a:17:{s:8:"theTitle";s:76:"Now, Deny 'em the Vote: Thackeray's Campaign to Disenfranchise Muslim Voters";s:12:"thePermalink";s:104:"https://www.islamicity.org/866/now-deny-em-the-vote-thackerays-campaign-to-disenfranchise-muslim-voters/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:15:"Aijaz Zaka Syed";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:35:"bal thackeray|/topics/bal-thackeray";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jan 18 2001";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"January 18, 2001";s:9:"theAuthor";s:35:"Aijaz Zaka Syed|/by/aijaz-zaka-syed";s:5:"theID";i:866;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"9 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:528:" Bal Thackeray, the leader of India's Hindu chauvinist party, never disappoints Indian Muslims. The cartoonist-turned-politician keeps the community constantly conscious of its minority status, its role in 'dismembering' India and creating Pakistan and 'betrayal' of the country of its birth, by his outbursts at regular intervals. When the goons of Thackeray's party are not burning them alive in anti-Muslim pogroms, he calls them "Pakistanis, traitors, terrorists" in his speeches and editorials in his newspaper, Saamna. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:76:"Now, Deny 'em the Vote: Thackeray's Campaign to Disenfranchise Muslim Voters";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:86:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=bal-thackeray";}

a:17:{s:8:"theTitle";s:37:"Lord of the Jungle and the Jungle Law";s:12:"thePermalink";s:69:"https://www.islamicity.org/655/lord-of-the-jungle-and-the-jungle-law/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:15:"Aijaz Zaka Syed";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:19:"india|/topics/india";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Aug 3 2000";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:14:"August 3, 2000";s:9:"theAuthor";s:35:"Aijaz Zaka Syed|/by/aijaz-zaka-syed";s:5:"theID";i:655;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"6 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:335:" Imagine, just for a moment, what would have happened if Abdullah Bukhari, the Delhi Imam, had been in Bal Thackeray's shoes and said what the Shiv Sena supremo said when there were some coy voices about his arrest? "The entire Hindustan would go up in flames if I am arrested," Thackeray had thundered in his incomparable style. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:37:"Lord of the Jungle and the Jungle Law";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:86:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=bal-thackeray";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:39:"Those who fear cricket's healing touch.";s:12:"thePermalink";s:68:"https://www.islamicity.org/73/those-who-fear-crickets-healing-touch/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:16:"Khaled Al-Maeena";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:88:"/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/boysplaycricketIC__600x382.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:27:"sri lanka|/topics/sri-lanka";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Feb 13 1996";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"February 13, 1996";s:9:"theAuthor";s:37:"Khaled Al-Maeena|/by/khaled-al-maeena";s:5:"theID";i:73;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"5 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:180:"The buildup to an eagerly awaited Coca-Cola Cricket World Cup continues against a background of turbulence and violence in the three host countries - India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:39:"Those who fear cricket's healing touch.";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:86:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=bal-thackeray";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:34:"To save India's mosaic of cultures";s:12:"thePermalink";s:64:"https://www.islamicity.org/33/to-save-indias-mosaic-of-cultures/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:16:"Khaled Al-Maeena";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:86:"/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/Bal-ThackerayIC__600x327.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:35:"bal thackeray|/topics/bal-thackeray";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Apr 4 1995";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:13:"April 4, 1995";s:9:"theAuthor";s:37:"Khaled Al-Maeena|/by/khaled-al-maeena";s:5:"theID";i:33;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"6 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:172:"Last week I wrote on the ominous times facing Indian Muslims. I received many letters and phone calls from Indians of different religions, political leanings and opinions. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:34:"To save India's mosaic of cultures";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:86:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=bal-thackeray";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";}

a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:38:"Victims of India's religious apartheid";s:12:"thePermalink";s:68:"https://www.islamicity.org/17/victims-of-indias-religious-apartheid/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:16:"Khaled Al-Maeena";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:90:"/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/scales_of_justiceIC__600x400.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:35:"bal thackeray|/topics/bal-thackeray";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Nov 22 1994";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"November 22, 1994";s:9:"theAuthor";s:37:"Khaled Al-Maeena|/by/khaled-al-maeena";s:5:"theID";i:17;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"10 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:" Going through my mail I came across a letter from India in which the writer highlighted the plight of Khadeeja Begum, Editor of the Urdu paper Afkar-E-Bahujan published in Nanded,......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:38:"Victims of India's religious apartheid";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:86:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=bal-thackeray";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";}