A special court in Gujarat on Nov 5 convicted 31 of the 73 accused in the 2002 Sardarpura massacre case in which 33 people of the minority community were burnt alive.

The director of “Prashant”, a centre for human rights, justice and peace, Father Cedric Prakash has hailed the Sardarpura verdict which convicted 31 persons. “With the conviction of thirty-one persons, in the massacre of thirty-three at Shaikh Mohalla in Sardarpura, during the Gujarat Carnage of 20...

All India Secular Forum has welcomed the granting of bail to the nine accused in the 2006 Malegaon Bomb blast case. All right thinking persons and human rights supporters were shocked when innocent Muslim boys were arrested for the 2006 bomb blasts near a cemetery and mosque on Shab-e-Barat. All India Secular Forum has demanded that the state should compensate these accused for their suffering, unjustified incarceration and loss of freedom and the indignity that they may still have to fa...

On the occasion of Eid-ul-Zuha, several Muslims in Kishorpura area wore black bands during namaaz to protest against the Rajasthan government’s negligence of issues relating to the minority community. They wore black strips around their arms, local Muslim scholar Anwar Ahemad said. “This was done to show their displeasure over the government’s apathy towards issues pertaining to minorities, which was evident in the way the recent violence in Gopalgarh was handled,” he ...

Aligarh Muslim University has served a legal notice to the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran for publishing a false and fabricated news item “Charchaon Mein AMU Ke Teen Adhikariyon Ka Nilamban”. The Legal Advisor and Standing Counsel, Aligarh Muslim University, Mr. B.S.  Kamthania, said that the newspaper printed a false and fabricated news item that has no basis and amounts to damage the public image and reputation of three responsible officers of AMU who are holdi...

Millat Bedari Muhim Committee (MBMC) Aligarh and The Aligarh Movement Magazine Jointly held a memorial meeting on 134^th birth anniversary of Sir Allama Mohammad Iqbal under chairmanship of Prof. Razaullah Khan at Media Centre, Aligarh.

Delivering the welcome address, Editor of the Aligarh Movement Magazine, Jasim Mohammad said that philosophy and thoughts of Allama Iqbal were totally based on Islamic injunctions but they were not limited to any region or religion. In fact, ...

Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike will be conducting a Socio-economic and caste census in Karnataka. The survey will be conducted in November/December 2011. The survey will be done to get the social and economic status of the people living in the region, which would in turn help in making the policies for the uplift of the poor and needy people. It will reduce corruption and burden on the poor to prove their poverty. After Bangalore the survey will be carried out in all other parts of the co...

The All India Secular Forum has condemned the killing of Hindus in Pakistan. The murderers must be apprehended and punished. The AISF made its point by recalling the speech of M. A. Jinnah, which he delivered on Aug 14, 1947 in the Constituent Assembly. The excerpts of the speech are:

“You will no doubt agree with me that the first duty of a government is to maintain law and order, so that the life, property and religious beliefs of its subjects are fully protected by the S...