Cross Connections

The Eid namaaz had just been offered. The maulvis at the Dargah Ala Hazrat in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh issued a fatwa: say no burial ...

There is competition over who meets Muslim clerics among the two top political  parties, and then both accuse each other of appeasement. ...

Everyone is singing the Kashmir tune. An all girl-band has been banned. Most of us outside, and many in the state of Jammu and Kas...

Just when I was getting sick of Anna Hazare feeding dates to little girl when she broke her fast and other communal harmony stuff at Ramlila...

The Anti-Islamism Hobby Horse   Out of the Wilders by Farzana Versey Counterpunch, June 24-26 It was indeed “a beautiful day” as Geer...

The maulvi says TV is haram. The sadhu says gambling is immoral. Baba Ramdev and Maulana Madani Under the skin they are the same, so ...

"Go take a walk." And before I am branded as not Muslim enough, if at all, then let me assure you I am closely acquainted with ...

This is not about Pakistan, yet the Pakistani media is going into overdrive about a starlet and creating a scene far worse than the reality ...

Now that it has got the final go-ahead, strange noises have started yet again: Why a mosque, why not a tikka masala joint? Oh, ok, but some...

There would not have been any tribute to Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah here since I know barely anything about him. The news of h...

Subjugating the Muslim Woman by Farzana Versey Countercurrents, May 12 What is worse – the Dar-ul Uloom Deoband’s decree that a woman’s earn...

Some might see it as a great move. I think it is one more sissy attempt at tolerance and reaching out. Religion is the culprit. There is the...