Citizens for Justice and Peace
Jain saint threatens santhara if meat export not banned
01-Jan-2016
Jan 01 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Meerut A Jain muni on Thursday threatened `santhara’ (a fast unto death) if there was no ban on meat exports from the country. In a letter to district magistrate Pankaj Yadav, the muni, Maitri Prabh Sagar, informed him of the decision. “I have been continuously protesting…
Naqvi: Talk on intolerance is propaganda
01-Jan-2016
Jan 01, 2016 | PTI| New Delhi The decline in number of complaints received by the National Commission for Minorities in the last couple of years clearly indicates that the talk about intolerance was “politically-manufactured propaganda”, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said. The Union minister of state for minority affairs said the Narendra…
Madrasa headmaster killed for stealing cow in Manipur
03-Nov-2015
Guwahati, Nov 3, 2015, DHNS: A headmaster of a government primary madrasa was killed for allegedly stealing cows from his neighbouring village in Manipur. The incident took place in Keirao Makting village of Imphal East district, an area dominated by Manipuri Muslims, locally known as Pangals. Sources said tension gripped Keirao Makting after the body…
Maulana held for radicalising youths
03-Nov-2015
MUMBAI: The Nagpur unit of the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) on Sunday night arrested a Maulana from Pusad in Yavatmal district for allegedly radicalising four youths, including the accused who stabbed a police constable over the ‘beef ban’, in September. Inspector general of police (ATS) Niket Kaushik has confirmed the arrest. Sources in the ATS said…
Patidars defer conversion plans as VHP offers support
03-Nov-2015
VHP leaders promise to back Patidars’ reservation fight dna correspondent Surat: Patidars who were planning to convert their religion in Surat postponed their plans following a meeting with leaders of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), on Monday. VHP leaders assured of every possible help to Patidars, and promised to apply pressure on state government for reservation.…
‘Muslims unfairly being blamed for cow slaughter’
03-Nov-2015
Nistula Hebbar NEW DELHI, November 2, 2015 K.N. Govindacharya, former BJP ideologue who now devotes his time to issues related to Ganga rejuvenation and cow protection, has decided to postpone, indefinitely, an agitation against cow slaughter that had been slated for November 7. Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Govindacharya, whose association with the BJP practically…
Article in RSS monthly: ‘Deendayal Upadhyaya was against Hindu-Muslim unity’
03-Nov-2015
Written by Dr Mahesh Chandra Sharma, the article even claimed that Upadhyaya said that “a person turns an enemy of the nation after becoming a Muslim”. Written by Lalmani Verma | Lucknow | Published:November 3, 2015 2:05 am In the middle of a raging debate over the ‘climate of intolerance’ in the country, an article…
Ram not born in present-day Ayodhya, claims Muslim leader’s book
03-Nov-2015
In his book, Abdul Rahim Quraishi argues that nowhere in the Vedas or the Puranas is the Gangetic plain mentioned as the birthplace or the kingdom of Ram. Written by Abantika Ghosh | New Delhi | Updated: November 3, 2015 7:36 am A book by a senior functionary of the All India Muslim Personal Law…
RSS says review policy to counter Muslim growth
01-Nov-2015
RANCHI: The RSS on Saturday sought a review of the population policy to counter ‘severe demographic changes’ in India, flagging what it considers a high rate of growth among Muslims in the country. The Hindutva outfit passed a resolution on the contentious issue at its three-day national executive in Jharkhand’s capital. The RSS and its…
Review policy to check Muslim, Christian population: RSS resolution
01-Nov-2015
Written by Ashutosh Bhardwaj | New Delhi | Updated: November 1, 2015 12:28 pm Seeking to make a distinction between “religions of Bharatiya origin” and others like Islam and Christianity, the RSS on Saturday passed a resolution asking the government to “reformulate” the population policy to check “demographic imbalance”. Claiming “higher growth” in the Muslim…