Mira Mandal

Feb 24, 2024 | qantara.de | Sonja Hegasy |Mira Mandal

Five people were killed this month in violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims over the demolition of a madrassa in the state of Uttarakhand. Also in February, a centuries-old mosque in the Indian capital New Delhi was razed to the ground. In January, a study by the Archaeological Society of India (ASI) added fuel to the escalating conflict between Hindus and Muslims.

Feb 14, 2024 | qantara.de | Ronald Meinardus |Mohammad Luqman |Sonja Hegasy |Mira Mandal

Shayara Bano heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday at the enactment of a law banning polygamy in her small Indian state, the culmination of a years-long effort including her own case before the nation's Supreme Court. "I can now say that my battle against age-old Islamic rules on marriage and divorce has been won," said Bano, a Muslim woman whose husband chose to have two wives and divorced her by uttering "talaq" three times.

Jan 29, 2024 | qantara.de | Sonja Hegasy |Mira Mandal |Arfa Khanum Sherwani |Dominik Müller

A powerful Hindu group said several mosques in India were built over demolished Hindu temples, apparently hardening its stance in a decades-long sectarian dispute just days after a huge temple was inaugurated on the site of a razed mosque.

Jan 22, 2024 | qantara.de | Mohammad Luqman |Arfa Khanum Sherwani |Dominik Müller |Mira Mandal

Thousands of Indians danced in the streets, wearing saffron garments and waving saffron flags as they chanted religious slogans ahead of Monday's opening of a grand temple to the Hindu god Lord Ram on a site they believe to be his birthplace. The ceremony in the northern city of Ayodhya is being projected as a historic event for the Hindu majority of the world's most populous nation, as Prime Minister Narenda Modi's party bids for a rare third term in elections due by May.