Remembering the Ayatullah on June 5, 2012As world observes the 23rd death anniversary of the architect of the Islamic revolution of Iran, the charismatic leader, champion of Islamic revival, Ruhullah Musavi Khomeini, his life remains a beacon of inspiration. As a western journalist Philip Shenon once observed, “Even from the grave, Ayatollah Khomeini — so reviled and feared in the west, […]
Indian Muslims against witch-hunts, arrests and persecution II on April 2, 2012The ghosts of the Batla House encounter that took place on September 19, 2008, still haunt the Muslims in Delhi. Two boys Atif Amin and Mohammad Sajid were gunned down and two others were arrested. The detailed report prepared by the Jamia Teachers Solidarity Group (JTSG) made it explicitly clear that it was a fake […]
Indian Muslims against witch-hunts, arrests and persecution I on April 1, 2012The controversy surrounding the arrest of New Delhi-based journalist Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi by Delhi Police’s notorious Special Cell in connection with the recent attack on an Israeli diplomat’s car in New Delhi has again brought to the fore the disconcerting issue of ‘gratuitous witch-hunts and persecution’ of Muslims in India. The arrest of the 50-year […]