Can the Taliban suppress the potent IS threat?“Historically, the majority of IS attacks have targeted the state ... Now that the US and the international presence is mostly gone, they n...
Dhaka witnesses lone wolf terror attack weeks after Taliban takeoverA Bangladeshi national carried out an attack near the Thai Embassy in Dhaka's posh diplomatic zone, ET has learnt. The perpetrator is being...
Supreme Court fines litigant who wanted verses removed from QuranThe Supreme Court fined a litigant ₹50,000 for seeking the court’s intervention to have 26 verses, which allegedly preach hatred against no...
Leader of Kerala IS module ‘killed by the US forces in Afghanistan’Abdulla was the leader of the 21 people from Kerala who migrated to the IS stronghold in Afghanistan in May-June 2016.
Ex-IB chief: Just 108 of 180m Indian Muslims joined IS“The more religious you are the more fundamentalist you are is the current narrative, but this was proven wrong by UK’s security agencies, ...
ISIS sympathiser deported from Saudi, arrested by NIAThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) today said Amzad Khan who operated online with a number of aliases was arrested yesterday after his...
At least 235 killed in terror attack on Egypt mosqueNo one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack and there is no word yet on what happened to the militants involved. However, it bears...
Nobody can 'give' away a mosque, says Asaduddin Owaisi on Shia Waqf Board stand"Masjids cannot be given just because one Maulana says so. Allah is the owner not a Maulana. Once a Masjid always a Masjid," said the MP.
Why a section of Kerala's Muslim youth is treading a radical pathKerala has so far had an indigenous version of Salafism, which is considered relatively progressive, with its emphasis on educating women.
Kerala's Salafis now look for 'real Islam' in Sri LankaMembers of the group that is believed to have joined the IS mentioned to their relatives that they had a Markaz (centre) where they used to...
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.
After PM Modi's appeal, Barelvi Sufis hit out against Wahabism in IndiaThe gathering holds significance in wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to members of Barelvi sect to counter extremism by way of...
Bombay HC asks Haji Ali Durgah to rethink restriction on women's entryThe Bombay High Court today asked the trustees of iconic Haji Ali Durgah, here which houses the tomb of a 15th-century sufi saint.
Pakistan government terms IS as 'serious threat'Pakistan's top diplomat said that the dreaded Islamic State (IS) militant group posed a "serious threat" to the country.
Three IS-linked Pakistan militants arrested in LahoreThey were identified as Yousuf al Salafi, a Syrian national of Pakistani decent, Fawad and Hafiz Tayyab.
We have cast-iron case against Mehdi Masroor Biswas: CopsBiswas has been charged under IPC section 125, which deals with waging war against a country or alliance friendly to India.
Tahrir Square protests and beginnings of a new dictatorship in EgyptThe operation by the security forces in Egypt against supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi can only be described as slaughter.