West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announces Rs 500 honorarium hike for purohits, muezzinsWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a Rs 500 increase in monthly honorariums for purohits and muezzins. This brings th...
Pope Leo removes shoes but doesn't pray on visit to Istanbul's Blue MosqueOn Saturday, Pope Leo made a historic visit to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, honoring the sacred space by removing his shoes, yet refraining...
Muslim prayer timings for July 2, 2025: Salah schedule and Rakat details across US and CanadaSalah, the second pillar of Islam, is performed five times daily and varies based on location. This report outlines prayer times for July 2...
Court in Kerala acquits 3 RSS workers in Madrassa teacher murder caseThe detailed verdict of the case is yet to come out. Thirty four-year old Mohammed Riyas Maulavi, a muezzin (person who proclaims the Islam...
Telangana polls: Congress releases 'Minority Declaration', promises Rs 4,000 crore budget for welfareCongress promised Rs 1,000 crore per annum to provide subsidised loans to jobless minority youth and women. Under the Abdul Kalam Taufa-e-T...
'Don't let anyone split your votes', Mamata Banerjee urges 'minority community’ in West BengalBanerjee, who was speaking at a conference of the state’s imams and muezzins in Kolkata, claimed that BJP is instigating divisive forces in...
Mamata Banerjee announces hike in allowances of Imams and Hindu priestsWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a hike in the monthly allowance of Muslim clerics and Hindu priests by Rs 50...
Dubai to grant golden visas for imams, preachers, muezzins ahead of EidUAE will be granting olden visas to mosque imams, preachers, muezzins, muftis, and religious researchers who have completed 20 years of ser...
Imams of Delhi Waqf Board-affiliated mosques protest near CM's residence over 'pending salaries'Last week, Imams and muezzins of the mosques affiliated to the Delhi Waqf Board had threatened to hold a protest outside Kejriwal's residen...
SC's 1993 order to pay remuneration to Imams is in 'violation of Constitution': Information commissionerThe Central Information Commission has said the 1993 Supreme Court order allowing remuneration to imams in mosques was in "violation of the...
No loudspeakers for azan: Allahabad HCWhile the court held that azan or the call for prayer is an integral part of Islam and it does not violate the lockdown guidelines, using l...
Police: Suspect detained after stabbing at London mosqueThe Metropolitan Police force said officers called to the London Central Mosque found a man in his 70s with stab wounds. Paramedics treated...
Ayodhya: Old accounts by foreigners shed light on the shared history of temple siteAn assistant commissioner of the Raj in Faizabad in the 1860s is among those who played, unwittingly, a key role in providing champions of ...
Man with ISIS links nabbed from Kashmere Gate ISBT in Delhi: PoliceSayeed was acting as a financier and had given Rs 50,000 to the four persons who were arrested from Haridwar last month.
Imams to use social media to counter ISIS influenceThe social media initiative, led by Qari Fazlur Rehman, comes after reports that ISIS is extensively using social media to radicalise young...
Amit Shah halts speech for azan, says won't give Mamata leewayWhen some BJP supporters started shouting slogans while the azan was going on, the party president raised his hands and asked them to remai...
Indian survivors recount horror of living in GazaThe four survivors left Gaza Strip last Sunday, one of the bloodiest days of the conflict with 97 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers kill...