Yet another horrific incident of barbary surfaced up in a gay nightclub at Orlando, Florida in the United States of America on June 12, 2016. The shooter is convicted of killing at least 50 people, injuring more than 53 others. The act is being termed as either a terrorist act or a hate crime or a combination of both. However, no reason justifies the massacre. It is so far the … [Read more...]
Like Many Others, I Was Also Trained To Hate Muslims. Maybe Not Directly, But I Was!
“We are all equal, have equal rights”…but do we really? We live in a world with more than 7 billion people and we all have the same rights everywhere as it is proclaimed - same right to speech, to dress, to practice, etc. If so, then why is it always observed that a particular group of the society, “Muslims”, faces hardships when it comes to assessing one’s rights? From … [Read more...]
“Kill Hindus”, “Kill Muslims” Is Going On In Bihar, But It’s Actually “Kill Ourselves”
The debate of intolerance has many hypocritical arms. Those who sound to be victim have shown tolerance by congregating in lakhs, vandalizing police stations, looting shops of majority and shooting toddler leader of majority community. In return, intolerant majority was a mute spectator. The so called intolerant community has proven to be a bowl of unprotected explosive, anyone … [Read more...]
Why It Always Starts With, ‘Despite Being A Muslim…’ As A Muslim What Am I Presumed To Be?
With each passing day, the lines of secularism, tolerance and religious identity seems to be blurring fast not only in the nation but in the world at large. The recent events that took place during the mid of September 2015, made me sit back and think about many different dimensions that have been added to the identity of Muslim living in India or in any other part of the … [Read more...]
What These Muslims From Hyderabad Are Doing For Hindus Will Make Every Indian Proud!
If you destroy our temples, we will break your mosques, If you throw stones at us, we will answer with rocks, If you kill a hundred, we can kill thousands of yours, Can we ever respect each other, as we discussed in the peace talks? This is how the nation feels, when we talk about Hindu and Muslim relationships. The negative side comes up very fast and is always in … [Read more...]