Indian PM Modi summoned to answer human rights lawsuit.
Obama was among the first Western leaders to call and congratulate Modi when his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party swept into power in May. Still, Modis critics worry the ascendance of his Hindu nationalist party��.
Jihad Comes to India? | Foreign Affairs
When al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri vowed last week to ���raise the flag of jihad��� in India, it was tempting to dismiss the announcement as an idle threat. India has a significant Muslim population -- approximately 14. With the recent election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ground is more fertile for Islamic militancy than at any time in recent memory. Modis election will not lead to the radicalization of the��.
Muslim Personal Law Board attacks Modi govt, RSS
File photo of PM Narendra Modi.The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday launched a frontal attack on the Narendra Modi government. The board announced a nationwide campaign to counter right wing forces, accusing Hindu organisations like the.
Indian Muslims weigh their options as Hindu right gains.
Party leaders and the members of their respective castes enjoyed expanded access to state resources and power while the Muslims continued to be marginalized. Divisive Agenda. In the run up to the 2014 elections, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Narendra Modi, promoted economic development as its main agenda. But there was a. While some Muslims advocate limited engagement others call for a wholehearted embrace. The fact is that��.
Adityanath: Declare cow as Rashtra Mata
BJP MP Adityanath wants cow to be declared as Rashtra Maata or Mother of the Nation. Inspired by the success of the BJPs missed-call membership drive that has apparently made it the worlds biggest political party, Adityanaths Hindu Yuva Vahini has .
As India votes, Muslims keep a wary eye on the Hindu.
India is home to more than 1 billion people, 13 percent of them Muslims. Their mistrust of Narendra Modi, the Hindu nationalist leader running for prime minister, can tell us a great deal about India, a democratic country with a��.
Indian Election: Why It Matters
As Indias opposition Bharatiya Janata Party storms to victory in general elections, India — and the world — will be watching what comes next.
Hindu nationalist leaders in India looking to make India a.
Powerful Hindu nationalist leaders ��� some with close ties to Modis government ��� say they intend to ensure India becomes a completely Hindu nation. But Modi himself? He has remained silent as.. As a believing and practicing Muslim, I agree that there are those who call themselves Muslims but who are doing atrocities and trying to justify it by Islamic law���their atrocities are in explicit violation of the Quran. I think that their actions also do not comport with a��.
Can The Hindu Nationalist Modi Play A Saviour Role To Tamils In Sri Lanka?
Now, not only the Sinhala bourgeois and the petty-bourgeois sections but even the Tamil National Alliance is finding common cause in welcoming the utterly anti-minority, anti-Muslim leader of BJP, the one who stands firmly on the slogan of Hindu.
Indias ruling Hindu party forms coalition in mainly Muslim.
PDP leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be chief minister of the region and head of its coalition government.. ���But I think Mufti Sayeed and the national (BJP) leadership of Modi-ji, they are on a journey to turn around Kashmir,��� an upbeat Akhtar told the NDTV network, using a Hindi honorific for respect. The inauguration, held amid tight security at the.. Which party in Pakistan is not Sindu, Hindu or Indoi what ever you call this race? Recommend. Ishan. Mar 1, 2015��.
Modi said in parliament he is angered and condemn the release (of Bhat). -AP/File
The lower house of parliament was temporarily adjourned on Monday after opposition parties demanded to know why separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat was released at the weekend by Kashmirs state government, which Modis nationalist party supports. ���I.
Altercation, death threats at Indian school before aging nun was raped
But three weeks ago, the school received death threats and demands for money in anonymous phone calls just days after the nuns had an altercation with the father of a boy who was expelled. The attack also. This is a Hindu nation and Christians and.
Raje warns of hate speech backlash, Congress leader calls.
The war of words after Congress candidate from Saharanpur Imran Masood threatened to chop BJPs prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi into pieces has now seen Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje joining the fray. She not only slammed Masood. This is a mastermind plan by sonia gandhi to attack Modi and BJP... notice the pattern how only Muslim Cong members are using these hate words and not Secular Hindu Cong pimps. Sonia wants Modi to��.
India long time friend of Indonesia
Nehru was a distinguished leader in the conference for his great contribution to the Bandung Ten Principles that inspired anti colonialism war in the two continents. Many countries in Africa. A.M. Fachir conveyed the invitation to Indian Foreign.
The Sunday Story: When PM comes to village
Five months after Jayapur in Varanasi was adopted by Modi under Adarsh Gram Yojana, it has regular VIP visitors, many benefactors, solar lights, bio-toilets, new houses, revamped schools, and promise of 100 pc water supply soon.. Modi. The.
Muslim leaders call on Modi
Muslim leaders from across the country met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to express their ���apprehensions��� about increased radicalisation and ���emerging threat of terrorism���. Mr. Modi heard the delegations concerns ���patiently��� and assured them .
Modis Indian Election Bandwagon Rolling as He Picks Up Allies
Opposition challenger Narendra Modis hunt for allies to emerge from Indias April-May election with a coalition large enough to rule is gaining momentum, with regional politicians flocking to team up with his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
A Secular India, or Not? At Strife Scene, Vote Is Test
The Muslims of this village in Gujarat were certainly free to come home, Manoj Joshi said. They simply had to agree to certain conditions first. No more misbehaving with or marrying Hindu women. No more illegal activities like betting. As important, the 156 Muslims who lived in this village of about 4,000 people should learn to live like a minority.. Dec 12 elections in India are seen latest test for many Indians of whether Indias future will be as secular society, in which its 130 million Muslims have equal rights and protections, or communal one, in which they live at odds with, and perhaps at mercy of, its 820 million Hindus; no one is more concerned about outcome than Gujarats Muslims, who feel their livelihoods and security may depend on results; anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat in February was led by Hindu nationalist groups closely linked to Bharatiya Janata Party, which governs Gujarat and leads national coalition as well; photos; map (M)
Interfaith groups calls on govt to ban Indian politician.
���Narendra Modi is a well-known Hindu nationalist leader who was banned for nearly a decade following his controversial role in sectarian riots in Gujarat, where up to 2,000 people were killed in 2002,��� said Fiyaz Mughal, director of Faith Matters and the Tell MAMA anti-Muslim hatred monitoring project.. Mughal has been proven a liar by exaggerating the attacks on Muslims and the government has withdrawn financial support for his phoney group ���Tell Mama���.
Mayawati dares Akhilesh govt to go for mid-term polls
At the same time, she attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the NDA government has failed to rein in Hindu outfits and improve economy. She also accused the Centre of practising. Mayawati attacked BJP leaders for making objectionable comments.
Crisis May Shift India’s Political Landscape
Many expect the two-day siege of Mumbai to figure centrally in the coming national elections, with candidates making national security a priority.
To win Delhi, BJP woos youth, Muslims, sect leaders
���We already have the support of (yoga guru) Baba Ramdev and we are hoping that the religious heads will give us their blessings to a leader (Modi) who has no hesitation in calling himself a proud Hindu,��� said the leader,��.
Mullah in Debate of Tradition vs. Modern Schooling
Mullah Ghulam Mohammed Vastanviis in a struggle for control of India’s most prestigious, influential Islamic seminary.
Al Qaeda Opens New Branch on Indian Subcontinent
Some analysts in India saw the announcement as a response to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, a rival group that has been recruiting Indian Muslims.. Al Qaeda releases video announcing the establishment of a new branch on Indian subcontinent; some analysts see announcement as response to Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, rival group that has been recruiting Indian Muslims.
Are Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi being treated. - Blogs
He is not a muslim! Why dont you question any Muslim leader for not putting a tilak on their foreheads? You are willing to pardon thousands of Congress yuvraajs mistakes and yet you dare to find faults with Modi?. Modi has to wear skullcaps so that he can show to muslims in a multifaith society that in spite of India is a Hindu country Hindus are stupid to become secular and now Muslims need not show that they are patriotic first and muslims second. Modi has to��.
Dalai Lama Praises India For Secularism Amid Fears Of Growing Religious.
While Indias secular nature has long been glorified as a crucial aspect of the countrys pluralistic, democratic culture, the issue has recently become charged, with right-wing Hindu nationalists calling for a revision of the constitutional definition.
How Obama can help eradicate the scourge of militant Hindu
But when he was chief minister of Gujarat, India experienced one of its worst post-independence incidents of anti-Muslim bloodletting by Hindu fundamentalists, some of them aligned with Modis Bharatiya Janata Party, provoking the U.S.. All of this jingoism would be comical if it werent accompanied with chilling calls by militant Hindu supremacist outfits such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, where Modi cut his political teeth, for upping Indias Hindu presence��.
After Modi election, Muslim group calls for jihad attacks on.
Washington:A jihad group has released a 10-minute video that calls on key fundamental Islamic leaders to attacks Indian targets worldwide in retaliation for the alleged atrocities commited [sic] against Muslims in India. According to... this anymore. Let them become educated. Young Muslims only want what young Hindus have. My Kashmiri Muslim friends are not anti-Hindu and consider themselves Indian Citizens.. They even voted for Modi. dumbledoresarmy says.
After Attack on Temple, Indian City Remains Quiet
Late Tuesday night, as gunmen were still battling police forces inside a Hindu temple complex about 20 miles from here, this citys police commissioner, K.S. Kaushik, called a meeting of his top officers. His instructions were clear and unequivocal: the police were to keep the peace, and effective force should be used without any hesitation to do it. If that meant clubs and tear gas, so be it. If firearms needed to be used, use them, he said.. Ahmedabad and most parts of Indias Gujarat State remain quiet days after gunmens siege of Hindu temple complex and battle with police forces ends with 31 dead, including 3 police commandos; documents on attackers bodies suggest they were Muslims seeking vengeance for killings of Muslims last February by Hindu mobs, as police stood by and did nothing; Hindu mobs in turn were seeking vengeance for death of Hindu activists in train car set alight by Muslims; Police Comr K S Kaushik, who was not in charge in February, says he is determined to prevent further violence (M)
Why do simple Muslim gifts unnerve Modi? : They Call Me.
I do not know what the cultured political stalwarts of the BJP have to say about it, but Narendra Modi, Gujarats chief minister, let a great opportunity slip when he turned down a Muslim skullcap and a keffiyah, a traditional tussled kerchief,.. Why would a leader of a party which has a clearly defined Hindu nationalistic ideology accept a Arab skull cap when its well known that Arabs and Persians who wear that skull cap invaded and brutalized this country for centuries?
Smart Village No. 1, Jayapur
Now we have a nationalist, committed, honest leader, Modi, who will transform Jayapur, says Srinarain Patel, Pradhan Durgawatis brother-in-law, who runs the show in this village of 3,000.. Now, people call the Pradhan and her family members.
Lawsuit Accuses Indian PM of Role in 2002 Violence
A U.S. human rights group on Friday offered a $10,000 reward for anyone who can serve on Indias prime minister a summons issued by a federal court in New York to respond to a lawsuit accusing him of serious abuses more than a decade ago.
Live-Blogging the Vote Count in India
. India Ink is following the Indian election results throughout the day.
Bishop of Pune calls for an end to Hindu-Muslim violence.
Local authorities deployed police to stop the rioting, calling on religious leaders in both communities to intervene to calm people down. As a precautionary measure, internet and phone were. Modi heads the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a Hindu nationalist party close to the countrys more radical groups like the RSS, which has tended to be openly violent towards minorities and is pushing for a Hindu-only state. For this reason, recent comments made by the prime��.
Modi and the Conversion Trap
Ever since the 2002 Gujarat riots, Modi is the Hindu Darth Vader who massacres Muslims. But the secular debate has. Not once, but many times. He has condemned ghar wapsi and love jihad, and banned politically religious leaders from spewing venom.
India: Anti-Christian attacks up 55%
���A disturbing trend was rising communal violence in West Bengal, where the BJP and the RSS [Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu group of which Modi is a member] have redoubled their efforts to fill what they see as a political vacancy following the .
Special Report: In Modis India, a Case of Rule and Divide
Ali Husain is a prosperous young Indian Muslim businessman. He recently bought a Mercedes and lives in a suburban-style gated community that itself sits inside a ghetto.
Peace-loving People of Indore Rebuff Communal Forces
The celebration was attended by 20-25 people who represented the Parsi, Christian, Muslim and Hindu communities... The religious sentiments of such people are not hurt by the call for putting up statues of Mahatma Gandhis murderer, or that religion.
Modi and Hindu-occupied Kashmir Valley | Rehmats World
Indias anti-Muslim prime minister Narendra Modi has succeeded in bringing his Hindu extremist BJP partys rule into Muslim-majority Indian Occupied state of Jammu and Kashmir through backdoor. On March 1, 2015, BJP forged an. On March 4, 2015, Mohammad Ashraf, former director-general tourism in the Indian-occupied Jummu and Kashmir Valley wrote: ���Both leaders took a pretty long time in preparing to hug each other. If one minutely observes the facial��.
The rise of Hindu Nationalism��� The rise of Bharatiya Janata Party
Even though the Jana Sangh was successful in displacing the Hindu Mahasabha (a communal party established in 1914 as a counter to Muslim separatists) as the preeminent party of Hindu activists in the Indian political system, it was unsuccessful to.
Indias Modi Calls Al-Qaidas Plans For His Country. - NPR
Indias Modi Calls Al-Qaidas Plans For His Country Delusional. September 19. Modis remarks, his first in an interview to international media since his election in May, are his most forthcoming on the Islamist group and Indias Muslims, many of whom doubted his commitment to religious minorities in Hindu-dominant, but officially secular, India. In disputed. India has a long history of sectarian strife, and some Muslim leaders welcomed what Modi had to say.
Muslim girl wins Bhagwad Gita contest in Mumbai
In December 2014, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj applauded Prime Minister Narendra Modis gesture of presenting the Bhagavad Gita to world leaders, saying it elevated the holy book to the status of a national scripture. Swaraj proposed the.