Sadly, some of the better known Muslim law commentators of the day are also not helping the judiciary in removing such misconceptions; rather, they are encouraging the Muslim Law Board to continue to perpetuate a regressive law.
Mohammad Sajjad
Editor
The popular phrase of the freedom struggle led by Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru, Maulana Azad, Vallabhbhai Patel and hundreds of others were based essentially on the principle of Ahimsa (non-violence) an active force of the highest order, in the words of Gandhiji.
Despite continuing to be a constitutionally secular country, majoritarianism is a hegemonic force now, even while its demography comprises a huge chunk of Muslim communities.
When Bhumihar Don Munna Shukla became an MLA, he installed a big statue of Maharana Pratap at one of the busiest crossroads in Lalganj, Vaishali — perhaps to showcase the Bhumihar-Rajput 'alliance', forged against the rise of the backward castes under Lalu Prasad Yadav in the 1990s
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