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Osama Bin Laden has been dead since December 2001

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By Feroze Mithiborwala, "If they didn't have an Osama Bin Laden, they would have invented one." Milt Bearden - CIA agent, in an interview with anchor Dan Rather of the CBS (September 12, 2001) Basically the truth and the fact of the matter is that Bin Laden has been dead since Dec 2001. So then why do Bush and Cheney as well as the Neoconservatives ideologues insist, as well as actively propagate the myth of Bin Laden?

Ramadan in Malabar: Social status and secularism through Iftar parties

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By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,

When Modi met Muslims

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, Narendra Modi has been on Twitter since January 2009. In last six years, the first time he mentioned ‘meeting Muslim’ on his twitter timeline was only on Tuesday. He tweeted about his meeting with “leaders of the Muslim community” along with a photo of the meeting with a link to the press release.

मुस्लिम राष्ट्रीय मंच : मुस्लिमों का बढ़ावा या दिखावा

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सिद्धांत मोहन वाराणसी : कई दफा सोशल मीडिया पर एक तस्वीर शेयर होती दिखती है, जिसमें पथ-संचलन कर रहे राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के कार्यकर्ताओं पर...

Brandeis University’s conference on Caste discussed contemporary issues

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By Anusha Chaitanya for TwoCircles.net The three-day conference on Caste, Inequality and Economic Growth in South-Asia: Challenges of Tradition and Modernity was organized at Brandeis...

Urdu in India and a man with a mission: Arif Iqbal and his Urdu...

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By Yoginder Sikand

How the Urdu press covers the Middle East

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By Md Muddassir Quamar for TwoCircles.net,

NIA seeks special powers to go undercover: Is it a tough call for the...

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By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The apex anti-terrorism investigative agency of India – the National Investigative Agency (NIA) – recently applied to the government for grant of special powers for conducting undercover operations in terrorism-related investigations.

Haider: Kashmir’s dilemma – To be or not be

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By Mir Liyaqat Nazir, Haider is one of the first ever Bollywood movie that attempted to stage the Shakespeare’s revenge play Hamlet on the recurring Kashmir tragedy. It is meant for an audience, who, in the name of national interest, were always entertained and enthralled over the grievances and miseries of victims.

Rohith Vemula’s death sparks outrage within Indian Diaspora

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By TCN News, Boston: Protests have erupted at major universities and cities across the US and elsewhere, expressing shock and outrage at the death of...

Malegaon blasts victims and families seek justice, not compensation

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For the past nine years, Malegaon has been under the shadow of the blasts that rocked the textile town in September 2006. In the...

Maheboob Syed: A life dedicated to caring for birds and animals

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net Latur: Having a pet at home is a normal habit, but what if a person and his entire family is...

Dhule police firing of May 6: Fact finding report

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, The indiscriminate police firing on Muslims who were protesting against a poster depicting the image of Prophet Muhammad on May 6 in Dhule town of Maharashtra suggests that the police came with a pre-determined mind to ‘teach a lesson’ to Muslims. The community is still frightened as their members though appeared before the fact finding team requested anonymity.

Did Ram Madhav err in judgment by giving interview to Mehdi Hasan?

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Ram Madhav, senior BJP leader and national general secretary of the party, has grabbed the spotlight of international media after noteworthy...

Ten-year-old donates birthday money to Islamia Hospital

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: Ashna Khan, a ten-year-old girl from Kolkata, set a fine example of kindness by donating the entire amount received...

Six RSS workers in custody for attack on Malayalam poet

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Kollam, Kerala (IANS): Six RSS workers have been taken into custody for an attack on poet Kureepuzha Sreekumar, that took place near here late...

क्यों अय्यूब पंडित और जुनैद की हत्या एक समान नहीं है?

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शाहनवाज़ आलम हाल ही में श्रीनगर के जामा मस्जिद के बाहर डीएसपी अय्यूब पंडित की भीड़ द्वारा हत्या को एक हथियार की तरह उन लोगों...

Dalit Christians caught in the Church vortex

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By R L Francis The Christians all over India observed November 11 as “Dalit Liberation Sunday” (DLS) with an avowed aim of bringing the Dalit Christians...

Dr. M. A. Ahmad Ali, a wizard of surgery

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A boyhood friend remembers the wizard going down the memory lane By Shafee Ahmed Ko., TwoCircles.net, Dr. M. A. Ahmad Ali, a renowned gastroenterologist and proctologist of Chennai, has been honoured as Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) by the Tamil Nadu M.G.R. University. Since I was associated with Dr. Ahmad Ali right from boyhood, I feel it privileged to remember his boyhood days.

Marriage of persons with disabilities

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By Mohammed Yousuf,

Mysterious silence of global community, Muslim world on killings in Burma

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By Syed Zubair Ahmad,

Muslim advocacy group organized 2nd “National Social Leadership Summit” in New Delhi

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By TCN News, New Delhi: MOEMIN, an advocacy group of Indian Muslims organized second “National Social Leadership Summit” in collaboration with Association of Muslim Professionals...

Archelogy of Babri Masjid

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Some controversies simply refuse to die down. In India, certain extremist Hindu groups every now and then rake up their allegation that the site of the Babri Masjid in the town of Ayodhya is really, Lord Ram’s birthplace (janam bhoomi).

CGNet Swara: Voice of the unheard

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Between Arundhati Roy’s walk with the comrades and corporations-backed government war machine mowing down the jungles in Chattisgarh, there are millions of tribals whose voices remain unheard. Not that they cannot speak but there is a barrier to access because of language and remote areas. Knight International Journalism fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary intends to change that by using technology as a platform to make news & information easily accessible to all.

Faisal Khan — TCN Person of the Year 2011

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

What are the Issues in the Lok Sabha Elections 2014?

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By Syed Ali Mujtaba, The Parliamentary elections are a mandate to govern India. The issues in these elections are common to all the Indians and are of national importance. The expectation of the common man is to know the difference in policy prescription that the political parties have on the issue concerning the nation. They want to know the unique ideas political parties have on all such common issues and how different are they from their rivals in its solutions.

सफ़दर अली : मुसलमानों की तरक़्क़ी का आन्दोलन

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net सीतामढ़ी(बिहार):किसी रास्ते पर चलना आसान होता है. मगर चलते-चलते अपना जायज़ा लेना, किसी क़ौम, समाज व देश के बारे में सोचना...

#TalkToAMuslim: armchair activism gone horribly wrong

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By: Masarat Daud In a parallel world, today is 100th birth anniversary of Nelson Mandela, a peace activist radical by today’s standards. I say parallel...

Only Nehru’s inclusive vision will save India

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By Sarfaraz Nasir For more than two months into the Coronavirus epidemic, India has consistently recorded the highest reported case and highest death rate among...

Love Jihad Petition: SC issues notice to UP and Uttarakhand to test constitutionality of...

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By TCN News The three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice S.A Bobde and Justices V Ramasubramanian and AS Bopanna heard the petitions challenging the validity...

यूपी उपचुनाव में विपक्ष को मिल गया जीत का पैटर्न

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आस एम कैफ़ ।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में हुए तीन सीटों पर हुए उपचुनाव में खतौली विधानसभा सीट की सबसे अधिक चर्चा है। खतौली में...

An overview of DM Feraque Ahmad’s stay in Kishanganj

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By Md. Mudassir Alam, Kishanganj, the north-eastern district of Bihar, was in news on Sunday (July 4, 2010) due to visit of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The same day brought a big shock for the locals as people’s favourite District Magistrate Feraque Ahmad had been transferred to Patna as the Special Secretary, Department of Minority Welfare, Government of Bihar. Feraque Ahmad’s tenure as a DM had been exceptional and he had nicely kept a balance between his official commitments and humanitarian association with locals.

Jangpura Masjid: Factual Position

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By Dr Zafar Mahmood,

Kashmir: Recap 2013

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By Bilal Bashir Bhat, The year 2013 in Kashmir, witnessed a number of controversies, scams, disclosures, killings, encounters and of course the big news of Afzal Guru’s execution. From hundreds of original stories that happened in 2013, it is not easy to select just a few. But to give readers a recap of the year, I present 12 stories.

निर्मल पाठक की घर वापसी: अम्बेडकर के बहाने गांधी के हरिजन को गले लगाती...

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नीरज बंकर Two circles.net के लिए जहाँ एक ओर ओटीटी प्लेटफार्म ने दुनियाभर की फिल्मों, वेब शोज और बाक़ी कलाओं से परिचय कराया जिससे...

Charity Alliance rekindling hope among the hopeless in Murshidabad

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, TCN series: Visit to Malda and Murshidabad: Concluding part.

Muslim participation in Gujarat elections

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By Dr. J.S.Bandukwala for TwoCircles.net

Indian democracy at the crossroads under current political dispensation

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Transcript of Ashghar Ali Memorial lecture By Ram Puniyani, I begin this lecture paying tribute to my very dear friend, Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, with whom I had the rare privilege of working with for close to two decades. Dr. Engineer was a unique scholar-activist, totally committed to the dream and vision of a humane society that honours the values of diversity and where human rights for all are the defining point.

The myth of Hindu ‘minority’: Debunking right-wing propoganda

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By Ram Puniyani for Twocircles.net The biases and misconceptions about conversions and population growth have been used by communal forces to divide the society. This...

Anees Rasheed Khan: Great success story of a physically challenged man

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

“Why Muslims do not have good leaders?”, asks MIM’s Imtiaz Jalil

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By TCN News, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidate former journalist Imtiaz Jalil won the Aurangabad (Central) seat by defeating nearest rival Shiv Sena’s Pradeep...

क्या मुस्लिम सिर्फ ‘आतंकवादी’ और ‘राष्ट्रद्रोही’ ही रहेगा?

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नैयर इमाम, कुछ दिनों पहले फूलन देवी की पुण्यतिथि बीती है. मल्लाह जाति से आने वाली फूलन देवी का सामूहिक बलात्कार उच्च जाति के दबंगों...

Are Masjids in India serving their role?

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By Dr Kouser Fathima for TwoCircles.net, Mosques or Masjids are typically a place of worship where the Muslims gather to pray in congregation. Over...

Assam violence and the Bangladeshi ghost

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By Abdul Kalam Azad for TwoCircles.net, “Have I Not reason to lament What man has made of Man?” Wordsworth

The limelight feels terrible…it’s all part of a cow-inspiracy: An exclusive interview with a...

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Mazhar Farooqui milks out an exclusive interview with a cow ahead of a raging controversy surrounding the bovine. Excerpts: How does it feel to be...

इक़बाल नियाज़ी: उर्दू ड्रामों की आन बान शान

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(इक़बाल नियाज़ी के जन्मदिन 15 मई पर विशेष लेख) निबंधकार: डॉ नाज़ ख़ान वो चाँद है तो अक्स भी पानी में आएगा किरदार ख़ुद उभर के कहानी...

Umar Khalid Remains Behind Bars: A Blow to Dissent and Democracy

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Atika Sayeed A Delhi court’s recent refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid, an activist and former student leader, marks a significant milestone in the ongoing struggle...

Sufism-Culture and Politics

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By Asghar Ali Engineer, Dr.Raziuddin Aquil has recently published a book entitled Sufism-Culture and Politics: Afghans and Islam in Medieval India. The first part of the book deals more with Sultanate period, especially Lodhis and Sher Shah Suri. The author feels that historians of medieval period and specially those of JNU and Aligarh school have concentrated on Mughal India and have generally neglected Sultanate period and have not done justice to rule of Shershah Suri. So he mainly deals with this period. He calls this as ‘Mughal centrism’.

किताब समीक्षा और ऑपरेशन अक्षरधाम का पूरा सच

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अवनीश कुमार हमारे राज्यतंत्र और समाज के भीतर जो कुछ गहरे सड़गल चुका है, जो भयंकर अन्यायपूर्ण और उत्पीड़क है, उसका बेहतरीन आलोचनात्मक विश्लेषण और...

“हाईस्कूल में सवर्ण मुझे मारते-पीटते थे” – बिहार आयोग के चेयरमैन हुलेश मांझी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: बिहार राज्य महादलित आयोग के चेयरमैन डॉ. हुलेश मांझी ने हाल में ही बेहद हैरान करने वाला बयान दिया है....

Hindu Rashtra: Is it good for Hindus?

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By Ram Puniyani Hindu Rashtra is the goal of Hindu nationalist politics, which is also called as Hindutva. In contrast to Hinduism, Hindutva is a...

Amir Rashadi ‘hero’, but Ulema Council may not win LS elections

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Are all Ahaadith authentic?

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By A. Faizur Rahman for TwoCircles.net,

A Modern Aligarh Movement begins from Kishanganj

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Tens of thousands gather in a field, hundreds sleep on rail tracks on 12th Oct. to press the demand for AMU centre in Bihar district By Mohammad Mudassir Alam,

Interview: Pasmanda Muslim Samaj chief on his ambition, UP polls

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

Jamiat’s call for Muslim girls’ education: Is there more than what meets the eye?

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,

बिखर गया ‘झाड़ू’ का तिनका

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By शादाब अहमद मोइज़ी, ….. अभी गर्मी आई भी नहीं और गर्मी की आहट सुनते ही ‘झाड़ू’ मुरझाने लगा. क़रीब 50 दिन पहले ही तो झाड़ू खरीदा था लेकिन न जाने क्यों बरसात के पानी में भींगे बिना ही झाड़ू कमज़ोर पड़ने लगा. एक-एक करके उसके सारे तिनके निकलने लगे, लेकिन अब आप ही बताइये हम क्या करें? इस झाड़ू को खरीदते वक्त पांच साल की गारंटी मिली थी, लेकिन पाँच साल की गारंटी वाला झाड़ू अभी से ही अपना ब्रांड या यूँ कहें कि अपनी ‘हैसियत’ बताने लगा.

Pragya Singh Thakur, symbol of BJP’s political ideology

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By Ram Puniyani Pragya Singh Thakur is no ordinary member of BJP, the ruling dispensation in the country. She is a MP from Bhopal and...

Such was my father, Haji Mohammed Yaseen

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By Riyaz Arshad Nazish Never in my entire life had I found myself so helpless and incapable as I did on the day my father...

Break the silence: Ending gender-based violence is a human rights imperative

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By Shobha Shukla "There is a global epidemic of violence against women - both within conflict zones and within societies at peace - and it...

From Famine Relief to Heritage Jewel: The Story of Lucknow’s Rumi Darwaza

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Sidra Fatima and Syed Taqui Haider, TwoCircles.net Lucknow: Nestled in the heart of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, the Rumi Darwaza stands as a breathtaking...

Fact-finding report: Anti-Muslim violence in Vatoli and Bhainsa

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By Lateef Mohd Khan,

Globalization on the silk route

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Movie review: The Culture of Here By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Since 1980s, globalization has been a much used and rather abused word. But the fact is that trade between civilizations, countries, and continents have been going on for thousands of years. Until the middle of the twentieth century, borders between countries were never well defined.

Dalit politics beyond BSP

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, In Maharashtra, the galvanization of political power on the basis of empowerment of scheduled castes has taken a backseat due to fractionalization. Though this is a well known phenomena, the BSP is attempting to capitalize on the failure of other Dalit-issue-based parties like the Republican Party of India(RPI), a product of the Scheduled Castes Federation founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, which is now in shambles with over 50 different splintered groups.

Why both love and Jihad are misinterpreted by Saffronised Indians?

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By Shadab Ahmad Moizee, Kabhi masjid pe ja baithe Kabhi mandir pe ja baithe Parindon me yaha firqa parasti kyu nahi aati…. This poetic verse expresses the freedom of birds, but in 21st century love birds need to define their love according to self-confessed contractors of religion.

Let’s commemorate 1857, search for Rani Jhansi’s stolen insignia

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By Saeed Naqvi, On March 10, 2014, President Pranab Mukherjee had promised a Citizens Group for 1857 that he would obtain from the government details on how India's First War of Independence will be commemorated. A change of government may have delayed the inquiries Rashtrapati Bhavan intended to make. Meanwhile, another anniversary will have gone unnoticed.

JIH organized Business Seminar and Exhibition in Mumbra

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By TCN News, Thane: In order to promote entrepreneurship a 4th Micro, Small Business Summit and Made in Mumbra Exhibition was organized by Jamaat-e-Islami...

Interview: Wali Rahmani on madrasa modernization

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Maulana Wali Rahmani is the Chairman of Madrasa Modernisation Committee set up by the Ministry of HRD. This interview was conducted by Anjum Usmani in Urdu. Translated in English by Tarique Anwar of TwoCircles.net Q: Being the Chairman of Madrasa Modernisation Committee of Government of India what is your opinion on management of madrasas and its curriculum? A: Each madrasa should become a registered organization or unregistered madrasas should become affiliated with a registered institution. As I see things developing in future, this is essential.

Recalling the Babri Masjid movement

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By Syed Shahabuddin, Babri masjid was attached in 1949 and Hindus and Muslims were legally barred from offering prayers there. In 1986 doors to the gates were opened by a court order and regular puja started taking place. It was done on the demands of VHP that Babri Masjid was built on the birth place of Rama and it should be handed over to the Hindus. In February 1986, on the petition of a local advocate, sessions judge at Faizabad without consulting or hearing the Muslims who were party to this case, passed an order opening the locks of the Babri Masjid.

More than Babri

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By Zakia Akhtar,

Sumptuous dates from the world over in Delhi markets

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By Ruwa Shah New Delhi: This Ramzan, replenish your Iftar delicacies with dates from almost all the countries around the globe. In the holy month of...

Non-involvement of religious representatives in Muslim think tank IMPAR a concern

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By Syed Khizar Ahmed There is an excellent initiative in the news concerning the Muslims of India that over 200 prominent Muslims of India have...

Hate Speech: a contemplation in Indian legal regime

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The term ‘hate speech’ has not been formally defined in any of the Indian legislations, however, it is a term created out of social...

Minority rights at the altar of Judiciary-Executive friction in India

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In India, the judiciary needs to check that every authority of law is doing its duty in accordance with the rule of law. It...

Adv. Khalid Azmi, carrying on the legacy of the Shaheed

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By Mahtab Alam, TwoCircles.net,

Fighting phantoms: The story of Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad

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Unheard & Unspoken: Terror stories from Madhya Pradesh: Part 10 By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net

Mirza Aejaz Baig: An ordinary teacher with an extra-ordinary zeal for poor to complete...

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Central government is spending crores of rupees to eradicate illiteracy through scores of schemes such as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (The...

Why you need to support Dr. Zakir Naik

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By Dr Muhammad Ajmal for TwoCircles.net, There is no need for an introduction on Zakir Naik, everyone knows him - he is a well-known...

The SC verdict on Assam is historic, but don’t forget the struggle of the...

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By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi for TwoCircles.net On December 5, the Supreme Court delivered one of the most important judgements in recent times, declaring that certificates...

बिहार में नफ़रती हिंसा : क्या ये महज़ चुनाव की तैयारी है?

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नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए बिहार में नफ़रत की सियासत और नतीजतन साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा, असलियत में 2019 की तैयारी है —बिहार में अभी हुए/हो रही नफ़रती...

The Tauhidic basis for inter-community peace and justice: Lessons from Dara Shikoh

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,

Book Review: Oxford Handbook of Muslims in India: Empirical and Policy Perspectives

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Name of the Book: Oxford Handbook of Muslims in India: Empirical and Policy Perspectives Edited by: Rakesh Basant & Abusaleh Shariff Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi Year: 2010 Pages: 308 Price: Rs. 850 ISBN: 0-19-806205-2 Reviewed by Yoginder Sikand

A case for Muslim CM for Karnataka

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By TH Abdullah, TwoCircles.net

Is Coimbatore again on Hindutva’s radar?

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By Riaz Ahamed for TwoCircles.net Violence is not new to the Hindutuva gang. The brutal and unholy attempts that have paid rich dividends in the...

Kabul to Delhi: Massacre in the name of faith

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Dr. Nadeem Zafar Jilani I am speechless hearing the news of the attack on Sikh worshippers in a Gurudwara in Kabul. At a time of...

Babri verdict very disappointing, against spirits of justice: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind

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New Delhi: The largest Indian Muslim organization Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has termed the verdict regarding acquittal of all the 32 accused the Babri Masjid demolition...

Ban Racism and not the Burqa

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By Bindu Gurtoo, CNS,

A basti that presents scene of mela everyday

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Yes. And this basti is not in a nondescript town in the backwaters of India but in the heart of the nation’s heart – the National Capital called New Delhi. Basti Hazrat Nizamuddin – the area owes its name to the Sufi saint whose shrine it has in its lap – gives you not only a feeling but also look and feel of a festival or mela everyday in the 365-day calendar.

We stand with you, Sanjiv Bhatt!

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By Sayema Sahar for TwoCircles.net,

The Nai Duniya: Then and now, now and then

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By Mohammad Sajjad,

Ambedkar’s ideology: Religion, nationalism and Indian Constitution

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By Ram Puniyani, In order to gain larger legitimacy, the RSS has been making claims of sorts. One that was made few months back was that Gandhi was impressed by functioning of RSS. Now, came another distortion that Ambedkar believed in Sangh ideology (Feb 15, 2015). This was stated by RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. Recently on the occasion of Ambedkar’s 124th birth anniversary many programmes were held by RSS combine giving a pro-Hindutva tilt to presentation of Ambedkar.

Editor of Milli Gazette accuses Indigo airlines ground staff of religious profiling

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwCircles.net New Delhi: Dr Zafar-ul-Islam Khan, ex president of All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM), the umbrella...

दम है मायावती बनने का!

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष बहन मायावती हमेशा से ही अपने फ़ैसलों से राजनितिक पंडितों को आश्चर्यचकित करती रही हैं. शुरुआत...

PEWT: noble idea for education of poor Shia children in suburban Mumbai

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By Dr Mookhi Amir Ali,

A Ramadan experience in Shanghai

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By Luqman for TwoCircles.net We hastily walked across the street adjoining the sprawling Yuanshen Stadium.It was nearing dusk fall. Destiny had it that I should be back to this place where I had been exactly two years ago. It was on a day of Eid, that I first had been to the Pudong Masjid, and had left with no distant thought in mind of ever returning again. As the un-alterable fact is, we set out plans for ourselves, and Almighty God guides us through a firmly charted plan – at times strikingly in contrast with our own…

Hijabi rebels in India

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By Kousar Fathima Purdah is not new to Indian Muslims, it has always been a part of Muslim society but with passage of time and...

Indo-Pak Mushaira to take place this weekend

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By Bushra Alvi Razzack for TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The 51st edition of Shankar Shad Mushaira, an annual meet of poets from India and Pakistan, will...

The farce over prevention of communal violence

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By M Reyaz, As the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government decided to not table the Anti-Communal Violence Bill amidst much din in the Upper...

Is religious fanaticism dragging India the Pakistan’s way?

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By Mohammed Naseeruddin for TwoCircles.net, When Indian media paid no attention to the repercussions of Narendra Modi’s leadership, it was a section of international media which predicted, during the general election campaign, that if a hardcore Hindu nationalist like Modi became the Prime Minister of the most religiously diverse country of the world, Hindu nationalism and religious fanaticism would increase with strident anti-Muslim sentiments. This could lead to communal and ethnic violence, instability and catastrophic incidents. Are these dire predictions turning into a reality now?

Census 2011: India’s Muslims are no better today than a few decades earlier

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BY Sourjya Bhowmick, Via Catch News Recently released Census 2011 data based on religious faiths has revealed that Muslims have the lowest share...

ISIS arrests, AMU, Hindu Sena featured in Muslim leaders meeting with Home Minister

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By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter, New Delhi: A delegation of Muslim clerics and social leaders today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here and discussed several...

SIO और BHU के बीच लटकती साम्प्रदायिक सौहार्द्र की हक़ीक़त

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net, वाराणसी: कम्यूनल हार्मोनी यानी साम्प्रदायिक सौहार्द्र पर बात करना या उसे किसी चर्चा का विषय बनाना उतना आसान नहीं, जितना सोचने में...

Memon’s hanging revives debate about ‘Us vs Them’

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While we must not forget all these instances of discrimination, we must also remember that during the same period, it was Hindu activists who...

World Financial Crisis: Lesson form Islamic Economics

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By M. Fahim Khan, No doubt, riba (interest, usuary) and maysir (gambling, speculative activities similar to gambling) are the major factors leading to the current financial crisis. Islam's prohibition of Riba and Maysir along with Islamic values and morals, and recognizing others' interest in one's economic fortunes, if adhered to, could not have lead the world to the present day financial crisis. Keeping individuals and Society free form financial and economic crises can clearly be seen as one of the objectives of such institutions.

Yakub’s death is a painful reminder for Indian Muslims

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By AJ Quraishi for TwoCircles.net In his only interview to India Today in 1994, a confident Yakub Memon insists that though his story might...

In Hyderabad University, Dalit students pay heavy price for protesting against Hindutva brigade

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By Hana Ashraf and Anees M for Twocircles.net There is nothing more important in ‘student politics’ than the ongoing tension in FTII Pune, if one...

एक बड़े सामाजिक प्रश्न के जवाब में ‘निल बट्टे सन्नाटा’

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जावेद अनीस विदेशों में सभी परिवार घरेलू सहायक अफोर्ड नहीं कर पाते हैं क्योंकि उनकी पगार बहुत ज्यादा होती है, लेकिन भारत में कामवाली...

क्रिकेट की पिच पर जारी नफ़रत का खेल

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अभय कुमार भारत-पाकिस्तान फाइनल मैच के फ़ौरन बाद दर्जनों मुसलमानों के ऊपर मुक़दमें ठोक दिए गए और कितने को गिरफ़्तार कर जेल भी भेज...

Lockdown Lessons: Laws needed, but civic sense sits at the heart of the fight...

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Dr. Ahmed Raza Being the world’s second most populous country, India has geared up to fight Covid19 by initiating persistent efforts towards health care management,...

Obituary: Prof. Mohammed Amin

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By Naved Masood, Prof Mohammed Amin former Vice Chancellor Jamia Hamdard and for long Vice Principal of St Stephens' College passed away on Dec. 15th at Sir Gngaram Hospital.

Muslims should emulate Sikhs by donating 100,000 meal packages to Nepal quake victims

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By Kaleem Kawaja, The Sikh community in India has pledged to donate 250,000 packages of ready- to- eat meals daily for next few days to the victims of the recent horrible earthquake in Nepal. This is an awesome example of how the Sikh community always helps the suffering in their hour of need. When floods hit Kashmir in September 2014, the Sikh community donated 100,000 meal packages.

Lack of interest among AMU students failed Aligarh the movie

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By Mohammad Rafay Qadri for Twocircles.net Aligarh the movie, which portrays the story of an Aligarh Muslim University professor, has sadly found few students interested...

Kutubuddin Khan: Engineer devoted to making the world a greener place

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net For Kutubuddin Khan, a 45-year-old engineer, the world begins and ends with trees. We are not exaggerating: Khan, who belongs to a...

Modi government in celebratory mode but concern over Hindutva outfits

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By V.S. Chandrasekar New Delhi, (IANS): Stepping into its fourth year in power on Friday, the Narendra Modi government is in a celebratory mood after...

For second consecutive Eid-ul-fitr, “Shoulder to Shoulder Movement” to organise joint Shia-Sunni Eid prayers

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Delhi: Once again, Jamia Nagar in Delhi is going to witness a show of solidarity and unity on eve of...

Ek Aur Chiraagh Bujh Gaya: The death of Dr. A. R. Kidwai

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By Saba Syed Hafeez for Twocircles.net Last Wednesday morning, I got the news about the passing away of Kidwai Saheb (Dr A. R. Kidwai).Inna lillahe...

Three Nonagenarians who made the mark

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By Mukhtar Ahmad Recently I came across three personalities all more than 90 years two of them living and working and one died recently on...

Infosys must redeem itself, reinstate Muslim employee sacked on false terror charges

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By Adnan Alavi, India's leading software company Infosys may be a an IT giant but its action against an employee on false terror charges has finally been questioned by the court also.

The purpose of Muslim community is to establish peace, says Jamaat e Islami President

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By Qudratullah Faraz Addressing a public gathering organised by Jamaat e Islami Hind (JIH) in Aligarh, JIH president Jalauddin Umri declared, “The purpose of Muslim community...

आखिर क्यों है ख़तरे में सूचना का अधिकार…?

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रईस अहमदी “#MeToo” के शोर ओ गुल में भारत दुनियाभर के 119 देशों के भुखमरी दूर करने वाले सर्वे में 55वें पायदान से गिरकर 103वें...

Torture in police custody should stop

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By M Ghazali Khan, Reports of police torture of Malegaon blast accused are shameful. The notice issued by the National Human Rights Commission...

AMU alumni celebrate Sir Syed Day in New York

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By Shaheer Khan, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was born on October 17, 1817. Sir Syed, the famous 19th century scholar, historian and social reformer spent most of his time on promotion of social, economic and educational conditions of Indian Muslims.

In conversation with Dr Baharul Islam, General Secretary, AIUDF

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Ramadan at a New York City construction site

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By Misbahuddin Mirza, P.E., The premixed-mortar feeder belched a huge plume of gray dry cement cloud into the air as a new batch was fed into the mixer. I made a mental note of this as I stepped off the scaffold, and onto the stair-tower to begin my descent towards mother earth. The site was abuzz with life. Laborers were using mechanical lifts to convey construction material up to the construction location. Fork lifts scurried around moving pallets loaded with construction material.

For Modi, the real test will be taming ‘gau rakshaks’

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By Amulya Ganguli A year ago, the Prime Minister had admonished the gau rakshaks (cow vigilantes) in no uncertain terms. He did so again last...

‘Chalo TISS’ earns solidarity from across India over scholarship protests; strike enters day 14

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net The ‘Chalo TISS’ call given by the General Body of TISS students was highly successful, with more than 500 people all...

SDPI organises rally in Delhi to campaign against communal terror

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By TCN Staff Reporter, New Delhi: A march as part of the ongoing nationwide campaign against communal terror with the slogan “On Your Feet,...

Gau Raksha, anti-Romeo and the deafening silences of PM Modi and the BJP

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By Mushtaque Rahmat for Twocircles.net There are few who have managed the art of silence and the craft of spewing caustic ideas/thought, and Prime Minister...

Who to blame for Plight of Muslims

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By Ram Puniyani Naseeruddin Shah in an interview to Karawan-E-Mohabbat expressed his anguish and anger at the killing of Subodh Kumar Singh, the police inspector....

Covid-19, state repression and the decline of people’s movement

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The outbreak of Covid-19 shattered the whole world and everything was on a standstill except the state. The state managed to get absolute control...

For Bebyda Khatun, a National award is the ideal recognition of her efforts as...

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata/Birbhum: For 38-year-old Bebyda Khatun, December 1 is likely to be a special day: a day that bears testimony to the...

In Photos: The last journey of J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: On Thursday morning, people of Jammu and Kashmir woke up to the news of the...

रोहित वेमुला के नाम मार डाले गए एक होनहार का ख़त

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By ए मिरसाब, TwoCircles.net देश में हैदराबाद विश्वविद्यालय के छात्र रोहित वेमुला की मृत्यु के बाद एक शोक और आक्रोश का मिश्रित माहौल है. विश्वविद्यालय...

Naseeruddin Shah ko Gussa Kyon Aata hai?

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Ram Puniyani The index of health of democratic society is gauzed by the feeling of security experienced by the minorities. Similarly one can say that...

Justice for Hafiz Modi and Narendra Saeed!

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By NM Sampathkumar Iyangar, Dismissal by Lahore High Court of the terror case against Jamaatud Dawa Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed in early October comes weeks after the ‘honourable’ Home Minister of India P Chidambaram “demanded” justice for the victims of Mumbai terror attack. “My demand is that now that he (Saeed) has been arrested he should be interrogated on the 26/11 incidents. His role in the 26/11 attacks must be investigated,” Chiddu had declared soon after returning from a junket to US.

Literary journal ‘Andaz-e-Bayan’ is the quest for understanding feminine pain and protest

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By Manzar Imam for TwoCircles.net, Subjugated for centuries, women have come a long way to getting their voice heard even in the most so-called progressive...

We see plurality of voices against Indian state in Kashmir…this is the beginning of...

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By Mohammed Sirajuddeen for TwoCirclces.net Khurram Parvez was forbidden from boarding his flight to Switzerland at the behest of the orders from Intelligence Bureau even...

Rights body calls internet siege in Kashmir as ‘digital apartheid’, urges international community to...

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By Gowhar Geelani, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Society (JKCCS) in its exhaustive report has described the frequent internet shutdowns and communication...

After days of communal riot, peace is a fragile idea in Moradabad

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

Sources confirm insult of Zameeruddin Shah at the hands of HRD minister, says Smriti...

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By TCN Staff Reporter Adding fuel to the controversy over the alleged humiliation of AMU vice chancellor Lt. Gen (retd) Zameeruddin Shah by Union HRD...

Beyond Homosexuality and AMU: Why ‘Aligarh’ is a must-watch movie

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By Mahtab Alam for Twocircles.net Last week, a day after Hansal Mehta’s latest film Aligarh was released for public viewing in theatres across the country...

Efforts of IMRC make drinkable water accessible to drought-affected rural areas in India

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net As a debilitating drought enters its thrird successive year in Marathwada region of Maharashtra, Mohammad Yousuf, 45 a farmer from...

Mehnaaz Nadiadwala: A Silver lining in the clouds

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For Mehnaaz, helping the needy, irrespective of caste or religion is a way of life. And that is Islam. And it is this that Muslims need to introspect about. By Nigar Ataulla,

Recent election results demand a re-look into the merits of the Electronic Voting Machine

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By Mohammed Anis Akhtar for Twocircles.net The integrity of the world’s largest democracy, India, depends on the reliability and validity of elections, held on a...

Human rights as a secular project : Theoretical and practical conundrums in the western...

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By M Abdul Fathah A plethora of human rights rulings came out of the Indian supreme court has been a tonal material for many a recent...

नीतिश राज में मुसहरों को बिल्डरों का खौफ़

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना:बिहार की राजधानी में मुसहर जाति के लोग इन दिनों भारी संकट में हैं. मुसहरों की जमीन पर एक बिल्डर की...

If Owaisi can criticise every leader in UP, why does he spare Mayawati?

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By Soroor Ahmed, Twocircles.net The strategy of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh is different from the one adopted during the campaign ahead...

Will the real Marxists and Fascists in Hyderabad Central University please stand up?

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There are many lower orders in the Hindu society whose economic, political and social needs are the same as those of majority of Muslims and they would be far more ready to make a common cause with the Muslims for achieving common ends than they would with the high caste hindus who have denied and deprived them of ordinary human rights for centuries. — Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar - Writings and Speeches Vol 8. P. 359

Maulana Azad: A fighter for intellectual emancipation

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On this day in 1888, Maulana Azad was born in Makkah. Azad is now remembered as freedom fighter and India’s first education minister, his...

Dutch companies producing garments in India often pay less than minimum wage: Study

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The working conditions in factories in India that produce for Dutch clothing brands are downright bad. No garment worker earns...