Protesting women in India are uniting Muslims, Hindus and religious minorities – By Joseph D’Souza
Since Dec. 15, hundreds of Muslim women have been camping at a crossroads near New Delhi known as Shaheen Bagh. They have braved the frigid winter temperatures, the coldest in more than a century, to protest a law they believe discriminates against them as a minority in Hindu-majority India.…
The Shaheen Bagh protest remarkably has attracted Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs and other religious minorities. These women represent nearly 600 million Indian women who believe in the democratic foundations of free speech, liberty, equality and religious freedom – ideals that seem to have come under threat by the citizenship law.
On Jan. 12, tens of thousands of people flooded this crossroads, and multi-faith religious services were held there in solidarity. The protest has inspired other women across India, who have started similar demonstrations in Kanpur, Allahabad and Patna. But is the government paying attention?…
SEE ALSO:
- Modi’s grim face: Anuradha Roy on the women-led celebration of democracy in Kolkata – By Anuradha Roy (Jan 20, 2020, Scroll.in)
https://scroll.in/article/950428/modis-grim-face-arundhati-roy-on-the-women-led-celebration-of-democracy-in-kolkata - India’s Muslim women are breaking free – By Najmul Hoda (Jan 19, 2020, Asia Times)
https://www.asiatimes.com/2020/01/opinion/indias-muslim-women-are-breaking-free/ - Shaheen Bagh and the spiralling hostility against ‘Godi Media’ – By Manisha Pande (Jan 26, 2020, News Laundry)
https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/01/26/shaheen-bagh-and-the-spiralling-hostility-against-godi-media - At people’s court: no adjournments – By Jhinuk Mazumdar (Jan 23, 2020, The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/at-peoples-court-no-adjournments/cid/1738868
