Iran’s top Shia cleric issues fatwa against Trump, Netanyahu; calls them ‘enemies of God’Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has declared U.S. President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as "enemies of God" in a new f...
30 Jun, 2025, 10.04 AM IST
Haridwar dharam sansad: SC issues notice on Waseem Rizvi's plea to club cases against himThe Supreme Court has issued notices on Jitendra Narayan Tyagi's plea to club all criminal cases against him related to alleged hate speech...
28 Mar, 2025, 02.26 PM IST
Salman Rushdie earns a place in Queen's jubilee list, will be named 'Companion of Honour'The Booker Prize-winning author will be honoured for his service to literature.
02 Jun, 2022, 09.58 AM IST
UP government's move to open anti-terrorist squad centre in Deoband triggers political fightLocated in western UP, Deoband is known for housing the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband where the Islamic revivalist movement in Sunni...
18 Aug, 2021, 12.03 AM IST
Terrorists have hijacked Islam: Saudi envoy to IndiaPointing out terrorists do not practise or preach any religion, Al-Sati said terrorists simply hijack religion, "as they have hijacked Isla...
13 Jul, 2018, 10.59 PM IST
Court battle continues between RSS linked Arogya Bharati and Mamata Banerjee government over "Garbh Sanskar" programmeThe RSS functionaries, however, called the move by the West Bengal Commission For Protection of Child Rights as a “politically motivated” a...
08 May, 2017, 08.43 AM IST
Triple talaq violates Quran & Sunna, apart from Constitution: Arif Mohammad KhanNajma Heptulla, along with Muslim Personal Law Board leaders played a key role in "pressuring the Rajiv government" to do the U-turn in the...
20 Oct, 2016, 12.20 AM IST
New book by Salman Khurshid to be out this NovemberThe book covers a wide span from late nineteenth century to the present and brings out the pivotal roles played by a galaxy of distinguishe...
17 Sep, 2014, 02.23 PM IST
Poke me: Let each Muslim be his own Arvind KejriwalMuslims must cast off the yoke of second class citizen mentality and burst forth on the national stage to partake in development and equita...
23 Apr, 2014, 06.21 PM IST
Pulping of Wendy Doniger’s book: How 'hurt sensibilities' of fringe groups muzzle scholarsIgnorance of the law is no defence against it. However, when one seeks to represent a culture or a nation, one expects better homework.
16 Feb, 2014, 03.50 AM IST
Harassment at workplace: This must be the test case for trying sexual offencesIndia is heading into a winter of discontent as more and more women come forward with their stories of harassment in the workplace, or simp...
23 Nov, 2013, 06.48 AM IST
Despite similarities Tahir-ul Qadri is different from Anna HazareQadri, the founder of non-profit Minhaj-ul-Quran, returned to Pakistan after spending seven years in Canada, where he sought asylum in 2008.
19 Jan, 2013, 07.11 AM IST
- Congress, Samajwadi Party, RLD support ban on Salman Rushdie's visit to India
The "secular parties" on Tuesday were falling over each other to coddle the fatwa-issuing clerics and support their latest directive.
11 Jan, 2012, 04.46 AM IST
- Vande Mataram should be made optional, says Tharoor
Union minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor, who has a penchant for controversy, has called for making the national song, '...
19 Nov, 2009, 10.31 AM IST
- By condemning violence, clerics can isolate Islamist terrorists
By identifying the terror attacks as un-Islamic, the clerics undermine the religious legitimacy that the terrorists seek to bring to their ...
09 Dec, 2008, 11.11 AM IST
- Deoband first: A fatwa against terror
For the first time ever, Islamic seminary Darul-Uloom Deoband issued a fatwa against terrorism on Saturday, stating Islam had come to wipe ...
01 Jun, 2008, 02.29 AM IST
- Islamic bond fatwas surge on million-dollar scholars
Sheikh Nizam Yaquby is the gatekeeper to the $1 trillion market for managing Muslim wealth. Yaquby, who lives in Bahrain, says he's on advi...
02 May, 2007, 02.35 AM IST