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A man driving a vehicle in an ethnic Uighur neighbourhood in Aksu in the region of Xinjiang. (AFP)

Calls for UN probe on China's forced birth control on muslim women

A recent AP investigation had found Chinese government taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and...

1 July 2020 10:46 AM IST

Activists from Students Federation of India (SFI) hold placards during a demonstration against the recent hijab ban in few of Karnatakas educational institutes, in Chennai on February 10, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Hijab row: Beyond the hype and hysteria

Why do people care more about a headscarf worn by a woman than what is going on inside her head?

12 Feb 2022 12:42 AM IST

However, the college refuted the claims and said that she had been restrained from wearing the full burqa and veil. (Representational Image)

Bombay HC allows student to attend college wearing hijab

The student also sought permission to appear for the repeated batch of the first year exam which was to be held in the...

16 March 2018 6:33 AM IST

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End to male privilege of instant divorce

Valiant Muslim women in India take up the big fight to change the misogynistic Islamic divorce law of triple talaq.

23 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

A five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar will on Tuesday pronounce a verdict on pleas challenging the validity of triple talaq (divorce) in the Muslim community. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Cabinet tweaks talaq bill, okays bail for accused

The new version of the bill with a provision for bail is expected to win support of the Congress and other Opposition...

10 Aug 2018 1:23 AM IST

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Mystic Mantra: No space for 'I' in Sufi doctrine

One of the most striking aspects of the female Sufis is the certainty expressed in their relationship with God and His...

28 Aug 2018 12:49 AM IST

The increasingly popular premise that women who wear a headscarf can do anything has expanded in a way that has largely nullified the premise of modesty. (Representational image)

Headscarves have evolved as a symbol of identity

All of this would be readily acceptable were it not for the fact that this particular contest is a beauty pageant.

6 Sept 2018 7:50 AM IST

The Quran prescribes all Muslims, irrespective of gender, to dress modestly.

Living with Islamophobia

Islamophobia has increasingly become a part of the political rhetoric.

10 Sept 2018 6:35 AM IST

The issue of women wearing a face-cover, a burqa, in public is different from wearing hijab or head-cover to keep private a womans attractive hair.

Burqa: The case of Muslim face cover

The teaching of Prophet Muhammad provides the wisest advice: Muslims should follow the practices of the society in which...

10 Sept 2018 6:30 AM IST

It is ironic that the BJP, when raising the issue of triple talaq, is claiming to speak for the interests of Muslim women when its leaders like Yogi Adityanath are busy demonising the Muslim community. (Representational image)

Major boost for BJP ahead of state elections

PM Modi calls verdict historic'; Cong too welcomes it, in damage control bid.

23 Aug 2017 1:35 AM IST

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Woman bouncer pulls no punches in Indian capital

For nearly a decade Mehrunnisha Shokat Ali has been working in the vocation and takes immense pride.

14 July 2017 1:13 PM IST

The UP police has reportedly assured Amreen that they would take action under the law. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

UP woman utters triple talaq to abusive husband

Amreen Bano, 24, has accused her husband of constant physical violence and said she was beaten and tortured.

4 May 2017 11:52 AM IST