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The Indian Express invokes 2023 UNESCO inscription to secularise Garba and vilify Hindu groups for Muslim ban: Here’s how the newspaper’s arguments are flawed

On 19th October, The Indian Express article headlined, "How saffron groups are ‘pushing out’ non-Hindus of Navratri events", cherry-picks a few incidents of confrontations and announcements at Navratri Garba events in Gujarat to weave a narrative that there is a systematic "saffron" campaign of exclusion against Muslims that contradicts the UNESCO's recognition of Garba as inclusive. 

Supreme Court verdict on ‘Backward Class’ certificate for Muslim converts should lead to national review of non-Hindus getting reservations

A government cannot simply transfer a person from an earlier caste or community category into a new reservation-bearing group through an executive order. This is a significant check on arbitrary reservation policy.

The art of fiction: How one Wikipedia Editor created the myth that Muslims made ‘scientific inventions’ during the ‘golden age of Islam’

The 1416-year-old religion of Islam had a golden age. It was an era that was marked by scientific temperament, remarkable inventions and discoveries. If you believed it, then you too are a victim of a myth that was consciously created and mainstreamed by a Wikipedia editor, 'Jagged 85.'

Ujjain’s ‘street veto’: When court-backed removal of Shahi Mosque portion for road widening triggered stone pelting and violence by Muslim mob

Ujjain’s Shahi Masjid row escalated into clashes after protesters opposed the removal of a portion of the mosque for a court-backed road-widening project ahead of Simhastha 2028.

Mahua Moitra moves to the UN over alleged exclusion of Muslim officers in Bengal: How TMC MP turned routine deployment into a communal controversy

Mahua Moitra’s UN complaint seeks to turn an unproven allegation of religious discrimination into an international controversy, without producing evidence that religion was actually the reason for the officers’ exclusion.

Philippines’ Muslim-majority region holds first parliamentary vote: Read the history of separatist conflict and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region

The Muslim-majority Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the southern Philippines completed its first parliamentary election on 15th September, after ditching struggle for separate Muslim exclusive state.

The Grand Mufti of India cites Quran to defend confinement of Muslim women to homes: Will Rahul Gandhi ‘smash patriarchy’ in the Quran too?

Rahul Gandhi wants to “smash patriarchy” when attacking Manusmriti. Will he show the same courage when a Muslim cleric invokes the Quran to confine women to their homes?

Muslim gangs forcing non-Muslim inmates to convert to Islam in UK prisons: The unchecked Islamisation of Britain

The main target of Muslim jail gangs is reported to be White British men, who are being forced by Muslim inmates to convert to Islam.

Assam: Babul Ali and Shukur Ali dress up as ‘kanwariyas’ to steal mobile phones during Hindu religious procession, arrested

It is interesting to note that Babul Ali and Shukur Ali, who are Muslims by Faith, dressed up as 'Kanwariyas' to commit the crime. The duo wore saffron shirts and had similar headbands.

Zaira Wasim questions girls dancing at Kashmir Independence Day event: How Talibanesque orthodoxy disguised as ‘Islamic values’ become a gateway to radicalism

Zaira Wasim chose to leave Bollywood for Islam, that is her choice; but telling Kashmiri Muslim girls that dancing, performing and participating in India's public life threaten their faith is not religious freedom, it is regressive radicalism.

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