Namaz
- Kerala
Eid celebrated across Kerala with prayers, greetings
Kochi: Eid al-Fitr was celebrated across Kerala on Friday, March 20, with religious fervour and community gatherings. Known locally as Cheriya Perunnal, special prayers were held in mosques, while Eidgahs were organised…
- India
Resign or transfer: HC tears into UP govt on limiting Sambhal mosque namaz
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Saturday, March 14, dismissed the Uttar Pradesh administration’s decision to restrict the number of worshippers allowed to offer namaz during Ramzan at a mosque in Sambhal.…
- India
Bareilly namaz row: HC grants police protection for Khan amid threats
Bareilly: The Allahabad High Court, on Wednesday, March 11, ordered police protection for Haseen Khan, owner of the house which allegedly received threats of “bulldozer action” for praying namaz in it. A…
- Top Stories
Prayers at any spot not religious right, says Bombay HC
Mumbai: Security overrides religion, the Bombay High Court said on Thursday, March 5, while refusing any relief to taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers seeking to offer namaz at the site of a now-demolished…
- Telangana
Pig carcass found inside Eidgah in Telangana’s Suryapet, FIR filed
Hyderabad: Police in Telangana’s Suryapet district have registered a case after the carcass of a pig was found inside an Eidgah in Basha Naik Tanda, an incident local Muslims say was meant to…
- India
7 booked for unlawful assembly in Malegaon municipality namaz case
Nashik: The Maharashtra Police on Wednesday, February 25, booked seven individuals for offering namaz in the Electricity Department office at the Malegaon Municipal Corporation. A municipal corporation employee, Mahendra Raghunath Sawant, aged…
- Hyderabad
Man with mental health condition held for moving inside temple in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Villagers of Pratap Singaram, Medchal, caught a Muslim man suffering from a mental illness after he was found loitering inside an Ayappa Swamy Temple on Wednesday, February 25. A video emerged…
- India
Namaz offered at Maharashtra municipal office, BJP invokes ‘Hindu Rashtra’
Nashik: A group of Muslim men offering prayers in Maharashtra’s Malegaon Municipal Corporation office drew strong reactions from right-wing leaders, with some labelling it an unauthorised act in a “Hindu Rashtra.” The…
- India
Uttarakhand man assaulted for offering namaz on vacant land
Rudrapur: An elderly Muslim man was allegedly assaulted by some people and forced to chant religious slogans after he offered namaz on a vacant land in front of a temple here, police…
- Top Stories
13 Lucknow University students issued notices over namaz, protests at mosque
Lucknow: Thirteen students from Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow University were issued notices on Tuesday, February 24, for offering prayers and protesting outside the Lal Baradari mosque on the campus, after the administration sealed…
- India
Allahabad HC quashes case against 2 students for offering Namaz at restricted site
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against two students accused of offering namaz at a place barred by the local administration. A single judge bench of Justice Saurabh Srivastava…
- India
Bareilly DM, SSP issued notice for interference in namaz at private property
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has issued contempt notices to the district magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Bareilly for allegedly preventing certain individuals, including the petitioner, from offering namaz…
- India
UP: Bajrang Dal storms govt school over namaz claims, principal suspended
Sambhal: Several Bajrang Dal members forcibly entered a government school in Uttar Pradesh‘s Sambhal to question the Quranic verses framed on the walls, alleging that the students were being taught to wear…
- Hate Crime
UP: 12 held for offering namaz in empty house ‘without permission’
Bareilly: Police have detained 12 people in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district for allegedly offering prayer (namaz) at an empty house “without permission”, officials said on Sunday, January 18. A…
- India
Kashmiri man detained for ‘trying’ to offer namaz at Ram temple
Ayodhya: Police on Sunday, January 11, handed over a Kashmiri man, who was detained for allegedly attempting to offer namaz inside the Ram Mandir complex, to his family members after they produced…
