Sonja Hegasy

Jun 10, 2024 | qantara.de | René Wildangel |Inge Günther |Sonja Hegasy

Germany, the Holocaust and colonialism · 10.06.2024 The coalition government wants to expand its remembrance culture to include the history of German colonialism.

Apr 15, 2024 | qantara.de | Dominik Müller |Sonja Hegasy |Ashoka Mody |Richard Marcus

India's ruling party on Sunday pledged to introduce a new common civil code for the country, calling it a crucial step for gender equality, a week before a general election in the world's most populous nation. Nearly a billion Indians will vote to elect a new government in six-week-long parliamentary polls starting on 19 April, the largest democratic exercise in the world.

Mar 26, 2024 | tagesspiegel.de | Sonja Hegasy

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.