seen as another politically-inspired front in the ongoing culture wars targeting Muslims
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Why this Kerala story needs to be heard more widely
How a Kerala college namaz room row was defused and what north-Indian Muslims can learn from it
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Why Opposition outrage over govt lifting RSS ban rings hollow
Since Independence, there has never been such a thing as a politically neutral bureaucracy, police force or judiciary under ANY regime. Only the degree of ideological bias has varied
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With friends like Muslim Law Board, do Muslims need enemies?
AIMPLB's gratuitous intervention in SC's recent verdict relating to divorced Muslim women's right to claim maintenance under the country's secular law shows how little it has learned from its previous mistakes which continue to haunt the community
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How newly elected MPs and MLAs are undermining democracy
JD(U) MP Devesh Chandra Thakur has warned Muslims and Yadavs that he would ‘not do any work for them’ because they did not vote for him. And he’s not the only one saying this
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Why Labour win doesn’t promise a new dawn for India-UK relations
The new foreign secretary’s indifference towards India and the elevation of a PoK-origin MP as justice secretary mean more trouble is in store for the already rocky bilateral ties
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Why Hajj pilgrimage is so prone to accidents
The time has come to find innovative ways of making the Hajj pilgrimage safer and less physically exhausting, especially for older people, without ruffling religious sensitivities
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Why censoring history doesn’t work in the age of internet
Old-fashioned censorship doesn’t work anymore. There are simply too many alternative sources of information available to anyone interested in finding out the truth
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Why Muslims should stop clamouring for token representation in cabinet
In the name of tokenism, Muslims have often found themselves ‘represented’ by some of the most incompetent and self-serving party lackeys with zero interest in the community’s problems
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Why Hindu liberals and Muslims are divided on poll verdict
While liberals are interpreting the result as a rejection of Hindutva politics, Muslims believe nothing will change under the new government
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Muslims have an opportunity now. Will they use it or waste it?
It’s an opportunity for the community to reshape the dysfunctional Muslim politics by steering it away from its traditional identity-obsessed and regressive path which has done it so much damage in the past
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Why Sunak is staring at a drubbing in UK polls
Rishi Sunak sprung a surprise with his decision to call an early election. But he will need more than a miracle to win at a time when the Tories are trailing more than 20 points behind Labour
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Why the coming of age of Priyanka and Rahul is too late
After many false starts, the siblings seem to have finally cracked the code on how to connect with the masses. But it will take more than that to turn the Congress into a viable alternative
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