Uttar Pradesh polls: Shia Muslims of Lucknow may not opt for the BJP this time aroundOften seen to be inclined towards the BJP in the past due to the popularity of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and defence minister Rajnath Singh, a l...
20 Feb, 2022, 11.30 PM IST
Shias, traditional BJP backers, divided over CAAThere seems to be simmering discontent within the Muslim community that has its nerve centre in Lucknow, a hint of which was also seen in I...
08 Mar, 2020, 11.50 PM IST
Police should show restraint: NCM chief Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi“The protesters should stay away from people who break law while police should be sensitive and cautious while dealing with youth. They are...
19 Dec, 2019, 11.47 PM IST
Doval meets religious leadersThe National Security Advisor held a meeting with Hindu and Muslim religious leaders on Sunday. The participants favoured more dialogue bet...
11 Nov, 2019, 06.51 AM IST
RSS, BJP reach out to Muslims ahead of Ayodhya verdict; meeting with clerics, intellectuals heldThe meeting, held at the home of minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, was attended by RSS leaders Krishna Gopal and Ramlal, forme...
05 Nov, 2019, 05.10 PM IST
Don’t play politics, respect verdict: Muslim clericsLeading clerics issued appeals to the Muslim community during prayers at various mosques in Uttar Pradesh on Friday to maintain peace and n...
02 Nov, 2019, 09.24 AM IST
Babri Masjid: Amicable solution by mutual discussion can be looked at, says Mulayam SinghThe statement by Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav comes close on the heels of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s meetings with...
27 Nov, 2017, 11.38 PM IST
Rajnath Singh meets Islamic leaders over IS swayThe Home Minister sought the cooperation of the clerics, who offered all help to the government in this regard, official sources said.
03 Feb, 2016, 03.04 AM IST
A sectarian war? Muslims in India have different takesAmid these developments, an organization called Anjuman-e-Haideri has started recruiting volunteers pledging to protect Shia holy shrines i...
26 Jun, 2014, 11.45 AM IST
BJP and Narendra Modi have won Muslim votes too: ClericsMuslims too have voted for the BJP in large numbers as they exhorted prime minister-elect Modi to fulfill the promises he has made to the c...
17 May, 2014, 01.38 PM IST
Protests against Karbala land acquisition; 300 detainedAs many as 300 protesters, including Shia cleric Kalbe Jawad, were detained today over acquisition of Karbala land in Jor Bagh area of city.
08 Apr, 2014, 11.01 PM IST
Waqf property dispute: Clerics plan to lay siege to Congress officesMaulana Kalbe Jawad, an influential cleric, said a coordinated protest will also target all Congress constituencies in the battleground sta...
12 Mar, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Maulanas protest against Congress on waqf properties land grab issueTaking their long-running protest up one level, prominent Muslim clerics threatened to work against Congress in Sonia and Rahul Gandhi’s co...
30 Jan, 2014, 05.19 AM IST
Clerics attack Rahul Gandhi, but don’t spare Narendra Modi eitherMuslim leaders, who say both BJP and Cong are two sides of the same coin, are betting on regional parties and third front government after ...
28 Oct, 2013, 09.32 AM IST
Not just Narendra Modi, Maulvis now against Rahul Gandhi and Congress on the Waqf land issueSalman Khurshid said while they acknowledge there are grievances, they do not see how agitating against Congress will help the Muslim cause.
09 Sep, 2013, 05.05 AM IST
Eye on 2014 elections, Congress to resolve incidents of encroachment of Delhi Wakf propertyAt the heart of the controversy are two plots of land, which a number of prominent Muslim clerics alleged have been encroached upon by the ...
27 Aug, 2013, 10.25 AM IST
Not Congress, regional parties our best bet: Muslim ClericsTwo influential Muslim religious voices have blasted the Congress party for treating the community as a vote bank.
24 Jul, 2013, 06.46 AM IST