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- India
Minor boys held for cleric’s family’s murder in UP mosque
Baghpat (UP): Police on Sunday detained two minor students of a cleric in connection with the murder of his wife and two daughters in the Doghat area of Baghpat district, an official…
- India
Illegal marriage hall on pond land demolished in Sambhal
Sambhal: Authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district on Thursday demolished a marriage hall and a madrassa constructed illegally on pond land in Raa Ya village under Asmoli police station limits, officials said.…
- India
Mosque sealed in Uttarakhand’s Rajaji Tiger Reserve following SC order
Rishikesh: A decades-old mosque in the Ramgarh Range of Uttarakhand’s Rajaji Tiger Reserve has been sealed in a joint operation by the sanctuary administration and police. Ramgarh Range Forest Officer Ajay Dhyani…
- India
HC to hear today mosque committee plea in Sambhal Jama Masjid violence case
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court will on Monday take up the Sambhal Jama Masjid violence case, following a petition filed by mosque committee Chairman Zafar Ali challenging the police charge sheet. Ali…
- India
MP: Mosque prez arrested over ‘outsider’ staying without police permit
A case has been registered against the president of a mosque in Kharkala village in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh for allegedly failing to inform the authorities about an ‘outsider’ staying inside…
- World
Pig heads found outside nine mosques in Paris
Paris: French authorities have launched a criminal investigation after pigs’ heads were discovered outside nine mosques in France capital Paris and its surrounding suburbs on Tuesday, September 9. Officials are treating the…
- Hyderabad
Bottles thrown inside Afzalgunj mosque; MBT demands probe
Hyderabad: Unidentified persons allegedly threw glass bottles inside an Afzalgunj mosque on Sunday night, September 6, during a Ganesh immersion procession. The following day, Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) spokesperson, Amjedullah Khan, visited…
- India
Imam booked for hoisting Islamic flag higher than tricolour in UP
Kaushambi: Police have registered a case against a 37-year-old imam of a mosque here for allegedly hoisting an Islamic flag higher than the national flag, an officer said on Tuesday. Chail Circle…
- Middle East
Historic Al Nuri mosque in Iraq reopens eight years after destroyed by ISIS
Baghdad: The Great Mosque of Al Nuri, one of Iraq’s most iconic landmarks, reopened in Mosul’s Old City on Monday, September 1, eight years after it was destroyed by ISIS militants. The…
- Featured News
Bappa in mosque: Ganesh festival fosters harmony in Maharashtra village
Sangli: A village here in Maharashtra has been witnessing a unique Ganesh festival celebration for more than four decades with the installation of the elephant-headed God’s idol in a mosque. Religious tensions…
- Pakistan
Pakistan has more mosques than factories: Report
Islamabad: There are over 6,00,000 mosques and 36,000 religious seminaries in Pakistan as compared to 23,000 factories, according to the country’s first ever economic census report. The report comes at a time…
- India
Sambhal mosque row: SC orders status quo, issues notice
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered status quo till August 25 in the Sambhal mosque row and issued notice to the Hindu petitioners. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha…
- India
Imam shocked to find meat packet, threat letter inside Tripura mosque
An imam of a Tripura mosque was shocked to discover a packet of meat with a warning letter on Sunday, August 17. Its contents claimed the land belonged to Hindus and asked…
- India
Construction of Uttarakhand mosque on hold amid height regulation issues
The construction of a mosque in Uttarakhand was temporarily paused following concerns over compliance with regulated building height limits. Haridwar local authority in the Laksar region raised the issue earlier this week,…
- India
Sambhal temple-mosque row: Court sets Aug 21 to hear case
Sambhal: A civil court in Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday, August 5, deferred to August 21, the ongoing Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar temple dispute owing to the strike of the local bar association…
