Topics
- Announcements (13)
- DesiPundit (33)
- Economy (5)
- Entertainment (48)
- Humor/Satire (17)
- Movies (15)
- Sports (15)
- Event (91)
- Guest Article (85)
- Featured (117)
- Health (1)
- India Elections 2009 (15)
- News & Analysis (604)
- Fanatics (57)
- General (30)
- India (297)
- Journalism (47)
- Mid-East (17)
- Pakistan (23)
- Politics (224)
- Remembering Gujarat (21)
- Terrorism (77)
- World (30)
- Photos (26)
- Picture Of The Day (23)
- Polls (1)
- Religion (183)
- Society (245)
- Book Review (24)
- Conversation (1)
- Culture & Heritage (80)
- IM Blog Roundup (6)
- Newsmakers (11)
- Videos (7)
-
Latest
Advertisements
Author Archives: Kashif
Soccer girls
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net When FIFA World Cup Soccer Final match is played on Sunday, there will be at least a billion people will be watching it around the world. Going by the two pictures that I will present to you, … Continue reading
Posted in India, Journalism, Photos, Sports
Comments Off
Marketing for Muslims
Marketing is a big term of our age- art of selling glasses to blinds and combs to balds. There are some effort by Muslims to show that Muslims are a huge market and project themselves a an attractive community to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Heritage, India
Comments Off
In MIT, a celebration of Faiz’s life and works
Cambridge, Massachusetts: A program to celebrate the life and works of one of Urdu’s greatest poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz attracted a room full of Faiz fans to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on June 27, 2010. Moneeza Hashmi at MIT … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Heritage, Event, Society, Videos
Comments Off
Muslims Of Gujarat: The Real Picture
Gujarat government has made many claims about vibrant Gujarat. Recently, it has also made claims that Muslims in Gujarat are in much better condition that many other states of India. For no other state, security was such an important issue as Muslims of Gujarat, they ranked it as their third most important issue (16%) while the all India level this issues was placed fifth out of the nine categories. Gujarat government has not released data to see if Muslims in the state has prospered in the “Vibrant Gujarat.” Even state government’s own ad had to resort to Sachar Committee data to make its claim. Notwithstanding that most of Sachar data is from 2001 and earlier, before Mr. Narendra Modi took office as the chief minister. Continue reading
Dr. Khudsar’s letter to the US Ambassador
Visa is a privilege and not a right, but when a scientist that is invited by Smithsonian is refused visa then the host country has some explaining to do. Biologist Faiyaz Khudsar, PhD was the only person in a delegation … Continue reading
Posted in News & Analysis
2 Comments
Fatwas: The Big Picture
Fatwas have been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Headlines and news reports give readers the impression that muftis who issue these fatwas are working against heavy odds to keep Muslims backward and that most of their energy is spent on keeping women in check. The realty is far from what media, liberal Muslims or even Muslim scholars would like to admit. Most will be surprised to know that the majority of Muslims have never asked for any fatwa in their life. Out of 11 thousands Deoband fatwas online, only 2% are categorized as “Women’s issues.” Journalist and researcher Nasiruddin Haider Khan who has studied Muslim women issues was able to get fatwas against female foeticide, sex selection, and in favor of family planning from many different sources. Continue reading
Badshah Khan’s Hundred-year-old Message Of Peace
“There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a new creed. It was followed 1,400 years ago by the Prophet all the time when he was in Mecca.” – Badshah Khan
Badshan Khan’s message of peace, love, and non-violence is even more relevant and needed today than ever before, and not only to the Pathans but to the whole Muslim Ummah. Continue reading
Four Years Of Community News
Given the negative image associated with words such as Islam and Muslims, we have been actively taking snaps of Muslims of India and trying to break the stereotypes about Muslims. Most community news operation focusing on Indian Muslims are regional in nature or are vernacular. TwoCircles.net is the only daily news service that covers all of India. TCN published full L. Ravichandar report (Andhra Pradesh) and excerpts of Ranganath Misra Commission Report even before these were released publicly. Going beyond the community focus, we have also done special series on topics such as Domestic Violence, and Leprosy. Continue reading
Everybody Loves A Bad Fatwa
A mufti issues a fatwa or opinion based on his understanding of the question and Islam. Just as different medical doctors will have a difference of opinion regarding a diagnosis and treatment plan. At least once every year, on a slow news day, some enterprising journalist finds a fatwa that will fit the stereotype about Muslims being backward or Muslim scholars being ignorant or out of touch with the real world or all of the above reasons, and will publish a news story based on this ‘prized’ fatwa. Continue reading
Nawab Sikandar Begum’s Hajj Memoir
Sikandar Begum has the unique distinction of being the first Indian ruler to make the hajj journey. Even with their proclamation of love for Islam none of the Muslim rulers of India went for hajj because it was a long and dangerous travel. Nawab Sikandar Begum went for hajj with a party of about 1000 people of which were mostly women. Continue reading