Indian Muslims
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Politics
Muslims salute Amma (and Akka) Mahadevi
The poster argues that India’s Muslims, facing a BJP majority, may now rely on powerful women regional leaders such as Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee as their main political shield, a…
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Politics
Muslims are over-represented only in jails
Reacting to Saba Naqvi on the state of secularism, the poster argues that ideologies are more poisonous than events, naming the two-nation theory as the chief source, and that secularists…
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The (muslim) divisions of the Dewan (Ajmer)
The poster argues that the two-nation theory created Muslims regarded as outsiders in both India and Pakistan, citing the row in which Shaan called Ali Zafar a traitor for working…
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Politics
How did the muslims vote?
The poster argues that Muslims tend to vote Congress in perilous times, and that a nationwide Muslim party would destroy Congress and make the BJP the natural ruling party. State-by-state…
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Politics
Polarization and (slow) poisoning
The author agrees that politicians on both sides profit from polarisation, but faults Basharat Peer for omitting the expelled Kashmiri Pandits and the Two-Nation Theory, and calls for naming all…
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Politics
Losing my (muslim) religion (voting for BJP)
A comment, with a news extract, on clerics’ conflicting advice to Muslims about voting for the BJP, which the poster reads as showing Shia-Sunni divisions that could help Modi in…
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Politics
Muslim Brahmin axis rides high (on elephant back)
The BSP gives more Lok Sabha tickets to Brahmins and Muslims. The poster welcomes this Dalit-led coalition as an inverted pyramid that must trouble caste-hustlers.
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Politics
Seeking Jaziyah from muslims
The poster argues that Muslim block voting for the Congress is a modern jizya, and has brought backwardness without security. He hopes Muslims will demand both security and progress as…
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Politics
Did (Indian) muslims win the Kargil war?
A report on Azam Khan’s claim that Muslim soldiers won the Kargil war, with the poster’s hope that moderate Muslims who coexist with others will outweigh those seeking purity.
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Politics
The Economist condemns The Man
The Economist declines to back Narendra Modi despite admiring his economic record, citing his failure to explain his role in the violence of 2002, and recommends a Congress-led government as…