US State Department Report on Indian Muslims: What’s the truth?

I am an Indian Muslim who read with interest the report of US State Department on international Religious Freedom this Friday morning.  

Modi is India’s greatest prime minister by a distance—here’s why

The very headline demands a comparison. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru had his own view of India, not the one he shared with his mentor Mahatma Gandhi. Views on science was one...

Triple Talaq nothing but a criminal act: Arif Mohammad Khan

Arif Mohammad Khan, once a politician now a social activist, has no doubt that “Triple Talaq’ is a criminal act and must be declared so by the Modi...

Liberalism is dead: World leans on a new order

Last week’s G20 gathering in Osaka was a signal event: it signaled how much the world has changed. The centerpieces of the new configuration are China, Russia and...

Why Lanka terror holds such an important message for Indian Muslims

You might be aware of details but they bear a recount before I stress that reformation of Islam can no longer be swept under the carpet in the name of...

“My biology is not your religion”

Supreme Court has mandated that intercourse with a minor married wife, even with her consent, is rape. The laws of this land already prohibit minors--"Bal-Vivah"- to be married off...

TAPI pipeline: The Afghan Taliban factor

Good news: work on TAPI has begun. Bad news: the Afghan Taliban is has expanded. India’s big dream is at crossroads. New Eastern Outlook investigates.