Zeba Zoariah
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Advocate। Law, Geopolitics, Technology Regulation, Politics, Policy, Progressive Muslim, Women's Rights। Columnist - FirstPost, News18 | Personal Views. 🇮🇳
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Why is Manusmriti easy to question, but Muslim personal law politically uncomfortable? That was my question on NDTV w Padmaja Joshi . If Rahul Gandhi’s principle is that a woman belongs to herself, I agree completely. But then give Hindu and Muslim women the same intellectual standard.
Zeba Zoariah262,377 次观看 • 1 个月前
When a man stands at the Red Fort, records his last video, and calls a suicide attack “martyrdom as per Islam”, we need to stop pretending this has “nothing to do with religion”. It does. Not the faith billions practice but the interpretation that radical networks have normalised for decades. There is a problem inside the community. There are clerics who glorify jihad. There are WhatsApp groups, madrasas, preachers and YouTube “scholars” who sell death as devotion. And our silence has allowed them to grow. If we don’t name the ideological roots, how will we ever uproot the violence it produces? This isn’t Islamophobia. This is accountability spoken by someone from within. India cannot fight terror alone if Muslims won’t confront the radicalisation happening in our own backyard. How much more proof do you need? Red Fort wasn’t just a blast. It was a warning. Yet again are we finally ready to listen?
Zeba Zoariah1,168,091 次观看 • 10 个月前
The most revealing moment on NDTV tonight w Padmaja Joshi on Smashing Patriarchy. The men on the panel called themselves “progressive”, but the moment I asked them to call out patriarchy and polygamy within Muslim personal law, it became a “BJP trap”, a “red herring” and “communalisation”. My rebuttal:Don’t speak for 70 crore women and then decide Muslim women are where feminism must go silent.
Zeba Zoariah72,469 次观看 • 1 个月前
Read Modi, Doval & Jaishankar as a continuum not as isolated soundbites clipped for outrage. Modi articulates the doctrine: India First, equal footing, no permission seeking. Jaishankar operationalises it abroad: no mediation, no sermons, no selective morality. Doval internalises it at home: history isn’t for grievance it’s fuel to rebuild power. The Left hears “revenge” and hyperventilates. Because they confuse memory with grievance, confidence with aggression, and strength with insecurity. And notice the asymmetry: One man is blamed for everything under the sun from economy, geopolitics, even global chaos. Fair enough. Then answer one simple question: Show one opposition leader with the strategic clarity, political will, and global standing to take India to this level. Just one. Silence isn’t humility. It’s a vacuum. India’s foreign policy today is the strongest in its history not because of chest thumping, but because we stopped apologising. The next test is capacity at home: factories, jobs, courts, cities, state efficiency. That’s how power compounds.
Zeba Zoariah61,895 次观看 • 8 个月前
I’m angry, actually. Lashkar,the group that burned Mumbai and bled Kashmir is now openly talking about meetings with Hamas. On camera. No denials. And in India, some still clap for Hamas like it’s a football team. As if ideology magically cleans itself when it crosses borders. I remember 26/11. I remember coffins. I remember how these groups justify killing civilians and then hide behind “context.” So answer this plainly: When Lashkar finds common cause with Hamas, what exactly are you defending the ideology, the methods, or just the thrill of hating the “right” enemy? You can mourn Palestinian civilians without turning Hamas into a symbol. The moment you excuse civilian killings as context, you’re not doing justice you’re normalising terror. And don’t insult people by switching definitions. If mass murder is terrorism in Mumbai, it doesn’t become “resistance” in Tel Aviv. Same logic. Same poison. You don’t oppose terror. You just want it aimed somewhere else.
Zeba Zoariah56,691 次观看 • 8 个月前
I’m a Muslim saying this to another Muslim - Just stop insulting our intelligence. Calling Ghazni “Indian” isn’t reconciliation it’s an attempt to neutralise violence by confusing power with belonging. He didn’t come here to belong. He came to raid, destroy, and leave richer. Every source Persian, Arab, Indian records that plainly. Owning faith does not require falsifying history. Islam doesn’t need laundering, and Muslims don’t need lies to feel secure in India. And this is why people don’t trust you. Because this isn’t the first time judgment has been questioned. In 2019, a former RAW officer alleged that during your time as ambassador to Iran, an Indian intelligence setup was compromised. That allegation didn’t come from trolls, it came from inside the system. So when you soften invasions and blur civilisational memory, Muslims like me don’t see courage or scholarship. We see a pattern of always bending facts in one direction. Being Muslim doesn’t mean defending every conqueror who shared our faith. It means having the honesty to say: invasion was invasion and truth doesn’t threaten us.
Zeba Zoariah49,375 次观看 • 8 个月前
One wedding in Lahore and suddenly India is asked to rethink its entire position. Meet Sahiba Bali. A short visit, warm people, good food and a conclusion that maybe the hostility is exaggerated. It sounds reasonable on the surface because human interactions often are. Ordinary people on both sides are capable of warmth. That part is true. But what is being missed is how nations form their positions. They do not do it on the basis of individual experiences. They do it on consequences over time. India’s stance is not emotional or reactionary. It has been shaped by repeated incidents that are documented and investigated. In 2005, the Delhi blasts killed more than sixty people. In 2008, Mumbai was attacked for nearly three days and 166 people were killed in a coordinated operation. The attackers were traced back to Pakistan based groups and handlers. In 2016, the Pathankot airbase was targeted. The same year Uri happened where nineteen soldiers were killed. In 2019, Pulwama saw forty CRPF personnel lose their lives. These are not isolated events. At the same time, Ordinary Pakistanis are not responsible for state actions. Many of them also live with their own constraints and narratives. So the distinction between people and the state is real and necessary. Ofc. Where the critique of voices like Sahiba’s becomes valid is not because she spoke about human warmth. That part is not wrong. It becomes a problem when a limited personal experience is used to suggest that a long and complex security issue is simply a matter of perception. That reduces a structural problem into an emotional misunderstanding. There is also a class dimension here. It is easier to argue for softer views when one is insulated from the consequences of policy failure. The costs of getting this wrong are not borne by those who speak in abstract terms. They are borne by soldiers on the border and civilians in cities. So the honest position has to hold two truths together. People to people interactions can be warm and genuine. But state behavior, especially when it shows continuity over years, cannot be brushed aside because of those interactions. A pleasant experience can change how you see individuals. We have friends from all across the globe. Good for you n good for everyone. Cherish them. But it cannot rewrite history or negate security concerns. That distinction is where the entire debate sits.
Zeba Zoariah31,750 次观看 • 6 个月前
Watching the outrage over Umar Khalid n Sharjeel’s bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case, one pattern is obvious. If bail is denied → “BJP vendetta.” If courts talk of roles & conspiracy → “Fascism.” If someone says “jail is the exception” → it’s quoted selectively, without context or conditions. If comparisons are needed → logic is dropped, whataboutery is picked. Courts don’t work on party lines or hashtags. They work on roles, material, and public order. These were my points with Rubika Liyaquat Ji tonight.
Zeba Zoariah37,278 次观看 • 8 个月前
The mask finally fell last night. In under 10 minutes on Republic , I exposed how Islamic radicalization survives in India - not just through bombers, but through influencers, journalists & ‘scholars’ who launder jihad with designer vocabulary. If you want the truth without filters, watch this clip.
Zeba Zoariah40,614 次观看 • 10 个月前
Gun to the head. ‘Recite the kalma.’ And some still call this ‘narrative’? In Pahalgam, tourists were identified, tested on faith, and shot. One Hindu man survived because he could recite. Others didn’t. Let that reality sit with you. And it didn’t end there they came prepared to film it, GoPros on, documenting cold blooded killings like it was content. That’s the level of dehumanisation we’re dealing with. As an Indian Muslim, I will not let Islam be reduced to a weapon for murderers. This is not faith. This is radicalised hate exported and protected for decades across the border. Nor will I digest the fact that an entire ecosystem continues to rationalize the mindset that breeds Islamist terror within. If you still deny it, dilute it, or hide behind both sides you’re also part of the problem. We mourn as Indians. But we owe the dead the truth that this was targeted, this was ideological, and India will never bow to it. Never again.
Zeba Zoariah16,644 次观看 • 5 个月前
Love jihad is an Islamophobic conspiracy theory promoted by hindutva activists. But bhagwa love trap exists. Bs. Hindu woman has long been the instrument of expressing the ‘might of Islam’ and suppression of Hindus. Kerala can be one of the most developed states yet radicalisation persists. Many Muslims say they’re pushed to a breaking point by rising hostility in our country but they also need to acknowledge openly n loudly that Hindus genuinely fear forced conversions and unresolved communal tensions. As a Muslim, I support The Kerala Story 2. If Hindu girls are being targeted for forced conversion or radical grooming, speaking about it isn’t “propaganda”, it’s sheer accountability. Protecting vulnerable women is not anti-Muslim, it’s anti-extremism. And no faith should shield criminals.
Zeba Zoariah11,736 次观看 • 7 个月前
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