As Erdogan converts Byzantine churches into mosques, there is more at stake than just the monuments

The move reflects a rhetoric of conquest that heightens the alienation of Istanbul’s Christian past.

Ilay Romain Ors, The Conversation

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Tugba Tanyeri Erdemir, The Conversation

· Sep 19, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Delhi: BJP MP claims mosques are ‘mushrooming’, seeks immediate action to address ‘menace’

Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma alleged that mosques inconvenience the general public and hamper traffic flow in the city.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 19, 2019 · 09:42 am

Muslim boy’s death in scuffle reopens old communal fissures in South Delhi’s Begumpur

Mohammad Azeem, 8, died after a fight between a group of Muslim students and Hindu boys over playing space near a mosque.

Abhishek Dey

· Oct 27, 2018 · 06:30 am

What new diktat? In this Haryana village, Muslim identity markers ceased to exist in 1947

Were Muslim villagers in Titoli told to take Hindu names, give up public namaaz, long beards and skull caps? Thereby hangs a tale – of silence and denial.

Abhishek Dey

· Sep 23, 2018 · 06:30 am

UP government uses NSA to charge 3 men for communal violence in Kasganj, raising serious questions

There are contradictions in the police reports and the district magistrate’s sanction in the claims cited to back the charge.

Abhishek Dey

· Aug 11, 2018 · 06:30 am

In one Haryana village, a dispute about shelter in a cemetery reveals fragility of Hindu-Muslim ties

Muslims in Patla have been anxious ever since their Hindu neighbours damaged a structure being built inside a graveyard, claiming it would be used as a mosque.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Jul 09, 2018 · 09:00 am

Khasi-Sikh clash shows Shillong remains a communal tinderbox, driven by tribal angst

Meghalaya’s capital became a communal ghetto after 1979, when tribals drove the Bengali community out of the state.

Patricia Mukhim

· Jun 05, 2018 · 09:00 am

In Gurgaon, Muslims allowed to offer Friday prayers at 47 designated open spaces amid heavy security

The locations, chosen after a delegation of Muslims met local officials, did not include any of the places where Hindutva groups had disrupted namaaz last week.

Abhishek Dey

· May 12, 2018 · 06:30 am

‘Pray in mosques’: Why Gurgaon’s Muslims might not be able to follow the Haryana CM’s advice

The lack of space, time and transport facilities is why the satellite town’s Muslim inhabitants gather at the closest open space to offer Friday namaaz.

Abhishek Dey

· May 07, 2018 · 06:30 am

After protest against namaaz by Hindutva group, Muslims in Gurgaon grow anxious as Friday draws near

Community members are uncertain that weekly prayers will continue at a ground in Sector 53 after Hindu villagers organise demonstration at collector’s office.

Abhishek Dey

· May 03, 2018 · 06:30 am

Meet the Hindutva group at the centre of Delhi police probe into hooliganism outside mosques

Videos of Akhand Bharat Morcha’s rally in East Delhi on April 1 show its supporters brandishing weapons outside mosques and shouting ‘threatening slogans’.

Abhishek Dey

· Apr 17, 2018 · 06:30 am

‘We wanted a house of our own,’ says Muslim family in Meerut accused of ‘land jihad’

On Sunday, residents of a Hindu-dominated locality protested outside the new house they had bought in the neighbourhood, and did not let them enter.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 21, 2017 · 01:42 pm