Sabar Bonda: A poignant tale of gentle men seeking solitude in a conforming worldRohan Parashuram Kanawade's Marathi film Sabar Bonda won the top prize in the World Cinema: Dramatic category at Sundance Film Festival. Th...
08 Feb, 2025, 10.52 PM IST
How accession of King Charles III to the throne is not just politically significant, but also carries religious importanceHow accession of Charles to the throne is not just politically significant, but also carries religious importance
04 May, 2023, 11.06 AM IST
Nawab Malik claims Sameer Wankhede forged birth certificate; NCB official slams ministerMalik tweeted a photo of the purported certificate, saying "Sameer Dawood Wankhede ka yahan se shuru hua furjiwada. (Sameer Dawood Wankhede...
25 Oct, 2021, 08.31 PM IST
View: For all its ills, cynical politics aids the tolerance of foes in IndiaAre Pew’s findings credible? The survey shows all groups are overwhelmingly opposed to inter-faith marriages and religious conversions. Peo...
14 Jul, 2021, 12.14 AM IST
View: Muslims resist CAA drawing on democracy, AIMPLB bars democracy from customBy challenging the extension of constitutional guarantees of fundamental rights to Muslim law, AIMPLB undermines the ongoing movement to de...
04 Feb, 2020, 11.21 PM IST
Abducted Pakistani Sikh girl not yet reunited with her familyThe Secretary General of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbhandhik Committee's Ameer Singh told that Jagjit Kaur is in Lahore's Darul Amaan (shelt...
06 Sep, 2019, 08.35 PM IST
Congress obstructing justice by attempting to derail Triple Talaq Bill: M J AkbarTriple talaq will be criminalised, that doesn’t mean divorce has been banned. There is a procedure mentioned in the holy book, says M J Akb...
15 Jan, 2018, 06.31 AM IST
How female qazis took the law into their own handsBMMA established the Darul Uloom Niswaan in 2016 to train women from across the country. Of the 30 that enrolled, 13 have finally been awar...
27 Aug, 2017, 10.32 AM IST
Why the Triple Talaq verdict will not trigger an instant revolutionMany have long deplored the persistence among Indian Muslims of the practice of talaq-e-biddat, in which a man unilaterally dissolves his m...
27 Aug, 2017, 06.59 AM IST
Who'll draw inviolable thin line between tolerance, intolerance?Tolerance plays a crucial role in achieving this goal in a country like India where people follow a mosaic of religions, cultures and custo...
05 Jun, 2017, 10.41 AM IST
Triple talaq: Here's why Supreme Court may strike down unilateral talaqsArguments have ended in the triple talaq case and the judgement is expected before August. SC’s decision will have far-reaching implication...
22 May, 2017, 12.02 AM IST
Dial-a-divorce against spirit of Islam: M J AkbarMy position was fully and continuously written in the Telegraph, previously in Sunday and so on, says Akbar.
15 Nov, 2016, 12.04 AM IST
Holy Quran bats for gender rights: MJ AkbarI am asking the qazis opposing triple talaq to go research the holy Quran, said MJ Akbar.
15 Nov, 2016, 12.01 AM IST
30 years after Shah Bano, 'Islamic feminists' fight backIn 1985, Shah Bano was caught in a pincer between her legal rights and her religion. But now, Muslim women are refusing to accept that fals...
03 Nov, 2016, 12.50 PM IST
Don't let Uniform Civil Code row hijack triple talaq reformThe Law Commission, whose role is purely advisory , has begun consultations on a theme that finds mention in the Directive Principles of th...
30 Oct, 2016, 12.29 PM IST
Triple talaq violates Quran & Sunna, apart from Constitution: Arif Mohammad KhanNajma Heptulla, along with Muslim Personal Law Board leaders played a key role in "pressuring the Rajiv government" to do the U-turn in the...
20 Oct, 2016, 12.20 AM IST
Spoilers Mulayam Singh Yadav and Asaduddin Owaisi get a taste of Bahari sentimentMulayam Singh Yadav and Asaduddin Owaisi came out of Bihar battle with bruised egos and battered credibility, failing to make any impact on...
09 Nov, 2015, 12.39 PM IST