Sheikh Saaliq
Sheikh Saaliq is an author at Religion News Service.
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Hijab bans deepen Hindu-Muslim fault lines in Indian state
By Sheikh Saaliq — March 15, 2022
UDUPI, India (AP) — The issue has become a flashpoint for the battle over the rights of Muslims, who see hijab restrictions as a worrying escalation of Hindu nationalism.
Farmer anger will test Modi as India’s ‘grain bowl’ votes
By Sheikh Saaliq — February 21, 2022
FATEHGARH SAHIB, India (AP) — New political players are vying to convert the farmers’ anger into votes, arguing that a new party is the only path to change.
In India, wearing hijab bars some Muslim students from class
By Sheikh Saaliq — February 8, 2022
(AP) — As more schools have begun implementing a similar ban on hijabs, the southern Indian state of Karnataka’s top court has stepped in.
Interfaith love a risk amid India’s Hindu nationalist surge
By Sheikh Saaliq — November 29, 2021
While interfaith unions between Hindus and Muslims are rare in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and other Hindu nationalists have forcefully decried what they call “love jihad.”
Interfaith love a risk amid India’s Hindu nationalist surge
By Sheikh Saaliq — November 29, 2021
BELAGAVI, India (AP) — Arbaz Mullah’s love story began, as romances often do, when he first laid eyes on the woman of his dreams, Shweta Kumbhar. Over nearly three years, their courtship in many ways resembled that of any other couple and they made each other promises to get married. But those secret vows would […]
Bowing to protests, India’s Modi agrees to repeal farm laws
By Sheikh Saaliq — November 19, 2021
(AP) — “At last, all of our hard work paid off. ... I salute the farmer brothers who were martyred in this battle,” said Rakesh Tikait, a prominent farmers’ leader.
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