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Shab-e-Barat 2021: Date, Rituals and Significance of ‘The Night of Forgiveness’
The festival marks the night of forgiveness and fortune. It is also known as the night of prayers. The name of the festival has two important words namely, Shab meaning night and Barat meaning innocence.
Assam polls: Congress fields fresh faces, 15% women, 5% Muslims
Guwahati, March 7 : Around half of the 40 candidates announced in the Congress’ first list for the…
Farmers’ protest unites Muslims, Jats, Gurjar in West UP
Muzaffarnagar, Feb 12 : The communal divide that was created in the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013, is now…
Muslims need higher education: Madani
“Unfortunately, Indian Muslims, especially the wealthy Muslims of northern India, are not paying attention to what is most important to us at this moment,” he said.
Hindus, Muslims jointly celebrate urs of Hazrat Khwaja Saifan Mulk in Karnataka
Events like this highlight the communal harmony between various religions in the country.
I Faced Very Little Racism Due To My Background: Nasser Hussain
New Delhi: Former England captain Nasser Hussain has said that he was lucky enough to have been brought…
JUH approaches SC against new Assam NRC coordinator order
In that case, the state coordinator should have ensured their access to the legal process.
Solicitor General to SC: It would be disastrous for any democracy to control the Press
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the freedom of the journalist is supreme and it would be disastrous for any democracy to control the press.
No ban on ‘azaan’; stay indoor: Delhi LG
New Delhi, April 24: Delhi Lt. Governor Anil Baijal on Friday said the ‘azaan’ has not been banned…
Practice physical distancing even during Ramadan: WHO
Ulemas and Muftis, in their joint appeal, urged the community to offer 'Taraveeh' prayers at their homes.
Tablighi attendees should self-report to officials: MMK
Chennai, April 1 (IANS) Manithaneya Makkal Katchi on Tuesday urged Muslims who had returned to Tamil Nadu from…
CAA-NRC won’t even spare Hindus, warns Prakash Ambedkar
Mumbai, Dec 24 : Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar – the grandson of the Architect of…
‘If CAA not related to religion, why not include Muslims?’
New Delhi, Chandra Kumar Bose, BJP Vice President for West Bengal, on Tuesday demanded transparency in the Citizenship Amendment…
Tension in UP district after mosque construction stopped
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 15 A mosque allegedly being erected in Sambhal district in Uttar Pradesh, was stopped…
Kathua rape and murder case: Jammu court directs Police to Register FIR against SIT
Srinagar, Oct 23: A court in Jammu on Tuesday directed police to register an FIR against a Special…
Clerics to educate UP Muslims on NRC documents
Lucknow, Oct 20 The 150-year-old Idara-e-Sharia at Firangi Mahali will now tell Muslims in Uttar Pradesh to keep…
India is a Hindu Rashtra and Muslims are the happiest, says Mohan Bhagwat
New Delhi, Oct 13 : The happiest Muslims in the world are found in India, thanks to the…
Minor brutally stabbed in UP madarsa
Amroha, Oct 2 A ten-year-old student at a madarsa was stabbed and his throat was slit while he…
Islam created ‘Untouchability’ while “Dalit” term was British conspiracy: RSS
New Delhi, AUg 27: Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Krishna Gopal said people who consumed cow meat were…
SC agrees to examine validity of Triple Talaq, issues notice to Centre
New Delhi, AUg 23 : The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the validity of a newly…
Zomato staff in Bengal protest: ‘Won’t deliver beef or pork’
Kolkata, Aug 11 Food delivery staff of Zomato on Sunday went on an indefinite strike in West Bengal’s…
Telangana, Andhra CMs greet Muslims on Eid
Hyderabad/Vijayawada, Aug 12 Telangana Governor and Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra greeted Muslims on the occasion of…
Low-key Eid celebrations in Jammu and Kashmir amid severe restrictions
Srinagar, AUg 12 : People offered Eid namaz in the morning at Mohalla mosques in Jammu and Kashmir…
President, PM greets nation on Eid
New Delhi, Aug 12 President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the nation…
Iran’s Khamenei urges Muslims to oppose Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian plan
Tehran, Aug 11 : Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on all Muslims to support the Palestinian…
Kashmiris heading home for Eid despite curfew, uncertainty
New Delhi, Aug 8 Despite curfew in the Kashmir Valley, almost every flight from Delhi to Srinagar is…
BSP’s support to BJP on abrogating Article 370 leaves Dalits, Muslims uneasy
Lucknow, Aug 7 Bahujan Samaj Party’s support to the BJP on the revoking of Article 370, has led…
Mathura registers case under new Triple Talaq law
Mathura, Aug 2 Under the newly enacted law that prohibits instant pronouncement of “triple talaq”, a case has…
Aligarh mufti orders namaaz on terrace, instead of roads
Aligarh, July 31 In a decision that could end confrontation between two communities, the Aligarh Shehar mufti, Mohammad…
Article 370 remains a hot issue
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Article 370 remains hot button, contrarian views and emotions swirl around the moment…
Muslims are getting punishment after 1947
Rampur MP Azam Khan said that mob lynching is the punishment Muslims are getting after 1947. Muslims who…
Muslim cleric assaulted, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Muzaffarnagar, July 14 Twelve youths in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, have been booked for pulling the beard of…
VHP slams Mamata for citing US report claiming Bajrang Dal militant outfits, says Bengal CM sacrificing national interest
Kolkata, July 8 Lashing out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her “appeasement politics” and “hatred”…
RSS on expansion mode in Jammu and Kashmir
July 7 : From renovating and reviving deserted temples in the Kashmir Valley to expansion of new “shakhas”…
SC refuses to take up mob lynching on urgent basis
New Delhi, July 4 ; The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to take up mob lynching matter on…
More than medicine, rain could check AES in Bihar
Patna, June 30 There is a consensus among doctors, experts, health officials as well as parents that monsoon…
Hindus donate land for graveyard to Muslims in Ayodhya
Ayodhya, June 26 In a gesture that could ease tension between Hindus and Muslim and, perhaps, pave the…
Muslim students bag 80% of government scholarships
June 15: Students from the Muslim community received about 80 per cent of total scholarships offered under 20…
Congress to oppose Bill on triple talaq
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019. It will replace the ordinance promulgated in February.
Muslims and election: They also serve who only stand and wait
India’s 187 million Muslims deserve a round of applause for the diligent docility with which they have allowed…
China using app to target Muslims in Xinjiang: HRW
Hong Kong, May 2 Chinese authorities are using a mobile phone app to collect vast amount of data…
EC warns Maneka Gandhi over communal remarks
New Delhi, April 29: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday “strongly condemned” Union Minister Maneka Gandhi for her…
Muslims treated like tenants in India: Azam Khan on Lok Sabha election dates-Ramzan row
New Delhi, March 11 : Upset over the Lok Sabha election dates clashing with the Muslim holy month…
Will not allow RSS to spread rumours to incite violence in Bengal: Mamata
Kolkata, Feb 22 : Slamming the central government for “making false promises”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee…
Modi govt undermining regional integrity of Jammu and Kashmir, says Shah Faesal
Jan 11 : Former Kashmiri IAS officer Shah Faesal, who resigned from his post two days, on Thursday…
BJP wants Muslim-mukt Bharat: Owaisi on Amit Shah’s Majlis-mukt Bharat comment
New Delhi, Nov 8 : Furious over the AMit Shah’s statement that “Hyderabad ko majlis se mukt karoonga”,All…
Shaikh Akleem is ‘Sita’, Afzal Ansari is ‘Lord Shiva’ in this Bihar Ramlila
Sato Awanti (Bihar), Oct 17: For nearly four decades, Muslims in this Bihar village have been helping Hindus…
Supreme Court refuses to interfere in deportation of 7 Rohingyas to Myanmar
The Modi government told the Supreme court that Myanmar had acknowledged Rohingya Muslims as its citizens and agreed to take them back.
Plea in Supreme Court seeks restraint on expulsion of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar
New Delhi, Oct 3 : A fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a restraint on…
Muslims, STs, Dalits made most progress in combating poverty: UN
United Nations: While India has taken tremendous strides in combating poverty in the past decade, Muslims, members of…
Majeed Memon uses derogatory remark for PM Modi
New Delhi, Sep 17 : Referring to Prime Minister’s address at Indore’s Saifee mosque, Senior Nationalist Congress Party …
Muslims gather in Mecca ahead of Haj
Riyadh, Aug 17: Thousands of Muslims from around the world gathered on Friday in the Saudi Arabian city of…
PDP leader warns of another partition, says stop lynching Muslims
Srinagar, July 28 : Issuing a controversial statement, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and Member Parliament Muzaffar Hussain…
Bareilly leader announces reward for stoning two Triple -Talaq victims
Lucknow, July 21: The head of a Bareilly NGO has stirred a controversy by allegedly announcing a reward for…
RSS chief threatened to kill Mahatma Gandhi : CID Reports
"RSS said that no power on earth could keep them in Hindustan. They shall have to quit this country. Mahatma Gandhi wanted to keep the Muslims in India and it is better to silence Gandhi.
BJP spreads hatred against Muslims, Dalits: Asaduddin Owaisi
New Delhi, June 21: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata…
Mosque vandalised in Haryana’s Karnal
Karnal, June 1: A mosque in Haryana’s Karnal district was allegedly vandalised and several Muslim men were beaten…
Minorities fear India disintegrating under Modi as Bajrang Dal gets armed
The attack on minorities by Hindu fringe elements have compelled Archbishop’s of country’s capital New Delhi and Financial…
India not prosecuting cow protection vigilantes: US
New York, May 30: The US has accused Indian authorities of not prosecuting cow protection vigilantes attacking Muslims suspected…
Ramzan 2018: What to eat to stay full during the holy month
New Delhi, May 25: For those observing fasts during the holy month of Ramzan, it will help to…
Maharashtra Congress opposes Haj airfares, visa fees hike
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) The Maharashtra Congress on Saturday opposed the recent hike in airfares and visa fees…
Political Parties mantra: Divide to win elections
There is a growing perception that elections in 2018 and 2019 will be fought on religious lines as even after more than 70 years, political parties cannot think of winning a single election on performance alone.
Agra Muslims attempt ‘Tiranga Yatra’ to highlight grievances
Agra, Feb 5: Muslims in Agra on Monday tried to take out a “Tiranga Yatra” but were held back…
Told Modi privately that country shouldn’t be divided on religious lines: Obama
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Former US President Barack Obama on Friday said he told Prime Minister Narendra…
Haj application process to go online, transparent: Naqvi
Mumbai, Nov 12: Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said the government has been working to make the…
Darul Uloom Deoband issued Fawta banning Muslims from posting pictures on social media
Delhi, Oct 20: In such a major restriction to all the Muslims, Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has…
Cow urine should be acceptable as treatment to Muslims too: Ramdev
New Delhi, Sep 30: Yoga guru and Patanjali founder Swami Ramdev said cow urine should be acceptable to Muslims…
Cow urine should be acceptable as treatment to Muslims too, says Ramdev
New Delhi, Sep 30: Yoga guru and Patanjali founder Swami Ramdev said cow urine should be acceptable to Muslims…
Armed forces veteran write open letter to PM Modi condemning attacks on Muslims, Dalits
New Delhi, July 31: In a wake of recent attacks on Muslims and Dalits, the Indian Armed Forces veterans…
Discrimination against Muslims on rise in US: Survey
Washington, July 27: The US is becoming an increasingly Muslim-unfriendly country, a survey released by the Pew Research…
Lynching incidents detrimental to India’s security but Modi’s silence maintained
Mob violence has emerged as a common threat to Muslims and other minorities in India but sectarian divisions…
97% attacks by cow vigilantes happened in Modi’s regime
New Delhi, July 1, 2017: Muslims were the target of 51% of violence centred on bovine issues over…
Modi greets nation on Ramadan
New Delhi, May 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the nation on the beginning of the holy…
Beyond triple talaq
The central issue, therefore, is not the finality and the manner in which women are divorced, but the inability of both law and society to protect women after divorce.
Muslims don’t vote for BJP, but we gave them “proper sanctity”: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi, April 22, 2017: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said Muslims do not vote for…
Chidambaram asks PM Modi, why only poor, Muslims, Dalits & Christians are targeted by saffron brigade
New Delhi, April 15: Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Friday cited atrocities to poor and minorities under…
CM Trivendra Singh Rawat scraps 90 minutes Namaz break to Muslims on Friday
New Delhi, April 11: The Bhartiya Janta Party led state government in Uttarakhand under CM Trivendra Singh Rawat…
Muslims to favour Mayawati, BJP’s clean image under shadow
The sixth and seventh phase of 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections is very crucial because the Muslims seem…
Mann Ki Baat! of Modi
Since coming to power in 2014 Narendra Modi started a radio program which is titled ‘Mann Ki Baat’.…
BJP should have given tickets to Muslims for UP elections: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi, February 23: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that Bharatiya Janata Party should have…
Won’t tolerate attempts to trigger riots: Bengal CM
Kalimpong (West Bengal), Feb 14 Asserting that her government will not tolerate attempts to trigger riots in the…
64% voter turnout in first phase of UP elections: EC
LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: 64.22 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in 73 assembly constituencies in the first of…
Sakshi Maharaj breaks moral code of conduct; blames Muslims for population rise
Meerut, January 7: While Supreme Court of India ruled out this week that no politician or political party…
Narendra Modi should quit
Modi government has shown its skills in multiplying the problems for India that have a great bearing on the…
UK man accused of attempting to kill Donald Trump; denied bail
A Briton who tried to grab a police officer’s gun at presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s rally in…
Home Ministry seeks report from Akhilesh govt on Kairana exodus
As the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections due in next year, the political parties searching the way to hold…
Sacred month of extreme devotion, Ramzan begins
Ramadan also known as Ramazan, a holy month of fasting that lasts for 29 to 30 days has…
PM Modi offers Ramadan greetings to world Muslims
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended warmest Ramadan greetings to the world’s 1.7 billion Muslims as…
ISIS video:Indian ‘Jihadists’ vows revenge for Babri demolition
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant released a shocking video in which Indian Jihadis, including Thane engineering student…
Sadiq Khan rejects offer ,says will accept ‘ignorant’ Trump’s Muslim ban
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has said London’s new mayor Sadiq Khan could be an “exception” to his…
One Dead in clashes at Aligarh Muslim University
Fierce clashes erupted between two groups of students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Saturday night in…
3 Madrassa students beaten up for refusing to chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’
Three students of a Madrassa in Delhi have alleged that they were beaten up by a group of…
Trump divisive poll rhetoric damaging US image: Obama
Raising serious concerns about the “vulgar and divisive” rhetoric by Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, Barack Obama has…
Sabka saath, sabka vikas!We don’t recruit Muslims as per Govt Policy:Ayush Ministry
In reply to an RTI application,the Ministry of AYUSH has categorically stated that “as per government policy, no…
Stop people spreading hatred in ‘tolerant India’, Aamir Khan asks Modi
After his intolerance remarks that created lot of furore in the country, Bollywood star Aamir Khan said India…
HRD Katheria claims conspiracy against muslim
Union minister Ram Shankar Katheria, who has been accused of inflaming violence against muslims, at a condolence meeting…
RSS leaders call Muslims demons ,urge Hindus to take up arms
Issuing warning to Muslims,leaders of Sangh Parivar,BJP MP, MLAs termed Muslims as “traitors” and “demons” and asked Hindus…
Farooq Abdullah attacks Modi says J&K won’t be part of India if Muslims viewed with suspicion
Former Union Minister Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said India will not be able to keep Kashmir if the…
Muslims will have to accept SC verdict on Ayodhya: Swamy
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said he was confident that the Supreme Court will pronounce a “favourable” verdict in…
‘Bhai’ Narendra Modi is ruling India, No need of agitation for Ram temple : Togadia
The firebrand VHP president Pravin Togadia said when our brother Narendra Modi is heading the government at the…
Uttar Pradesh CM sacks Minister Nehra after temple remarks
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister President Akhilesh Yadav has stripped Samajwadi Party leader Ompal Nehra of minister of state…
Clinton’s Bathroom Break ‘Disgusting’: Trump
A war of words between Republican and Democratic presidential frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton has intensified over…
Ted counters Donald on Muslims and Terrorism
Arti Bali, National security subject –Terrorism and foreign policy were the focus of the fifth debate of Republican…
California shooters radicalized at least 2 years ago
The Pakistani-origin couple involved in the California shooting last week were radicalised even before they met and got…
Mark voices support for Muslim Facebook users , will ‘fight to protect’ Muslim rights
Countering Donald Trump’s statement on Muslims ,Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said that Muslims will always be welcome on…