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- India
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat meets Muslim intellectuals
New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat met with many Muslim intellectuals and discussed recent controversies and ways to strengthen religious inclusivity in the country. As per the sources close…
- World
Hindu-Muslim community leaders call for stop to cycle of violence in UK’s Leicester
Community leaders from Leicester’s Hindu and Muslim communities released a joint statement today calling for a stop to the cycle of violence that began last month with clashes over an Asia Cup…
- Kashmir
Protection of religion, Islamic identity our fundamental responsibility: MMU
Srinagar: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), an amalgam of religious and educational organisations, on Tuesday strongly objected to the alleged enforcement of singing Hindu hymns in schools in Kashmir. “We strongly object to…
- World
Hundreds march through Leicester amid violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims
Leicester: A group of masked men marched through Leicester with one seen armed with a 2×4 foot piece of wood amid violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims, media reports said. Fifteen people…
- India
Yati Narsinghanand, two others booked for inflammatory statements
Aligarh: Controversial seer Yati Narshinganand, an Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha functionary and her husband have been booked by the police for allegedly making inflammatory statements against a particular community, a police official said…
- India
Govt can conduct survey of madrasas: Maulana Arshad Madani
Saharanpur: Maulana Arshad Madani, veteran Muslim scholar and principal of Darul Uloom in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoband, has said that it was well within the rights of the government to undertake a survey…
- India
Karnataka: One of the accused in Mohammed Fazil’s murder case gets bail
In a significant development in Mohammed Fazil’s murder case, a 28-year-old man named Harshit, who was arrested for sheltering the seven prime accused, has been granted bail by a district court on…
- India
Hijab ban: 17K girls skipped exam post HC order, claims advocate
Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, appearing on behalf of the Muslim woman protesting the Karnataka high court’s ruling on the hijab ban said in the Supreme Court that the ruling resulted in thousands…
- Opinions
Muslims arrested, Hindus untouched for violence in MP town
Bhopal: Anti- Muslim violence has come to light from Udaipura town in Raisen district Madhya Pradesh, during the Ganesh idol immersion procession. The incident took place on the night of September 10,…
- India
Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims face discrimination in accessing jobs: Oxfam India
New Delhi: People not belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Schedules Tribes (STs) earn Rs 5,000 per month more than those from the two communities, while non-Muslims earn Rs 7,000 per…
- India
UP: VHP men ‘punish’ Muslims for offering namaz on the roadside
Muslim men travelling from West Bengal to Ajmer in a bus faced the ire of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) men on September 13 when they were ‘punished’ for offering namaz by the…
- India
Muslim-centric parties to muster support against madrasa survey
Lucknow: Muslim-centric parties in Uttar Pradesh will now launch a campaign and mobilise people to oppose a survey of madrasas. The parties that are a part of this initiative include the All…
- India
Sep 13, 2022: Marking activist Umar Khalid’s two years in jail
September 13, 2022, marks two years since Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar and student activist Umar Khalid was imprisoned under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Khalid has been accused of…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: Illegally built madrasa in Amethi demolished
Amethi: The district administration in Amethi has demolished a madrasa constructed illegally on land meant for a pasture. The madrasa, in Gujar Tola village along the Tanda-Banda national highway, in the Gauriganj…
- India
Karnataka: Inciting song played in front of mosque; organisers, DJ booked
On September 10, a video surfaced on Twitter showing a procession celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi playing songs with provocative words. The words, “Khoon Se Iss Dharthi Ko Ham Nehlayenge, Hum Tujhko Teri Awkat…