While the debate over the Uniform Civil Code and the legitimacy of triple talaq continues to rage all across the country, a new Indian film called Lipstick Under My Burkha dares to challenge the shackles led down by India’s puritanical and patriarchal society on four small-town women. Produced by Gangaajal and Raajneeti director Prakash Jha...
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How to fight extremism-Harun Moghul
After attacks like the one in Orlando early Sunday morning, many turn to Muslims in expectation of an answer. An explanation, or maybe an apology. At times like this, many Muslims turn to each other in despair, looking for answers, too. Well, I have one. Condemning terrorism is a woefully inadequate response to a persistent...
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Is Speaking English a Problem for Muslim Women?
PM David Cameron has announced £20m of funding for language classes for the 22% of Muslim women in England said to speak little or no English. The funding is part of a drive to foster integration among this group, who he says are segregated in certain UK communities and can therefore be open to radicalisation....
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# Refugee Mission in Austria- Update by Tariq Razzaq
Assalamualaikum. I pray ay this message reaches you well. Alhamdulillah it has been another busy day with the MCE team serving lunch, preparing and serving chicken and potato curry for 1000 people for dinner, interviews with several refugees from Syria and Afghanistan. Words cannot describe their situation and it is only by seeing it with...