Inquiry Commission Constituted To Investigate Hyderabad Killings
15 days after five people were killed and several others injured in police firing after the Hyderabad Makkah (Mecca) Masjid blast, the Andhra Pradesh goverment has appointed a Commission of Inquiry to...
View ArticleSome Questions Related To Muslims And India
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan By writing this I am taking the risk of being labeled by my friends. Some will try to put me into one stereotype mould or another. This is a risk worth taking for the...
View ArticleBilkis Bano: The Face of Courage
Recently the special court in Maharashtra gave the first significant verdict related with the Gujarat violence of 2002. 12 persons were given life sentence for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano by Judge...
View ArticleWhither Justice – Trajectory Of Srikrishna Report
Ram Puniyani The communal violence in India has been a festering sore on its body politic. Due to its peculiar nature, the crimes are not registered-investigated and guilty are usually not punished....
View ArticleDeoband: “Terrorism is Un-Islamic”
Deoband took a creditable step of hosting a conference on anti-terrorism and resolutely condemning terrorism to be un-Islamic. It is a good step which should have happened a few years back. Yet der aye...
View ArticleA Real Encounter
We have read a number of stories of fake encounters and though less prevalent now, but it is a powerful extra judicial tool for police officers and therefore it will continue to be used. We as common...
View ArticleTerrorism, Communal Violence And Police
The role of police in democratic society is very different from that of police in colonial society. However, it is 61 years now that India became independent and there is no change in the role of...
View ArticleShaheen Bagh Kidnapping Case: Observations And Questions
Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Strange thing about the Shaheen Bagh kidnapping incident is the behavior of the policemen who attempted to kidnap Aamir but even stranger is the behavior of Indian media...
View ArticleCommunal Riots During 2008
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View ArticleRahmani-30: A school Of Hope
The Muslims of North India for historical reasons have not had very friendly relations with the local police. I was in Patna visiting Rahmani-30 when Abhayanand, Additional Director General of Police...
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