In 1953, a 16-year old Muslim actress was delivering a dialogue on stage, when she was shot at. the bullet missed her and hit the stage curtains. The man who tried to shoot Nilambur Ayisha a religious conservative who wanted to drive home a point: Muslim women shouldn’t be actors. “It missed me and hit […]
COLOMBO : Social media misuse again bares its fangs, this time in the wake of the Sri Lanka Church bombings. Reuters reported that the Sri Lankan government said on Monday (May 13) that it was temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, after violent incidents in the wake of […]
Being a change in the society, for the first time women in Patna will have an opportunity to attend the special prayer performed at mosque, Taraweeh ki Dua, during the month of Ramzan, the special month of special prayers and recitation of Holy Quran. The Khanquah Munemia and Masjid, the famous Sufi centre at Mitan […]
Religious leadership failing to control hatred? On one of the most sacred and significant days in Christian history, in a Buddhist dominated state of Sri Lanka, suicide bombers allegedly belonging to an outfit described as Muslims killed more than 250 worshippers and injured hundreds more. The US described them ISIS-inspired and the Sri Lankan government […]
New Delhi, Jan. 16 (Agencies): A record 1.75 lakh Muslims will undertake the Haj pilgrimage this year from India, despite the government’s decision to withdraw the subsidy, minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday. Naqvi said withdrawal of the subsidy is based on a 2012 directive from the Supreme Court to do away […]
Who are these people? They tried to disrupt a legal wedding between two consenting adults in Ghaziabad. Why? Because one was a Muslim, the other a Hindu! BJP and the PM apparently turn a blind eye to the ‘Hate Jihad’ being spread by its minions. But an upright policeman booked the rabble rousers. Now let’s watch […]
New Delhi: India needs to cherish and nurture its Muslim population that is integrated and considers itself Indian, former US president Barack Obama said here today. It is an idea that needs to be reinforced, the former president said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. Obama said he had emphasised the need for religious tolerance […]
Lucknow: Allahabad High Court has directed the removal of a 58 year old mosque called ‘Waqf Masjid High Court’ from its premises within three months for encroachment and asked the state government to delete the words “high court” from the name in all documents. The court directed its registrar-general to ensure that in future, no […]
Bangladesh is reeling under a flood of refugees. Some 2,70,000 Rohingya Muslims have sought shelter in Bangladesh since violence erupted in Burma (Myanmar) two weeks ago, the UN says. A spokeswoman said the jump – up from 1,64,000 on Thursday – was because new pockets of people had been found. She called the figure “so […]
New Delhi :The way graveyards are expanding in the national capital, there would be no place to live, the Delhi High Court observed (July 4). Asking the authorities to find out about the burial practices prevailing elsewhere in the world, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said as […]
New Delhi,: The Supreme Court said it was keeping open for adjudication in the future the issues of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ among Muslims as the Centre insisted that deliberations on these aspects be held as well. (May 15) The observation was made when Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the Centre, said the […]
New Delhi: In order to cut down expenses on the annual Haj subsidies for pilgrims to Mecca, the government is considering reviving the older sea route from Bombay port. After a gap of nearly a quarter-century, chanting of ‘Talbiyah’, a prayer Muslims invoke before they set off for or during the annual Haj pilgrimage may […]
