India: Muslim women’s group under police scanner, for trying to “motivate girls towards Islam”

Girls Islamic Organization

Women’s group under the scanner of Mumbai police (The Times of India) – By Mateen Hafeez MUMBAI: Intelligence agencies in the state have sent letters to all police stations in Mumbai asking them to monitor the activities of the Girls Islamic Organization (GIO). The organization is trying to “motivate girls towards Islam”, the letter warned. GIO […]

India: Delhi Police usually busts informers or surrendered militants: JTSA

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- By Newzfirst Bureau New Delhi – In context of Liaqat Shah’s arrest, claiming that he was conspiring to carry out attacks in the national capital, the Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association (JTSA) on Saturday said that “Many of these prize catches of the Delhi Special Cell happened to be either police or IB informers, surrendered […]

India: Police harassing Madrasa students in Hyderabad following twin blasts

Police began to gather information about students and teachers at Islamic schools as part of efforts to manhunt perpetrators of twin blasts

Madrasah Harassment Angers India Muslims (OnIslam) – By OnIslam & Newspapers CAIRO – Muslim leaders are raising their voices to complain of police harassment of students and teachers of Islamic schools in the Indian city of Hyderabad following twin blasts. “Madrasahs train students in theology and not terrorism,” Maqsood Yamani from the Deeni Madaris Board, a […]

India: Anti-Muslim violence go unreported in Gujarat

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Communal clashes go unreported in Gujarat: Activist Shabnam Hashmi (Newzfirst) – By Abu Zafar “This is Modi’s Gujarat; there is business as usual. Such stories and many more like these are not told any longer, thanks to the money and muscle power,” says Shabnam Hashmi referring to the recent unreported communal clashes in Chota Udaipur. The […]

India: Aijaz Ahmed Mirza recounts his time in prison

Aijaz Ahmed Mirza

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The Khilafah and the Indian Subcontinent

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- By Abu Ismael al-Beirawi After yet another anniversary of the abolishment of the Khilafah state it is important for us to reflect upon its history and the reaction of the Muslims towards its demise and eventual destruction. It is assumed by some that the Muslims and their scholars did not react to the call […]

India to debate lengthy detention of terror suspects, especially Muslims

A bullet is lodged in the frame of a shattered bus window outside Jama Masjid in New Delhi on September 19th, 2010. A charge sheet was issued against suspected Indian Mujahideen member Fasih Mahmood for his alleged role in the attack, but some politicians are concerned he's being targeted because he is Muslim. [Manpreet Romana/AFP]

Some politicians are voicing their concerns that Muslims are perhaps being unfairly targeted for arrest and detention when India is attacked by terrorists. - By Udayan Namboodiri, Khabar South Asia A bullet is lodged in the frame of a shattered bus window outside Jama Masjid in New Delhi on September 19th, 2010. A charge sheet was […]

India: Bail to scientist in alleged ‘terror’ case and two Muslim youths abducted by police in Hyderabad

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Court grants bail to DRDO scientist in terror case (Newzfirst) – By Newzfirst Correspondent Bangalore – The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court on Thursday ordered the release of another youth who was arrested last year on terror related charges, after granting him statutory bail for failure to file a charge-sheet within 180 days of […]

India: Minority panel to look into news channels targeting Muslims after every bomb blast

- By DNA Correspondent The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has decided to take up the issue of news channels practice of isolating Muslims after every bomb blasts with the Press Council of India and the News Broadcasting Standard Authority (NBSA). NCM Chairperson Wajahat Wajahat Habibullah has assured the Hyderabad based Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee […]

India: Why Hyderabad Investigations are doomed to fail – JTSA release

- By Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association Why Hyderabad Investigations are doomed to fail In a grotesque replay of every investigation that follows a bomb blast, prejudice, misinformation and media blitz rules the direction of Dilsukh Nagar bombings investigation too. The same suspects and shadowy organizations are being paraded as executors of the Hyderabad bombings. But […]

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