India is home to some 200 million Muslims, one of the world's largest Muslim populations but a minority in the predominantly Hindu country. Since India's independence, Muslims have often faced ...

About a month ago, a video emerged of an Indian teacher telling students to slap a 7-year-old classmate. The boy had gotten his multiplication tables wrong, but his real crime was being an Indian ...

On 17 October 1817, in Delhi, was born a man whose ideas would alter the course of Indian Muslim history. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan — scholar, reformer, jurist, and visionary — was not merely an individual ...

In the aftermath of a deadly militant attack in Kashmir in April, authorities have expelled more than 1,500 Muslims from ...

On March 17, violent clashes erupted in Nagpur in the western Indian state of Maharashtra between Hindus and Muslims. While rumors about the alleged desecration of a copy of the Quran reportedly ...

As Aligarh Muslim University marks the birth month of its founder, one aspect of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s life remains severely ...

Ismat Ara is a New Delhi-based journalist. She covers politics, crime, gender, culture and environment. More than two years have passed since a picture of me, picked up from my personal social media ...

In the aftermath of a deadly militant attack in April, authorities expelled more than 1,500 Muslims from India, including its own citizens.

IN HIS DECADE in power Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has centralised the state to an unprecedented extent. Yet his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has failed to attract many voters in the more ...

Supporters of the right-wing Hindu groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal reacting to communal clashes in Haryana state, burn an effigy and shout slogans in Ahmedabad, India, on Aug. 2, ...