Jahez or Dowry: Both are Evil for Muslims
By Kouser Fathima
If the prophet wanted, he would have conducted the wedding on a very grand scale. He refrained from doing so because he wanted to set an example for Muslims.
An interview with Professor Ian Markham
By Muhammad Ashraf Thachara Padikkal
I mean, I really do believe that there is a God; I do believe that it is appropriate to pray to God and I really do believe that the God has revealed to humanity an ethic that calls on us to live justly with a neighbor.
Do Muslim Women Need a Feminist Revolution?
By Kouser Fathima
Muslim feminist revivalism would imply that women must press against regressive patriarchal practices and reclaim their rights within the progressive framework of their religion.
Yakub Memon, A MUSLIM, Was Hanged
By Mosarrap H. Khan
Who would return the youthful innocence of millions of Muslim teenagers like me who lived their formative years in the shadow of Babri Masjid demolition and the riots that followed? To whom was justice served by taking Yakub Memon’s life? Certainly, this was no justice for Muslims in India.
Dr. Reem Shamsudeen’s Appeal to Mr. Arvind Kejriwal against Housing Discrimination in Delhi
By Cafe Dissensus
In this video, Dr. Reem Shamsudeen, a visually impaired Assistant Professor at a College affiliated to Delhi University, has appealed to end housing discrimination that she had to face recently for being Muslim.
What We Learnt on the International Yoga Day (IYD), 2015
By Cafe Dissensus
We beg to ask Ms. Kiran Bendi: Since IYD has brought rain to Delhi, does yoga also promise to sprout grass on the arid patch?
Remembering in English
By Rashida Murphy
Somewhere in the inherited cacophony of our multilingual selves, there is room for voicing something that can only be rendered in a foreign language.
Do we have the LANGUAGE to talk about Housing Discrimination against Muslims?
By Mosarrap H. Khan
You might howl in abstraction. But the pain of being denied an apartment is concrete. And trying to express that concrete pain in abstract language is a reductive endeavor.
The Ruins at Tughlakabad
By Goirick Brahmachari
A Poem
Nirbhaya and Korpan Shah: Two Stories, Two Trajectories
By Nandini Ghosh
Korpan, on the other hand, is just the opposite of all that Nirbhaya represented – a mentally ill man, with little education and no stable job, hence with very few aspirations in life. Moreover, the aspersion of theft of a mobile phone made him more culpable for the crime he was accused of. It is almost believable that a mentally ill man with little money would be prone to committing such a crime.
The Banality of Evil: Nagaland Lynching
By Riti Das Dhankar
As these images were splashed in newspapers and news channels, one saw a crowd of thousands of men finding pleasure in inflicting pain, making videos, clicking pictures, dragging a dead man tied behind a vehicle and then hanging his body. How could a crowd of humans target a defenseless man, kill him, and find pleasure in doing so?
What does AAP’s Victory in Delhi Assembly Election say about Muslims?
By Mosarrap H. Khan
There is a great churning happening with the Indian Muslim community. Delhi assembly elections once again gave us a chance to grasp those changes. If we fail to take note, it will be one more missed opportunity for Indian Muslims and for all Indians.
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