Terrorist attacks and the media
By Shams ur Rehman Alavi
In the last few weeks of April and May 2019, there were deadly terror attacks by Maoists in Chhattisgarh and...
Designate India a “country of particular concern”: Global human rights activists
TCN News
Leading American and global human and civil rights activists came together on Monday to reinforce the demand to designate India as a “country...
Women activists denounce sexual violence, misogyny peddled by apps like Sulli Deals, Bulli Bai
Several speakers during an online protest held by the Women’s Department of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) pushed for the need for people from all...
Junagadh: Week after violence, Muslims still live in fear
Huneza Khan, TwoCircles.net
Several hundred Muslims gathered outside a 100-year-old dargah in Gujarat's Junagadh city on the night of June 16 to protest a demolition...
AIUDF moves PM over floods in Assam
By TCN News,
New Delhi: A high-level delegation of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) of Lok Sabha Member Badruddin Ajmal (Dhubri) has urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to intervene to save people from the devastating floods in various districts of Assam. PM Manmohan Singh is Rajya Sabha Member from the eastern India state.
Heinous murder of Afrajul Khan sparks outrage among Indian Americans
By TCN News
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, noted the sense of outrage...
By repeatedly saying ‘Go to Pakistan’, BJP shows it wants to push Muslims into...
By Asrarul Haque Jeelani for TwoCircles.net
On Wednesday, a BJP MP Vinay Katiyar said that Muslims should not live in India and they should either...
Separate utensils, wash basins for vegetarians at IIT Madras; students term it ‘full-fledged untouchability’
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
In what seems like another step in the direction of an already regressive and discriminatory food policies in campuses of Indian...
Islamophobia and the professed Indian Left
In India, cyberspaces are predominant domains where the manifestation of ‘left Islamophobia’ is obvious and demands attention and redressal. Muslim assertions on cyberspaces and...
In Pictures: Released after 13 months, student activist Asif Iqbal Tanha adjusts to life...
Student activist Asif Iqbal Tanha was released on June 17 from New Delhi's Tihar jail after remaining incarcerated for 13 months for a case...
“Nothing has been left our homes. Where will we go?” Patna’s Nat community face...
Scores of families belonging to the marginalized Nat community of Patna, Bihar were left homeless after a demolition drive carried out by the Patna...
4 reasons why there is no justification for bulldozer politics
Experts believe that demolishing houses of protestors is against the rule of law and deprives people of fundamental rights.
Basil Islam | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Following...
After halt of 2 years, country’s largest Islamic congregation commences in Bhopal
Held for the first time in 1948, the Bhopal Ijtema is known for its massive participation of people and for promotion of peace...
‘It is our curse & tears’: Hijabi students on BJP’s loss in Karnataka election...
Snobar Khan and Syed Mueen, TwoCircles.net
Basavaraj Bommai, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, conceded defeat on May 13, 2023, as the Congress took the lead...
Trinamool MP Sultan Ahmed passed away
Kolkata, (IANS): Former Union Minister and Trinamool Congress sitting Lok Sabha member Sultan Ahmed died on Monday following a massive cardiac arrest, a city hospital...
Bengali Muslim workers have left Rajsamand out of fear after Mohd Afrajul’s murder: PUCL...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Shambhu Lal, the killer of Afrajul Islam, was allegedly disturbed after demonetisation event last year during which his business succumbed, stated...
Ramadan 1439: Shaista Yacoob
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Shaista Yacoob, 43, is a writer, poet based in Bangalore. Born and brought up in Bangalore, she has been living in...
‘Was forced to change name of restaurant & menu, fire Muslim staff, and hire...
In the temple city of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim hotelier claimed to change the name of his restaurant from Hotel Taj to...
सच्चर रिपोर्ट के पंद्रह साल : हाशिए से बहिष्करण तक का सफर
जावेद अनीस
सच्चर कमेटी रिपोर्ट को डेढ़ दशक से ज्यादा समय बीत चुके हैं. साल 2006 में जब तत्कालीन यूपीए सरकार द्वारा सच्चर कमेटी...
In Delhi, 7 ‘gau rakshaks’, including cops, thrash meat vendors, urinate on them
On March 7, seven men, including three police personnel, thrashed two meat vendors in Delhi's Shahdara area.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Seven men,...
Act against those involved in demolition of mosque in Delhi, writes Maulana Madani to...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Maulana Mahmood Madani, General Secretary of Jamiat Ulam-i-Hind in a letter addressed to Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh has demanded stringent...
Despite police attacks, residents promise to continue agitation at Puthuvyppe, Kochi
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Kochi: Driven by the uncompromising willpower, residents at Puthuvyppe, Kochi have decided to proceed their struggle for the right to live....
Narendra Modi’s ‘Kabir’ stunt in Maghar irks and divides Kabirpanthis
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the state's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath might have celebrated the birth anniversary of Kabirdas, a...
जामिया में पूछा गया आपत्तिजनक सवाल,नाराज़गी
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
दिल्ली स्थित जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया विश्वविद्यालय के विभिन्न कोर्सेज में एडमिशन को लेकर प्रवेश परीक्षा चल रही है। इसी बीच जामिया मिल्लिया...
If a Muslim speaks against BJP, he is terrorist; if a Hindu does it,...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Social and human rights activist, Dr Suresh Khairnar on Saturday, February 4, criticized the Modi government of polarizing...
Ministry of External Affairs revokes Zakir Naik’s passport
TCN News
The passport of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is wanted in connection with his role in a terror case, was on Tuesday revoked...
Now, watch ‘The Suspect’ for free on YouTube
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Hindi-Maithili short film ‘The Suspect’, based on a Muslim youth who gets falsely implicated in terror cases, is now available for...
Muslim women do not need the ‘support’ of BJP to raise their voice
By Khushboo Khan for TwoCircles.net
The Supreme Court verdict over triple talaq, following a long battle in court, has been debated across the country with...
SC sets Hadiya free from custody of parents
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday set Hadiya, a 24-year-old Hindu woman from Kerala who converted to Islam, free from the custody of...
Investment fraud: Cases registered against Heera Group in Kerala also
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
There seems to be no end in sight for Hyderabad-based Heera Group, with the company now facing cases in Kerala along...
CBI to probe IIT-M student Fathima Latheef’s death
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
The CBI will enquire the alleged institutional murder of IIT Madras student Fathima Latheef, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister...
Photo Essay: “Coronavirus has revealed insensitive side of humans,” a gravedigger from Saharanpur describes...
Iqbal is a 62-year-old gravedigger and a caretaker of a graveyard in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. In this photo-essay story, Iqbal describes his busy life...
How ‘security from Muslims’ became a BJP poll plank in UP
Activists said this is a way to make minority and disenfranchised groups across Uttar Pradesh look like a threat to Hindus of the state.
Zeyad...
JIT has made impressive progress in last few years: Pro-Vice Chancellor of APJ Abdul...
TCN News
Barabanki: Jahangirabad Institute of Technology (JIT) on Saturday April 22, organized its second graduation ceremony, where 75 students from engineering and management branch...
Haj Subsidy: Is the government ready to publish white paper on religious expenditure in...
The following is a letter addressed to the Home Minister of India.
By Mujahid Nafees for TwoCircles.net
As we already know, two days ago the...
Woman allegedly burnt alive by in-laws in North Kashmir
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Bandipora: Rehana Gulzar, a 33-year-old woman and a mother of three, was allegedly burnt alive by her in-laws in Ahm-e-Sharief, a...
उन्होंने मेरा नाम और पता पूछा और फिर मुझे बेहताशा पीटने लगे” ...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मंसूरपुर-
नफ़रत की चपेट में अब पत्रकार भी आ गए हैं.शनिवार को मुजफ्फरनगर जनपद के मंसूरपुर थाना क्षेत्र में नाम और पता...
Phulwari Sharif arrests: Marghoob Danish’s family refutes police claims
The arrested youth Marghoob Ahmad Danish, as per his family, is undergoing treatment at the psychiatric department of the Patna wing of All India...
A day later, no arrest in assault on Muslim man in Hisar
Chandigarh, (IANS): The Haryana Police on Wednesday failed to make any arrest a day after a Muslim man was dragged out of a mosque and...
Big business gains from UP’s slaughterhouse crackdown
By Manu Moudgil
Kanpur/Lucknow: Mohammad Shafiq, 52, lives with his family in a small hutment in a graveyard in Kanpur's Idgah Colony, and used to...
Who killed Pehlu? Watch the live telecast of a report criminal persecution of the...
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Jama’at-e-Islami calls for an end to security forces summoning Islamic preachers to their camps
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, March 15 alleged security forces of intervening in the religious affairs of Kashmiri...
AMU refutes the allegation of religious discrimination by LLM candidate
TCN News
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University today strongly refuted the allegation that Satyaveer Singh, a candidate seeking admission to LLM course, was denied admit card...
Why Triple Talaq Bill aims at ‘Criminalising’ the Muslim community, not ensuring gender justice
By Badre Alam Khan for TwoCircles.net
Since the BJP government came into power in 2014, it has initiated and purposed to make legislation on Muslim...
पीस पार्टी के अध्यक्ष डॉक्टर अय्यूब पर रासुका
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने पीस पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष डॉ अय्यूब पर रासुका लगा दी है। डॉक्टर अय्यूब को 31 जुलाई...
एक्सक्लुसिव : मुजफ्फरनगर से ही बिछड़े थे,मुजफ्फरनगर से ही जुड़ेंगे !
मस्जिद के दरवाजे किसानों के खोल देने से लेकर, मुस्लिम बहुल इलाकों में लंगर लगाने और राकेश टिकैत के अल्लाहू अकबर और हर -हर...
Meet Sheikh Maqsud Alam, a Muslim caretaker of Kolkata’s oldest Christian cemetery for 24...
Forty-seven-year old Sheikh Maqsud Alam is a caretaker of a Christian cemetery. He looks after the Barrackpore Cemetery, which is one of the oldest...
महाराष्ट्र के मदरसे के छात्रों का कमाल पहले बने हाफ़िज़, फिर एसएससी में पाई...
आकिल हुसैन।Twocirles.net
शुक्रवार को महाराष्ट्र राज्य माध्यमिक शिक्षा बोर्ड का जब रिजल्ट घोषित हुआ तो मुंबई के एक मदरसे में पढ़ने वाले बच्चों...
‘Zubair’s arrest is to scare other marginalised journalists’: Muslim reporters
Several journalists pointed out that journalist and fact-checker Mohammad Zubair's arrest is part of the ongoing targeting of India's Muslims.
Nikita Jain | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI...
‘It Destroyed His Five Years’: Drug Addiction Shatters Dreams of Countless Families in Kashmir
Tauseef Ahmad/ Abdul Basit | Two Circles
Five years ago, Hanan Majeed (name changed), 21, a Kashmiri youth from Baramulla district fell victim to addiction...
AMU Alumni Association: A living link with the alma mater
By Shaheer H Khan for TwoCircles.net
This short article was a modest attempt to pay respect to Aligarh fraternity owed to one of the greatest personalities...
Christian bodies call attack on Ujjain Mission hospital by BJP workers an ‘act of...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), the Madhya Pradesh Regional Bishops’ Council and the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ujjain have...
Dalit-Muslim union creates a flutter in Maharashtra
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) When Prakash Ambedkar filed his nomination papers from the Solapur and Akola Lok Sabha constituencies as a Vanchit...
मुसलमानों के ख़िलाफ़ मीडिया के प्रोपेगेंडा ने तैयार कर दी है लिंचिंग की ज़मीन
वसीम अकरम त्यागी
मुसलमानों के ख़िलाफ़ छेड़े गए मीडिया के प्रोपेगेंडा युद्ध के दुष्परिणाम सामने आने शुरू हो गए हैं। 2 दिन पहले दिल्ली में...
Gurucool, a Jamia alumni-led ed-tech start-up launches app for underprivileged
The Padhai app will provide academic space for learning and to make quality education accessible for the underprivileged.
Mohd. Umair Yunus | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Gurucool,...
A Muslim Woman Is Helping Patients of Sickle Cell Disease Get Treatment in MP’s...
By Shaba Manzoor and Nuzhat Khan
At the age of two and a half years, Swaleha Naaz Khan fell down the stairs while playing and...
From angry young man to angry father: Vinod Khanna’s cinematic voyage
By Vikas Datta
New Delhi, (IANS): He came into prominence playing an angry young man in a 1970s classic and one of his last major...
Assam: One killed as Police opens fire on people protesting against ‘doubtful voter’ cases
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
One person was killed and several injured on June 30 when Police opened fire at people demonstrating against 'Doubt voter' cases...
BJP’s new move in UP; Shia Waqf Board makes claim on Babri Masjid
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Babri Masjid dispute took a new turn on Thursday when Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board claimed that disputed Masjid Meer...
RSS is trying to change social & cultural ambience of universities: Nivedita Menon
By Pervez Bari for TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Nivedita Menon, professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, (JNU), has said that the RSS is trying to change the...
An open letter to the Prime Minister
By Syed Zafar Mahmood
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Respected Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi Ji,
Pranaam & Happy Ramzaan !
You would kindly recall my PowerPoint presentation made in Gandhinagar,
Ahmedabad before...
The politics behind observing ‘Horrors of Partition Remembrance Day’
To have genuine remembrance of the horrors of partition of the subcontinent, one should take a leaf from Germany where they have included the...
सहारनपुर के छात्र सुहैल ने बताई युक्रेन की आंखों देखी “धमाके की लगातार आवाज...
सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net
सहारनपुर के क़स्बा नागल के रहने वाले मुहम्मद सुहेल रूस द्वारा यूक्रेन पर हमला किए जाने के बाद यूक्रेन के शहर इवानो...
यूपी चुनाव : 25 मुस्लिम उम्मीदवार जीते, 84 दूसरे स्थान पर
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
भारत में मुसलमानों के लिए कठिन राजनीतिक दौर है. मुसलमान और मुस्लिम राजनीति लगातार हाशिए पर जा रहा है. जिस उत्तर...
Jamiat leads flood relief operation in Gujarat, cleans up temples and mosques
TCN News
In flood-clad town of Dhanera in Banaskantha, 64 people have lost their lives to flood and the number is still likely to increase....
Hyderabad based Academy to conduct entrance for Free IAS coaching
By TCN News
Hyderabad: Hyderabad based MS Education Academy is going to conduct an All India Entrance Test on Sunday, August 12, 2018, for its free civil...
I held Najeeb’s picture to my heart, wept inconsolably but my voice didn’t reach...
By Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net
What is common among Junaid, who was brutally attacked with knives on returning from Eid shopping, and Najeeb from JNU...
बेहट की ख़ानक़ाह रायपुर में सलाम करने पहुंची प्रियंका गांधी
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Two circles.net
कांग्रेस की राष्ट्रीय महासचिव और उत्तर प्रदेश प्रभारी प्रियंका गांधी आज सहारनपुर की बेहद मशहूर रायपुर ख़ानक़ाह में आज़ादी की लड़ाई...
Foundation stone laid for AMU’s Murshidabad Center
TCN News
Honorable Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah (Veteran) today laid the foundation stone of the New Academic Block at...
Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar arrested by UP STF in Himachal Pradesh
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Founder of the Bhim Army advocate Chandrashekhar Azad 'Ravan' was arrested today from Dalhousie town of Himachal Pradesh by Special Task Force...
IMRC USA announces 10-day volunteer trip to India
By TCN News
Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) has announced a ten-day volunteer trip to India. As part of the trip, volunteers will gain insights...
Frequent tweeter Modi loses voice when it comes to rape of minority women: NYT
New York, April 17 (IANS) Sharply criticising Prime Minister Narendra's silence over rape cases in India, the New York Times in an editorial on Tuesday...
Need for a separate police wing to deal with Juvenile cases in J&K: Advocate...
What are many Indian teengaer’s biggest concerns when they are 15 years old? Homework? Upcoming exams? Family pressures? No We do not need an...
All India Urdu teachers association demand recruitment of teachers
TCN News
Akhil Bhartiya Urdu Shikshak Sangh (ABUSS), an association of Urdu teachers came together at Azad Maidan, Mumbai to protest against the negligence of...
‘Goons’ in Jamia thrash protesting students, one admitted to hospital, five more injured
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Protests in Jamia Millia Islamia turned ugly on October 22 when students were attacked by goons allegedly hired by the college...
Ramadan 1438: Aamir Wani
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"I remember, as a kid, I and a few friends of mine would take a Shikara ride from Mujahid Manzil...
Holy Rights: a brave film essaying complex battle for gender rights by Muslim women
Samvartha ‘Sahil’, TwoCircles.net
Shot and edited between 2016 and 2019, at a time when Hindu fundamentalism in India has tightened its grip on state apparatuses...