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5 mn read India witnessed enormous bloodshed when it was partitioned in 1947 into two independent nations: Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. The partition was along communal lines with millions of Muslims from India migrating to Pakistan and millions of Hindus from Pakistan coming to India. Undivided India had a 24% Muslim population which fell to 10% after […]
Written by Swapna S
6 mn read Clashes between Hindus and Muslims The reports of clashes between Hindus and Muslims are becoming regular in many parts of India. But why do the two communities hate each other so much? The animosity between the two communities did not start recently. It has a long history of events and incidents that culminated and aggravated […]
Written by Swapna S
4 mn read Modern day Secularism Secularism is freedom of religion. In a free and democratic society, people are unrestricted from practicing their beliefs, whether religious or areligious. Provided, of course, you are not hurting anyone when practicing your beliefs. That is why the First Amendment of the United States constitution says that “Congress shall make no law […]
Written by Rashid Minhas
2 mn read The above photo is under license CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. The image was created by daarkfire. On Oct. 28, Indian police in the state of Uttar Pradesh arrested three Kashmiri students. Their crime was a heinous one. A crime that required the swift application of justice to rid Indian streets of a growing menace. These students’ […]
Written by Rashid Minhas
3 mn read Hindu sisters Reena and Raveena likely never intended to be at the center of a national debate. But in March of 2019, events around their marriages and conversion to Islam sparked an uproar that only proved their country, Pakistan’s, inability or unwillingness to protect religious minorities. Their marriages raised troubling questions. Were they forced into […]
Written by Rashid Minhas
