Secularism

On 3rd June 2026, the Central Mushawara of the Samastha Kerala Jem-Iyyathul Ulama held a meeting in Kozhikode to discuss the IUML MLA lamp lighting issue. Following the meeting, the Islamist outfit issued a directive, in which they said that lamp lighting is a practice followed by Hindus for a long time. Samastha stressed that Muslims performing rituals of other faiths that have no basis in Islam would essentially be departing from Islam.

The story moves back and forth between the fateful months prior to August 15, 1947 and the current minority driven politics of Bengal.

A plea filed by Congress's KC Venugopal seeks strict implementation of one of the provisions of the Places of Worship Act (POWA), which prohibits lawsuits to reclaim a place of worship or to change its character from what it was on August 15, 1947.

Madras High Court restricted entry of non-Hindus in temples in its order on 30th January.

A user on X wrote, "Glad that you’re marking the day. Concerned, as a member, that you felt the need to erase Jewish victims from your memorial. Any explanation?"

On the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Hussain said, “Some people do something for their political gain but the Congress never uses God and religion to divide people. The Congress has an ideology, commitment and discipline, which I follow."

DU Hindi professor Apoorvanand cried secularism as Hindus getting closer to get back their temple, was named in Delhi anti-Hindu riots

Assam CM and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma while addressing a rally in polll-bound Chhattisgarh, tore into the Congress Party saying the grand old party should not teach secularism to the BJP

Rahul Gandhi in Washington said that the Muslim League, which played a vital role in partition of India on religious lines, was "completely secular".

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday promised the writers that the act of polluting children's minds through texts and lessons cannot be condoned