Mohammed Zeeshan and Mohammed Gulfam, the two Islamists who stabbed Ex-Muslim Saleem Wastik on February 27, have been killed in two separate encounters with the Uttar Pradesh police. The Indian Right is celebrating their killing. But should it? No. Because it is only the two believers who have died, the religion that made them believers, […]
You say you are an atheist or agnostic and still alive — you are a Hindu. Because if you had been a Muslim and been or even tried to be any of the two mentioned before — you would have been in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) by now, just like Ex-Muslim Saleem Wastik. Wastik […]
It was precisely on this day in 1990 when the Hindus of Kashmir were made to flee their home state—Kashmir. When they were killed, raped and tortured, no one even came to know about their persecution, leave pain. Today, after 35 years, at least this change has come, where their ‘genocide’ is being discussed on […]
Thousands ask, can Islam be reformed? What they fail to realise is that Islam has already undergone a reformation. It began nearly a century ago, and the Islamic terrorist organisations the world fears are the reformers. Let me explain. In religious history, ‘reformation’ means stripping away centuries of cultural overlay to return to the core […]
On 20 December 2019, Friday, a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) saw thousands of ‘peaceful’ demonstrators gathering outside the Jama Masjid, after that day’s prayers. Following this, a constable’s car was set on fire, and eventually the demonstrators started pelting stones at the police. Many life-threatening protests against the former Spokesperson of the […]
If I found myself entirely absorbed in the service of the community, the reason behind it was my desire for self-realization. I had made the religion of service my own, as I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me […]
In September 2021, addressing a seminar organised by Pune-based Global Strategic Policy Foundation, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Sri Mohan Bhagwat said, “Hindus and Muslims in India have common ancestors. For us, the word Hindu is synonymous to the rich heritage brought to us by our motherland, ancestors and the culture and in this context […]