MUSLIM communitY

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan celebrated the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi with his family members on September 19. Like every year, this year too, his sister Arpita Khan and her husband, actor Aayush Sharma, welcomed Lord Ganesha to their abode, and the God was worshipped. However, the actor received backlash from netizens, as being Muslim, Salman celebrated the Indian Hindu festival. A user wrote, "Allah maf karen aur hidayat den inhe.'… read-more

In a shocking video from Delhi, a right-wing organisation protestor was seen issuing an open threat to Muslims outside Nangloi Police Station. The man seen in the video also asks for an "Uttarakhand-like boycott" of Muslims in Delhi. The crowd is also heard raising slogans of "khun bahega Sadko pe" (blood will flow on the streets). The threatening video was shared by Delhi Commissioner for women Swati Maliwal, raising concerns.

In response to AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s tweet, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Narendra Modi's 2019 law against instant "Triple Talaq" has reduced the cases of atrocities and social malpractice against the Muslim women in India. "The government is celebrating Muslim Women's Rights Day today. Modi is pretending to sympathize with Muslim women," Owaisi tweeted in Hindi.