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Paschimbanga Divas revives debate over Bengal's birth, identity and historical memoryWest Bengal's June 20, marking its partition-era birth, has become a potent political symbol. The BJP government's official observance of P...
Muharram 2024: Know the history, significance of Ashura and cultural practicesMuharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, starts the new Islamic year and is one of Islam’s four sacred months, traditionall...
India abstains in UNGA on Pak resolution on Islamophobia, says religiophobia against Hinduism, Sikhism must also be acknowledgedIndia abstained from voting on a UN General Assembly resolution on Islamophobia, stating that all forms of religiophobia, including against...
Dhannipur Mosque trust kickstarts country-wide fund mobilisation driveMosque to be named 'Mohammad Bin Abdullah Masjid'; expected to house about 9,000 worshippers.
Girl power! The NIF Book Prize 2022 shortlist is all about upcoming women authorsThe NIF Book Prize 2022 is all about celebrating the women of academia.
View: Muslims resist CAA drawing on democracy, AIMPLB bars democracy from customBy challenging the extension of constitutional guarantees of fundamental rights to Muslim law, AIMPLB undermines the ongoing movement to de...
1,000 delegates may attend Mohan Bhagwat’s talkAround 1,000 delegates are likely to be invited for RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's lecture three-day lecture series in the capital.
Shashi Tharoor wades into another row with comments on PM's headgear"I ask you why does our prime minister wear all sorts of outlandish headgear wherever he goes around the country or around the world? Why d...
Make India observer in forum of Islamic nations: BangladeshThough Pakistan is unlikely to welcome the proposal as it uses the forum to regularly target India, the list of likely candidates also incl...
Declare triple talaq, nikah halala, polygamy inconsistent with fundamental right: Centre to SCMuslim women cannot be denied the right to equality guaranteed under the Constitution and other international covenants, the central govern...
Don't let Uniform Civil Code row hijack triple talaq reformThe Law Commission, whose role is purely advisory , has begun consultations on a theme that finds mention in the Directive Principles of th...
US report on Chinese Muslims joining ISIS 'groundless': MediaThe UN has urged all countries to intensify efforts to stem the flow of foreigners looking to fight for ISIS and to prevent and suppress so...
Islam Is Non-Violence: Unfortunately Sufis, Islam’s original mystics, are succumbing to sectarianism tooExtremism feeds on selective retrieval of sacred texts and history, creating irrational fears that require urgent remedial measures.
Road to Islamic State was paved by America’s faustian bargain with Saudi WahhabismDaesh has its roots in 18th century preacher Abd-al-Wahhab’s doctrine, which rejected Islamic pluralism enshrined in the Quran.
Urdu poet Munnawar Rana returns Sahitya Award on live TVRana today announced on live TV his decision to return Sahitya Akademi award along with a Rs one lakh cash prize and vowed not to accept an...
PM Narendra Modi likely to visit India's oldest mosque during Kerala tripPM Narendra Modi is likely to visit the centuries-old Cheraman Juma Masjid, India's oldest Muslim shrine, when he visits Kerala.
Terror attacks cannot save Islam's 'honour'Contrary to the assertion of some, such violence has nothing to do with recent wars or the policies of great powers in Iraq, Afghanistan or...
China mulls national security law to deal with terroristsA draft legislation was tabled today in the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) for its first reading.
- Kalam, Shah Rukh in most influential Muslims list
Former President Abdul Kalam, Bollywood star SRK & music maestro A R Rahman in world's most influential Muslims list. Top 10 donors in FY09...
- Ulema's priorities must change
Deoband has given birth to a number of scholars every year since its inception and is credited with bold sacrifices for India's independenc...