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Not just Mathura, Kashi, this UP town known for soorma and jhumka recorded as many tourists as Goa last yearBareilly is experiencing a significant tourism surge, attracting over one crore domestic visitors last year, driven by the Rs 230-crore Nat...
Eid Milad-un-Nabi Celebrations: History and traditions in the Sufi and Barelvi communitiesMuslims following the Sufi or Barelvi school of thought are celebrating Eid Milad-un-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad. This ...
In their prophet’s shadow: Ahmadis and their plight as a communityEvery December, members of the Ahmadiyya sect, one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, gather in a township in Punjab, India - ...
Muslim religious body to form a committee to draft a roadmap to modernise MadrasasAccording to Jamiat members, the decision was made considering the constant scrutiny that Madrasas face, and keeping in mind the “future em...
Crisis Group report confirms terror nursery in Pakistan's Punjab provinceThe report says the Pakistan military's ambitious National Action Plan made little headway to stop terrorism and has not done much to regul...
Uttar Pradesh madrassas unfurl tricolour, sing national anthem on I-DayThough many madrassas paid heed to the order, many other claimed that they never received any official word on the celebrations.
Here's how schools of faith, mobiles are radicalising KashmirThe traditionally moderate school followed by the majority in Kashmir is being replaced by the Saudi-imported Salafism or Wahhabism.
Government will reach out to Muslims before taking decision on triple talaq: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviAIMPLB has said that the Centre’s stand in the Supreme Court against the practice of triple talaq was a “conspiracy” to implement a uniform...
- Pakistan religious parties offer blood money to Taseer family
According to Islamic jurisprudence, a killer can be pardoned by the legal heirs of the victim with or without taking blood money.
Pro-ISIS stir a disturbing trend in Valley: SeparatistsThe Valley's Shia population, too, expressed unease. "We fear this may put our lives at risk since the ISIS leader is targeting the Shias."
How Muslims are held in captive fear to keep India 'secular'The enemies of secularism are not those who have opposed it but those who have manipulated it for their electoral benefit, looking to get M...
Sunni group says slain Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud isn't 'martyr'The fatwa said Mehsud was involved in the killing of thousands of innocent people and the fact that he was killed by a drone strike could n...
Honour Ghalib with Bharat Ratna: KatjuClassical Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib should be honoured with the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, PCI Chairman Markandey Katju ha...
Tahirul Qadri: A preacher who is no politician, and shouldn’t beHis followers number in millions in Pak & India. Qadri, a leading pioneer of the Barelvi school of Sunni Islam, alters interpretations of I...
- Sibal reaching out to Muslim MPs, honchos
Kapil Sibal is reaching out to the muslim political leadership.
- Losing allies, Cong counts on ‘hardliners’
A desperate Congress is now turning to hardline elements in the minority community for support.