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The Wire gives platform to Jamaat-e-Islami linked IAMC to insult, gaslight American Hindus in their lawsuit against Audrey Truschke

Jhankar Mohta - 14 January, 2023

The Wire has gone on to provide platform to Rasheed Ahmed, the executive director of the Indian American Muslim Council

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Scam-accused Washington Post columnist says Nupur Sharma’s ‘privilege’ got her a gun license after her co-religionists threatened her with rape and beheading

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2023

Facing death threats for months, being locked in her own house for months, may seem like a privilege to Rana Ayyub, but for any sensible person, these are genuine grounds to grant a gun license to Nupur Sharma.

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Human Rights Watch advises governments not to move trade from China to India alleging human rights violations, repeats familiar lies

Raju Das - 14 January, 2023

Human Rights Watch asks governments not to shift businesses from China to India alleging India is mimicking China in violations of rights

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1994 ISRO espionage case: Allegations of spying against Nambi Narayanan false, part of an international conspiracy, CBI tells Kerala HC

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2023

CBI told Kerala HC that allegations of spying against Nambi Narayanan were fake and part of international conspiracy.

Opinions

‘Liberal’ Salafism, UCC being ‘election propaganda’, ‘not letting secular votes get divided’: Shashi Tharoor playing with fire to become Kerala CM?

Editorial Desk - 14 January, 2023

Shashi Tharoor has been busy meeting several religious leaders in Kerala recently and is now getting wider support from the Muslim community after his recent meetings.

OpIndia Explains

Feast of the Ass: All you need to know about the Christian festival celebrated on 14th January, condemned later by the Church as ‘blasphemous’

Dibakar Dutta - 14 January, 2023

The Feast of the Ass (or Fête de l'âne in French) is believed to have been the adaptation of the Roman pagan festival of 'Cervulus.'

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Congress MP Santokh Chaudhary passes away after suffering a heart attack during Bharat Jodo Yatra, 5th death so far

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2023

Congress MP from Jalandhar Chaudhary Santokh Singh died during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab’s Phillaur while talking along Rahul Gandhi

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Even as Nirav Modi lost all pleas in UK, he is not India-bound: Why he may not be extradited to India soon

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2023

Even as fugitive Nirav Modi lost all of his pleas against extradition to India, the accused in PNB scam is unlikely to return to India

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Bihar-based terrorist of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen translated and circulated Jihadi literature among Muslims: NIA in chargesheet

ANI - 14 January, 2023

Bihar-based operative of the banned outfit translated "Jihadi literature from Urdu/Arabic to Hindi" and uploaded it on social media groups for its circulation amongst impressionable Muslims."

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