If Ideology Conflicts With Law, Courts Should Protect the Law: Former Allahabad HC CJ
In an interaction with the Indian Express, Govind Mathur discussed a range of topics, including the failure of the state to protect civil liberties and hindrances in appointing minorities as judges.
Justice Govind Mathur. Photo: allahabadhighcourt.in
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New Delhi: Justice Govind Mathur, who retired as chief justice of the Allahabad high court last month, said that many of the challenges that the Indian judiciary faces today are similar to those it encountered in the early 1970s in the face of a âmajoritarian executiveâ in an interaction with the
Podcast: Muslims Are Feeling Excluded, But Anti-CAA Protests Provided a Positive Opportunity Forward
In conversation with Ali Khan Mahmudabad, an academic and scholar who teaches at Ashoka University.
Ali Khan Mahmudabad and Sidharth Bhatia.
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In recent years, the Muslims of India have been besieged by the forces of Hindutva and by a series of legal measures that appear designed against them, from the Citizenship (Amendment) Act to various states’ âlove
jihadâ laws. Ali Khan Mahmudabad feels that it wonât stop at Muslims â others will be targeted too.
Mahmudabad, an academic and scholar who teaches at Ashoka University, says the community is feeling excluded. In a podcast interview with Sidharth Bhatia, he says that the emergence of young voices, especially of women, is a chance for Muslims to come together.
âI Converted to Islam, But Hide My New Faith in Publicâ: An Upper Caste Hindu Man Tells His Story
At a time when many BJP state governments have passed or plan to pass so-called anti-conversion laws, his journey from Hinduism to Islam has given him a special insight in to the rise in anti-Muslim sentiment.
A man holds The Holy Quran sitting on his prayer mat. Photo: Tarushi Aswani
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New Delhi: âI have hated Muslims most of my life and today I proudly call myself one,â says Siddharth, who assumed the name Shadab when he converted to Islam in 2012.
BJP governments in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have enacted laws to penalise ‘fraudulent conversions’ to stop what party leaders term 'love jihad'.
Gujarat To Bring Law Against Love Jihad : CM Vijay Rupani
The major announcement comes amid a poll rally in Vadodara ahead of the municipal corporation elections. PTI photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-15T08:12:39+05:30 Gujarat To Bring Law Against Love Jihad : CM Vijay Rupani outlookindia.com 2021-02-15T08:14:08+05:30
Also read We are going to bring a law against love jihad in the Assembly, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced on Sunday. He said, his government will soon bring a strict law against love jihad in the state to stop conversion through marriage or other fraudulent ways.
The major announcement comes amid a poll rally in Vadodara ahead of the municipal corporation elections.