Muslims
- Bangalore
Political slugfest over serial killings deepen communal divide in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The political slugfest over the serial killings in the coastal Karnataka region has threatened to create more divide between communities in the communally sensitive region. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s gesture of…
- Featured News
With Hindutva pressure rising Muslims feel need to reassert their role in freedom struggle
Hyderabad: Unfortunately, we seem to have come to a situation, where many of us have begun to ask: Did Muslims play any role in independence movement? With the force of insinuation and…
- India
Karnataka: Muslim committee announces compensation for kin of Mashood, Fazil
The Muslim Central Committee announced a compensation of Rs 30 lakhs to Fazil and Mashood’s families. The young men were murdered in different incidents recently in Dakshina Kannada. Ironically, Karnataka chief minister…
- India
‘9 heads pending..’: Karnataka Godman incites violence against Muslims
Violence inciting statements by Hindutva leaders have been adding fuel to the fire, as the Karnataka government attempts to clamp down on the rising communal tensions in the state. Tensions have been…
- Featured News
Muslim tailors in Gorakhpur are busy stitching clothes for Hindu ‘Kanwariyas’
There are numerous tales of communal harmony to be told from India in the torrid times when Hindu- Muslim polarization is constructed on the Indo- Gangetic plains to erect the edifice of…
- World
Uyghur prisoners forced to speak in Chinese, kowtow to police
Sanji: Uyghurs prisoners in Xinjiang are forced to speak in Mandarin and perform obvious displays of subservience to their Chinese guards in monthly video calls with relatives, Uyghurs living in exile say,…
- India
BJP worker’s killers may have escaped to Kerala, claims Karnataka HM
Bengaluru: Taking note of the killing of BJP youth wing leader Praveen Nettaru, Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said that there was a high chance that the accused may have escaped to…
- India
Karnataka: Congress MLA’s comment on Vokkaligas stirs controversy
Bengaluru: Congress leader and MLA B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan’s remarks about Muslims outnumbering Vokkaligas in Karnataka has stirred a controversy, with it now taking the shape of “community politics.” Vokkaliga leaders from…
- India
Amarnath Yatra: Thousands of Muslims offer services to pilgrims
Sonmarg: As the Amarnath Yatra is in progress in Jammu and Kashmir, religious harmony was seen in the valley where Amarnath Yatris were welcomed by local Muslims on their way to the…
- India
BJP’s ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims outreach ‘farce’; wants ‘Muslim-mukt’ legislatures: BSP MP Danish Ali
New Delhi: BSP MP Danish Ali on Sunday dubbed the BJP’s outreach to ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims a “farce” and alleged that the ruling party wants “Muslim-mukt” legislatures throughout the country. He accused the…
- India
UP: Muslim man beaten to death, BJP leader and three others arrested
A 28-year-old Muslim man was beaten to death by four Hindu men, including a district-level Bharatiya Janata Party leader on July 19 in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. According to UP Tak, the…
- India
UP: Woman hired to frame Muslim businessman in rape, love jihad case
New Delhi: A Hindu woman who had earlier accused a Muslim businessman, Prince Qureshi of raping her has made a u-turn and said that she was hired by two persons to frame…
- India
Karnataka teenager murder: 6 out of 8 accused belong to Bajrang Dal
On July 21, Mohammad Mashood, a 19-year-old young man, while undergoing treatment at the First Neuro Hospital in Mangalore breathed his last. He was attacked by a group of Hindu men with a…
- Opinions
NCERT’s manipulation of school textbooks to negatively impact minds
There is a bright young nine-year-old boy Karam who has recently come to live in my house. Every morning his mother takes him to the bus stop for the school bus. The…
- India
Gyanvapi case: Locals insist ‘ganga-jamuni’ culture must not erode
Varanasi: With the Gyanvapi Shringar Gauri case in the Supreme Court, leaders from both religions voice different opinions, yet want the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb of Kashi to stay intact. Hearing the matter on…