The government is conspiring to bar Muslim students to study in Jamia. If today, we lag in education, tomorrow we will be backward in employment and other fields, said M. Akhlaq, Secretary Jamia Administrative Staff Association, at a dharna organised by all associations of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) to impress upon the Union Government to recognise Jamia as a Muslim Minority Institution, at Jantar Mantar, on March 15.

The organisers recalled, “JMI was established by the pr...

Calling on its constituents to mobilise public support against the “draconian piece of law in the making”, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has demanded recall of the Communal Violence (Prevention and Rehabilitation of Victims) bill 2009. A resolution condemning the bill “which would in effect curb the civic rights of the minorities” was unanimously passed at the 21st annual convention of AIMPLB. “Nothing short of scrapping the bill will do,” ...