Zarrar Khuhro The rapid (though short) bloom of the Arab Spring was enabled by social media. In its research on this phenomenon, the University of Washington writes: “…social media carried a cascade of messages about freedom and democracy across North Africa and the Middle East, and helped raise expectations for …
Read More »Bulli Bai’ App case – Advent of cyber Hindutva in India
Syed Ali Mujtaba The arrests made in the ‘Bulli Bai’ app case by the cyber branch police from Mumbai and Delhi suggest the existence of Hindu Cyber wings in India. It is now common wisdom that the Hindutva brigade has created a cyber-ecosystem in the country that can pose an …
Read More »Feature: Demolition drive in Muslim Tribe locality sparks protest in Jammu
Rozi holding her two months old baby while sitting on debris of her ransacked house. Photo: Special arrangement Holding tightly her two months old baby wrapped in a blanket, Rozi Jan is sitting idle on the remnants of her ransacked house in the Upper Paloura area of Roop Nagar in …
Read More »Article: Ruined Khazir Qazi witnessed killing of two sons by CRPF men
Naseer A Ganai On January 19, 1991 Khazir Muhammad Qazi witnessed the killing of his two sons, Muhammad Ameen Qazi and Bilal Ahmad Qazi, in his cycle shop at Magarmal Chowk in Srinagar. They were killed by Indian paramilitary CRPF troopers who resorted to indiscriminate firing killing a dozen innocent …
Read More »Article: ‘Bulli Bai’, ‘Sulli Deals’: On being put up for ‘auction’ as an Indian Muslim woman
(The Wire) " As a Muslim woman in India, I am not new to Islamophobia or anti-Muslim narratives and hate. But this was a new low."
Read More »Article: As BJP exodus leaves Modi, Shah and Yogi tense, Keshav Prasad Maurya has nothing to lose
(The Wire) Though he saw himself as the frontrunner for the CM post in 2017, Maurya had to be content as the deputy. Whether the BJP wins or loses in the upcoming elections, his significance will only grow.
Read More »Feature: ‘Hopes shattered,’ says family of journalist Sajad Gul, booked under PSA after getting bail
(The Wire) 'They can’t keep him behind bars only for frivolous cases. The only power they have is to level the PSA against him. They are taking advantage and misusing this power,' the journalist's lawyer said.
Read More »Feature: After dramatic coup, Kashmir Press Club turns into a fortress out of bounds for journalists
Muhammad Raafi A day after the dramatic takeover of Kashmir Press Club (KPC) by a group of journalists aided by the armed forces, the club premises in the heart of the city have been rendered out of bounds for the local journalist community and the Club members. On Sunday morning, …
Read More »Article: India’s Hindu extremists are calling for genocide against Muslims. Why is little being done to stop them?
(CNN) At a conference in India last month, a Hindu extremist dressed head-to-toe in the religion’s holy color, saffron, called on her supporters to kill Muslims and “protect” the country.
Read More »Article: Communal Violence in the Year 2021
Promoting Hindu Heritage through higher state expenditure — Part 1 Irfan Engineer and Neha Dabhade There were 20 communal riots, in which one person died, and 16 incidences of communally motivated mob lynching in the year 2021, according to the monitoring of Centre for Study of Society and Secularism using …
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