Muslims
- India
Gyanvapi row: Plea challenging Places of Worship Act filed in SC
New Delhi A fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking intervention in the Gyanvapi mosque dispute. It contended that Muslims cannot assert any right in respect of any piece of…
- Politics
BJP plans to make inroad among backward Muslims
New Delhi: With an objective to increase its presence among minorities, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning to reach out to backward Muslims in a bigger way. The BJP is also…
- India
MP: 48 houses bulldozed following clash during Dalit man’s wedding
Following an incident between members of the local Dalit and Muslim communities in Jirapur, Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district, officials bulldozed 48 houses that they deemed to be allegedly infringing on government land…
- India
Sri Ram Sene ‘working on’ list of ‘illegal’ mosques, churches
Sri Ram Sene, the Hindutva organisation, is “working” round the clock to prepare a list of all “illegal” churches and mosques in Karnataka. A report from the Hindustan Times said that the…
- India
Will behead Muslims who pray in Gyanvapi mosque: Bajrang Dal worker
A Bajrang Dal worker has threatened to kill Muslims who offer prayers at the Gyanvapi masjid. In a video that has been circulating on the internet for two days, a right-wing person…
- India
SC to hear challenge to Gyanvapi mosque survey on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Varanasi civil court to desist from hearing the Gyanvapi mosque survey case after the lawyer representing the Hindu plaintiffs sought an adjournment for…
- India
Eight UP districts on alert following Mathura dispute
Lucknow: In the wake of a slew of petitions filed in various courts over the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah dispute, the Uttar Pradesh Police have directed its units in eight districts to ‘remain…
- Hyderabad
Caste Census essential for secularism, says Majeedullah Farhat
Hyderabad: Majeedullah Khan Farhat, the head of Majlis Bachao Tahreek, stated that a caste census is essential for India because, without it, anyone from a minority may not become a chief minister…
- India
AIMPLB asks Centre, state govts to clarify stand on targeting of Muslims’ places of worship
Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has asked the Centre and the state governments to clarify their stand on the alleged targeting of places of worship of Muslims in…
- India
Gyanvapi mosque row: AIMPLB legal team to extend assistance to Muslim side
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Tuesday held an emergency meeting amid the ongoing row surrounding the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi where claims of a Shivling being…
- India
UP: Plea seeks injunction against prayers at Mathura mosque
Mathura: A group of lawyers and law students has filed a plea in a court here demanding that Muslims be restrained from offering prayers at the Shahi Idgah mosque, which they said…
- India
SC orders protection of Shivling found in Gyanvapi mosque, removes bar on Muslims’ entry
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the area within Gyanvapi mosque where the ‘Shivling’ has been found needs to be protected, but there should be no restriction on Muslims entering…
- India
ED targeting Muslim companies under pretence of an inquiry: PFI
In a statement, Popular Front of India Chairman O M A Salam denied the allegations made by the Enforcement Directorate against the organization and its leaders in its formal announcement on Friday.…
- India
Muslims can never become vote bank, change regime in India: Asaduddin Owaisi
Ahmedabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that India never had and will never have a numerically large Muslim vote bank and the community will never have…
- India
Owaisi questions ‘silence’ of Opposition on Gyanvapi Masjid complex survey
Ahmedabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday questioned the “silence” of Opposition parties, including the Congress and SP, on the video survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid complex in Varanasi, alleging that they…