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Ambedkar on Islam: The Story That Must Not Be Told. My column. [Long read.] newslaundry.com/2017/04/14/amb…
On Rangila Rasul, Ambedkar was outraged at what happened to Rajpal; Gandhi was outraged at what Rajpal did. #FoS
Gandhi has never called Muslims to account even when they have been guilty of gross crimes against Hindus - Ambedkar newslaundry.com/2017/04/14/amb…
Gandhi was outraged at the publication of Rangila Rasul; WANTED the law changed. The law CHANGED. In came IPC 295A. gandhiashramsevagram.org/gandhi-literat…
Extremist Salman Abedi, the Manchester suicide bomber, wanted a pan-Islamic caliphate. Moderate Allama Iqbal, the revered poet, wanted THIS:
The demands of Religion are such that inside every Moderate rests an Extremist - latent, dormant; but ready to be woken up. Hand-in-hand.
The problem is intractable; and any reform is impossible. Because beyond apostasy, lies death. newslaundry.com/2016/12/27/of-…
Islamophobia:
1. Irrational fear among non-muslims of believers of Islam
2. Rational fear among muslims of discussing Islam in its entirety
This man is an academic; a professor at Oxford. This man is a moderate.
For those with poor logical abilities, the point is not whether this man is against FGM; it is that he thinks it is an internal matter.
For example, point here is not whether this gentleman is against TT - he is; point here is that he thinks it is an internal matter.
As an analogy, you can be against Sati or Untouchability, but if you say these practices are an internal matter, you are worthy of outrage.
BRILLIANT piece by @rahulroushan. Few out the hypocrisy of the fake & fraudulent liberals like he does. Must-read. opindia.com/2017/07/cow-vs…
Moderate.
SP leader & ex-Cong MLA Maviya Ali: We are Muslims first, Indians second. In a rift between Islam & Constitution, we will stand by Islam.
Dr Ambedkar on Islam. newslaundry.com/2017/04/14/amb…
"The courts and the Parliament don’t have the right to form any law that goes against Islamic law." indianexpress.com/article/india/…
This man is a senior journalist. This man is a Moderate.
11 Charlie Hebdo journalists were murdered in cold blood, and a fellow journalist, a Moderate, had this warning for future transgressors:
Qiyamah, meaning Annihilation, End of the World, before Judgement Day. This from a paper brought out by the Moderates, for the Moderates.
A Journalist. A Moderate. And "proud to be intolerant."
Hamid Ansari, a Moderate, felicitating E Abubacker, Chairman, PFI, an outfit whose members chopped off a teacher's hands for blasphemy.
Only following the tenets of Islam. Alluded to as a sin & an abomination in the Holy Koran; Death demanded for in Hadith. (report, Express)
Views of the Moderate Allama Iqbal on Women. SHOCKING misogyny, fanaticism, bigotry, zealotry, and fundamentalism from the revered poet.
Little known facts about the revered poet Allama Iqbal, a Moderate. twitter.com/i/moments/9144…
The fanatical Iqbal was in reality the son of a Kashmiri Pandit who was given a choice: Convert or Die (via @JGN195) telegraphindia.com/1070630/asp/op…
The list of Indian intellectuals who have, out of ignorance or wilful design, airbrushed the bigotry and fanaticism of Iqbal, is STAGGERING.
Here is Tavleen Singh. NO mention of Iqbal's fanaticism, bigotry, misogyny; and a TOTAL misreading of Shikwa (& Jawab-e-Shikwa). Syncretic!
In 1996, Ahmadis in Pakistan were ORDERED to rub 'Muslim' from the great Abdus Salam's tombstone. It now reads "First Nobel Laureate".
The late Benazir Bhutto, a Moderate, REFUSED to so much as meet the Pakistani Nobel laureate Prof Abdus Salam. dawn.com/news/738366/am…
This man is a Journalist. This man is a Moderate.
Of Good Muslims, Bad Muslims, and Islamophobia. My column: newslaundry.com/2016/12/27/of-…
Apostasy, Immorality, and Forgiveness. My follow-up article on the Good Bad Muslim. [Long read.] newslaundry.com/2017/01/06/res…
This takes selectivity & religious propaganda to an altogether different level. Blames everyone & everything else other than the fundamentals prescribed for the believers

Either the author hasn't read the holy books or, well, he has. Probably the latter. Well done @IndianExpress
Islam absolutely forbids, through the words of Allah in the Holy Quran (verses 2:221; 60:10), the marriage of a Muslim woman to a non-Muslim man.

Let those Muslims who advocate to the contrary have the guts to say they don't believe in the order of the almighty Allah.
Karl Marx on Koran. Possibly the first exposition of the Two-nation Theory. [From, The Eastern Question, by Karl Marx] (h/t @rahulroushan) books.google.co.in/books?id=HW0AB…
A searing, must-read piece by @tufailelif that brutally exposes Maulana Abul Kalam Azad for what he really was.

Was sad for days after reading it as Maulana, our first Education Minister, was my hero. Our textbooks had never told us this side of him. firstpost.com/india/global-i…
The Muslim outrage is justified. These verses form an integral part of the Holy Koran. To erase them would be to erase the word of Allah. Besides, Koranic commandments are inviolable and all good Muslims, as Allah has expressly ordered, must follow them. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…
SHOCKING bigotry, racism, homophobia, and anti-Semitism of Dr Mahathir Mohammad, seen as a progressive, moderate Muslim leader by many.
Islamic conquests during Ramzan:
Badr, 624
Mecca, 630
Guadalete, 711
Al-Zallaqa, 1086
Hattin, 1187
Ain Jalut, 1260

400 attacks during Ramzan, 2016
300 attacks during Ramzan, 2017

Average of 15 TERROR attacks EVERY RAMZAN DAY (2006-2015; Data: GTD; SITE)
Grand Mufti (Designate), Jammu & Kashmir: If we are not allowed to set up Sharia Courts across India, Indian Muslims have no option but to ask for a SEPARATE COUNTRY within India.
AIMPLB is being honest. Islam absolutely condemns Homosexuality through Quran (26:165-66; 7:80-85) and Hadiths (Bukhari 72:774; Dawud 40:112).

Let those Muslims who advocate to the contrary have the guts to say they don't believe in the order of the almighty Allah & the Prophet.
If you spare the fundamentals but snare the fundamentalists, you are a coward and a hypocrite. Accept it. Move on. Peace.
Mr @warispathan is being honest. The Holy Quran absolutely forbids worshipping or praising any idol or God other than Allah (5:72; 4:48; 4:116; 6:56;17:22)

Let those Muslims who advocate to the contrary have the guts to say they don't believe in the order of the almighty Allah.

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A clarification within 3 hours of the explosive Hollande quote, when normally it would take weeks. Tells you the seriousness of the allegation. Much more clarity is needed, both from the Indian and the French governments, including documents that prove otherwise. This. Is. Big.
Only one story could begin the primetime tonight, that of President Hollande - the man who signed the Rafale deal with @narendramodi - and his EXPLOSIVE claim. Only one.

@ndtv, @IndiaToday carried it. Good on you.
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You have GOT to be joking. Please tell me this is fake news; the ludicrous banners photoshopped. Have to be.

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Can't believe this is happening.
These fruitcakes don't know who they are dealing with. @Iyervval would probably egg them on to make sure he is jailed and stuffed inside a striped jumpsuit. Then he will tweet on the nuances of prison cuisine from inside.

STOP this nonsense and get to work. #IStandWithAbhijit
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Stop. And Ask.

Hullo, @nsitharaman, stop! And answer my question.
1 day. 1 lac views. Coming up tonight, another explosive #StopAndAsk.

We, the people, are the real masters. We can stop our sevaks and we can ask them anything.

Had requested two Congress leaders to give their two minutes for a #StopAndAsk. Unfortunately they had to decline - Mr S was travelling while Mr M was busy in court appearances. Will keep trying.
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“I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.” (1 Timothy 2:12; The Holy Bible)

“Slaves! Submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.” (1 Peter 2:18; The Holy Bible)
If a man rapes a woman not engaged, he must pay 50 silver pieces to her father. Then he must marry her. (Deuteronomy 22:28-29; The Holy Bible)

The man wasn't created for the woman; the woman was created for the man. (I Corinthians 11:8-9; The Holy Bible)
If a man lies with a married woman in the city, stone her too, to death, as she cried not. (Deuteronomy 22:22-24; Bible)

Wives! Submit yourselves unto your husbands. Husband is the head of wife like Christ is the head of church. (Ephesians 5:22-24; Bible)
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Our Kerala needs our help. Just contributed to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (Transaction id: 822715002811). I stand, as do all Indians, with Mr Pinarayi Vijayan, in this difficult hour. Every little helps.
In times of great calamity, all Indians come together, irrespective of language, religion, or ideology.

Also come together in such difficult times those who dream of nothing else but the break up of India, along linguistic, religious, or ideological lines.

IGNORE the latter.
Eighty-four and a half years ago to the day, a DEVASTATING earthquake of magnitude 8.4 struck Bihar. Upwards of 30,000 died. One man called it a DIVINE CHASTISEMENT sent by God for our SINS.

That man was Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of our Nation.

Such thinking is BEYOND VILE.
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On to Chapter 10 of @gchikermane's utterly engrossing book - frank admission: I never thought reading government policies could be so riveting - I pause, and reflect on this particular DISASTER - Air India nationalisation. If only @narendramodi could be gifted this book. If only.
The brilliant economist and friend @harshmadhusudan said recently that India would be a $ 12 trillion economy in ten years. Nothing would please me more, but I sincerely doubt that.

At every crossroad to us afforded, we have taken the wrong turn. We have made a habit of it.
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