Olive branch or division of votes? Behind BJP’s ‘Sufi’ outreach to Muslims

Political observers say the party wants to exploit differences between Barelvi and Deobandi Muslims, a major fault line in North India, for its benefit.

Zafar Aafaq

· Nov 05, 2023 · 09:00 am

‘BJP wants to snatch Bhagwan Shiv’: Opposition in Maharashtra criticises Assam ad about Jyotirlinga

The advertisement runs contrary to the belief that the sixth such shrine is located at the Bhimashankar temple in the Pune district.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 16, 2023 · 12:59 pm

Mumbai: Hindu groups hold rally seeking laws against ‘love jihad’ and religious conversions

One of the speakers at the march, T Raja Singh, reportedly urged Hindus to boycott goods from shops run by Muslims.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 30, 2023 · 12:08 pm

Why India’s ‘secular’ parties are struggling to mobilise Muslims

The imagination of a Muslim vote-bank has traditionally rested on a particular formulation of Muslim issues, which has been disrupted by the BJP.

Asim Ali

· Nov 13, 2022 · 09:00 am

Hanuman Chalisa will be played outside mosques till loudspeakers are removed, says Raj Thackeray

Over 250 members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena have been detained across the state for playing the Hindu hymn on loudspeakers outside mosques.

Scroll Staff

· May 04, 2022 · 01:51 pm

Play Hanuman Chalisa if mosques use loudspeakers on Wednesday, Raj Thackeray tells Hindus

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief made the appeal hours after he was booked by the Maharashtra Police for delivering a provocative speech in Aurangabad.

Scroll Staff

· May 03, 2022 · 11:11 pm

Why the Aam Aadmi Party is not a real alternative to the BJP

More than a political alternative, India needs an antidote to communal poison. Arvind Kejriwal has not demonstrated the will to take the saffron party head-on.

Vivek Deshpande

· Mar 16, 2022 · 07:30 am

Three Christmas attacks in India where the police failed to act against Hindutva mobs

Scroll.in tracked three incidents in Bihar, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh that did not even make it to the news.

Aishwarya Iyer

· Dec 31, 2021 · 02:30 pm

‘There will be no Adivasis left’: The false claims that are driving attacks on Christians in MP

The Adivasi community has long been riven by conflict over religious conversions. The new BJP government has weaponised the old discord.

Aishwarya Iyer

· Dec 29, 2021 · 09:00 am

Declare India as a Hindu nation or I will kill myself, seer in Ayodhya tells Centre

The police have placed Paramhans Acharya Maharaj under house arrest in Uttar Pradesh.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 02, 2021 · 09:23 pm

The rise of Political Sufism poses a threat to liberal politics in both India and Pakistan

Sufism has been noted for its pacifism and otherworldliness. Two political parties on either side of the border undermine that image.

Faisal CK

· May 15, 2021 · 07:30 am

Why the BJP chose to attack the DMK as ‘anti-Hindu’ instead of calling it ‘pseudo-secular’

However, the BJP seems oblivious of the fact that the Dravidian party has managed to alter the discourse of religion and secularism in the Tamil public sphere.

T Kannan

· Apr 25, 2021 · 03:30 pm