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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei death: Protests in J&K, Delhi & UP; BJP stays mumProtests erupted across India, particularly among the Shia Muslim community, following the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali K...- Is Zohran Mamdani Muslim, American or Gujarati?Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral win unsettles America’s white-Christian establishment. A queer, progressive Muslim of Gujarati Khoja heritage,...
- RSS, Muslim leaders meet to bridge communal divideRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and other top leaders met with senior Muslim clerics in New Delhi to discuss ways to improve relations between the ...
- Iraq plans to lower the marriage age for girls to nine: Here're the other proposed controversial changesA proposed Iraqi bill aimed at lowering the legal marriage age for girls to 9 has ignited widespread opposition. Critics state it would inc...
- 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...
- Hamas attack: Iran’s expanding footprints across Arab worldThe world's biggest non-Sunni country has become a key factor in the West Asian fault lines creating its proxy groups in Lebanon and Yemen ...
- Are you Arya Samaji, Bohra, Marthomite or Kuka?For next census, proposal being debated on adding separate heads for sects/branches of 6 major faiths.
- Ayodhya issue: Shia board offers to give up land, wants mosque in Lucknow"The draft for resolving the Ayodhya issue, prepared by the Shia Waqf Board, has been submitted in the Supreme Court on November 18," board...
- Muslim law board hiding talaq facts, says umbrella outfit of 14 bodiesThe Centre has expressed dismay over the board's submission that men are more likely to “control emotions“ and not take “hasty decisions.“
- Winning battle of hearts, MJ Akbar heads to Karbala in IraqShia clerics that ET spoke with welcomed the move and said a delegation of theirs had requested the PM, to not limit his travel to Sunni co...
- Hafiz Saeed asks govt to curb foreign bid to bolster IS in PakIn May, the ISIS was involved in an attack on a bus carrying Shia Ismaili Muslims on the outskirts of Karachi in which 45 people were kille...
- The US is embracing a dark reality in IraqThe Iraqi army, which the US has tried to build up into a viable fighting force, fled when faced with dozens of car bombs in the provincial...
- Two-thirds of world's Shias live in Iran, Pakistan, India and IraqThe difference between the two sects originates from the question of who was the rightful successor to Prophet Muhammad as the spiritual he...
- HC allows Shias to intervene to oppose ban on kids in MoharramThe Judges also decided to allow only lawyers during the next hearing. However, they assured that all the parties in the matter would be he...
- Over 300,000 fled violence-hit Balochistan: Pakistan rights bodyThose fleeing the militancy-plagued region include minorities like Shias and Hindus as well as ethnic Hazaras, Punjabis and Urdu-speaking p...
- Peace datesThe recent demand made by some Madrasa students to celebrate Eid with joint Shia-Sunni prayers raises similar hopes.
- 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...
- Zardari orders tough action against Karachi unrestPresident Asif Ali Zardari has directed authorities to restore peace in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi and to take action against militan...
- Pakistan PM Raja Pervez Ashraf sacks Balochistan govt, imposes Governor's ruleThree bomb attacks in the city on Thursday turned out to be the catalyst for the imposition of Governor's rule.
- Indian woman spy may have embraced Islam: ReportMadhuri Gupta, the 53-year-old second secretary arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan, may have embraced Islam about six years ago, a ...
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