Citizens for Justice and Peace
Bhojshala on Basant Panchami, the day after locals attack RSS office, leaders’ houses
14-Feb-2016
No one was injured in the stone-pelting that broke a few window panes but the attack led to tension in the town. Written by Milind Ghatwai | Dhar | Updated: February 14, 2016 1:55 am A day after they claimed victory for praying inside the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque during the time meant for namaz, houses…
Namazis taken to Bhojshala rooftop via ‘secret’ ladder
14-Feb-2016
Arif Mansuri, a former BJP functionary whose nephew was among those who offered namaz on the rooftop, said the administration had stocked up water bottles and fruits inside the dargah for the namazis. Written by Milind Ghatwai | Dhar | Updated: February 14, 2016 2:04 am The administration had moved nearly two dozen Muslims in…
Senior Assam police officer suspended for anti-Muslim rants on social media
14-Feb-2016
• 14 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Digambar Patowary letters@hindustantimes.com GUWAHATI: A senior Assam police officer was suspended on Saturday after he posted messages against Muslims on Facebook. The suspension comes in the midst of increasing politics over the Bangladeshi migrants’ issue as elections approach in the state. Anjan Bora, the deputy superintendent…
Killing people for eating beef is heinous crime: Taslima Nasreen
14-Feb-2016
Feb 14, 2016 | • PTI | • Thiruvananthapuram India as a country is not intolerant as India has Constitution and laws, which do not support intolerance, says Nasreen. Thiruvananthapuram: Renowned Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen feels killing people for eating beef is not intolerance but a ‘heinous crime’ and it should be stopped. “It is…
Tension in Dhar blows over as Hindus, Muslims offer prayers
13-Feb-2016
• 13 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Punya Priya Mitra and Ritesh Mishra letters@hindustantimes.com DHAR: A face-off between rightwing Hindu groups and the administration i n Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar blew over after Muslims offered Friday namaaz under heavy security cover at a disputed shrine claimed by both communities. Communal t ension had been…
Bhojshala on Basant Panchami: Finally, both puja, namaz offered
13-Feb-2016
Some Muslims ‘smuggled in’ for brief namaz at noon, Hindus let in after 1 pm Written by Milind Ghatwai | Dhar | Updated: February 13, 2016 1:23 am It took nearly 200 policemen in white kurta-pyjama, approximately 25 Muslim men who no one except the administration saw offering the Friday namaz, and a breach of…
Judge pronounces `triple talaq’, wife writes to CJI
13-Feb-2016
Feb 13 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Eram Agha Aligarh:Decades after the Shah Bano case stirred a nationwide debate on sharia law in the context of Muslim women’s rights, a 47-year-old woman was orally divorced through “triple talaq“ by none other than a sitting judge of a district court here. An angry Afsha…
Shani row: Activist Trupti gets death threat
13-Feb-2016
Feb 13 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Pune: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Activist Trupti Desai, who has been spearheading the campaign for women’s entry into the sanctum of Shani Shingnapur temple, has received a threat to her life. An anonymous letter sent to Desai has warned her to stay away from the agitation or…
India tolerant even of intolerance: Amartya
13-Feb-2016
Feb 13 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK “The problem is not that India is intolerant. It is far too tolerant even of intolerance,“ said Amartya Sen, delivering the Rajendra Mathur annual lecture organised by the Editors Guild. Speaking on the subject of “the centrality of the right to…
Snapdeal staffer back, says abducted & let off
13-Feb-2016
Feb 13 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Ayaskant Das Ghaziabad Dipti Sarna, a 24-year-old legal executive with Snapdeal, returned home on Fridaymorning, almost 36 hours after she had gone missing. She told police she had been kidnapped by four men in a shared auto who said they “wanted her to meet someone (tumhe…