The recent protests by radical Islamic forces in Bangladesh proved beyond doubt the rising popularity of the radical Isla, ...

There is difficulty in lumping together all the Muslims resident in Bengal as an ethnic category. Many of those in the small Muslim elite were Urdu-speaking Muslims who did not think of themselves ...

The chief minister, who had last visited the shrine — deemed holy by countless Bengali Muslims — in 2016, was mocked earlier ...

Uddin specializes in constructions of the Bengali-Muslim religious community from the colonial to the contemporary period. Her work examines the many Bengali expressions of Islam and covers shared ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited Furfura Sharif, a significant shrine for Bengali Muslims, promoting ...

The colonial prejudice against Bengali Muslims began with the Battle of Plassey and the treason-aided defeat of Sirajuddaula in June 1757. That bias became more entrenched a hundred years later ...

Sufia Uddin's research interest has focused on constructions of the Bengali-Muslim religious community from the colonial to the contemporary period. Her work examines the many Bengali expressions of ...

Islam expressed concern over the minister's remarks, which were reportedly made in Dhekiajuli, his constituency. He claimed that Singhal's statement suggested that Bengali-speaking Muslims ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday attacked her right wing critics for questioning her visits to the Muslim religious places, asking why she would always be targeted for attending ...

AIUDF MLA Rafiqul Islam sought to move the breach of privilege motion at the end of the Question Hour.