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Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, center in blue mask, and other lawmakers participate in a protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. “Democracy is a memory (in India),” Gandhi later tweeted, describing the dramatic photographs that showed him and his party men being briefly detained by police. Gandhi’s statement resonated amid a growing sentiment in the country that India’s democracy, the world’s largest with nearly 1.4 billion people, is in retreat and its democratic foundations are floundering. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Thu,08/11/22-11:40PM , 94 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Aug. 5 demonstrations by India’s main opposition Congress party against soaring food prices and unemployment began like any other recent protest — an electorally weak opposition taking to the New Delhi streets against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s massively popular government.
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Indian Muslims shout slogans as they react to the derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad made by top officials in the governing Hindu nationalist party during a protest in Mumbai, India, Monday, June 6, 2022. At least five Arab nations have lodged official protests against India, and Pakistan and Afghanistan also reacted strongly Monday to the comments made by two prominent spokespeople from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Muslim nations slam India over insulting remarks about Islam
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Mon,06/06/22-2:46AM , 103 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — India is facing major diplomatic outrage from Muslim-majority countries after top officials in the governing Hindu nationalist party made derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, drawing accusations of blasphemy across some Arab nations that have left New Delhi struggling to contain the damaging fallout.
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A book seller shows books on Aurangzeb in New Delhi, Thursday, June 2, 2022. For more than three centuries, Mughal emperor Aurangzeb remained relegated to India's history books. Until recently, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others from his Hindu nationalist party brought him back to life as a brutal oppressor of their faith and culture. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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A long-dead Muslim emperor vexes India’s Hindu nationalists
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Fri,06/03/22-12:16AM , 108 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — Narendra Modi rose from his chair and walked briskly towards the podium to deliver another nighttime address to the nation. It was expected the speech would include a rare message of interfaith harmony in the country where religious tensions have risen under his rule.
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Nawab Khan stands by the entrance of his shop vandalized by a mob on April 10 in Khargone, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. On April 10, a Hindu festival marking the birth anniversary of Lord Ram turned violent in Khargone after Hindu mobs brandishing swords and sticks marched past Muslim neighborhoods and mosques. Videos showed hundreds of them dancing and cheering in unison to songs blared from loudspeakers that included calls for violence against Muslims. (AP Photo/Kashif Kakvi)

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In India, hate-filled songs are a weapon to target Muslims
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Thu,04/21/22-11:25PM , 126 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — The frenzied fury against Muslims began with provocative songs played by Hindu mobs that called for violence. It ended with Muslim neighborhoods resembling a war zone, with pavements littered with broken glass, charred vehicles and burned mosques.
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