As millions of Muslims celebrate the joyous festival of Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday to mark the end of month-long Ramzan fasts, situations in India were a little grim. In wake of the recent instances of mob violence targeting Muslims over the past few days, people on social media are carrying out[Read More…]
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UAE: Gurdwara organises Iftar and hosts Muslims
A gurdwara in UAE organised Iftar where people of different religions and over 30 nationalities broke the Muslim fast together on Friday. To celebrate the holy month of Ramazan and support the Muslim community, Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara hosted 120 residents of over 30 nationalities in a multicultural setting. As[Read More…]
UP government to make marriage registration compulsory even for Muslims
Officials announced on Tuesday that the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to make marriage registration compulsory for all in the state. Accordingly, the women’s welfare department has drafted a proposal that is likely to be brought in the next session of the state cabinet. The sources say that following the[Read More…]
Graffiti of hatred on Islamist Centre after London attacks
Following the recent attacks in London, the vandals expressed their aggression by doing graffiti on an Islamic centre in South London. Words like “Terrorise your own country” and “Go away” were spray-painted on the wall. The building in South London was spray-painted from the site of the attack, which is[Read More…]
Australia: Hijab-clad schoolgirls forced to leave expo
Recently, Hijab-clad Muslim girls were forced to leave a career expo in Australia after onlookers felt insecure by their ‘attire’ following the Manchester suicide bombing. According to WA reports, some people complained that the school children’s hijab was making them feel threatened after what happened in Manchester and they asked[Read More…]
Time for Muslims to throw the caretakers of religion out: Naseeruddin Shah
Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah penned down a moving piece for a National Daily talking about the condition of Indian Muslims and how their patriotism was frequently being questioned by the members of the right-wing group. “The hatred spawned by partition taking seventy years to unleash itself is probably evidence that[Read More…]
Muslims are not prepared to vote for BJP in Gujarat: Congress leader Shahnawaz Shaikh
Shahnawaz Shaikh is the municipal councillor from Jamalpur Ward which lies in the heart of the old city of Ahmedabad. The area is largely Muslim-dominated with around 60,000 voters out of the total of the registered 88,000 electorates. Shaikh, who has been active in student politics for more than a[Read More…]
Mayawati asked why Muslims did not vote BSP; calls ‘traitor’: Naseemuddin Siddiqui
A day after being sacked from Bahujan Samaj Party, senior leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui has broke his silence about Mayawati on Thursday. Siddiqui has said that the former Uttra Pradesh CM had called and asked him as to ‘why the Muslim community did not vote for BSP’. He alleged that Mayawati[Read More…]
Triple Talaq: SC will only rule on constitutional validity of oral divorce
The Supreme Court began hearing on the ‘triple talaq’ petitions on Thursday saying that, it’s only going to rule on the constitutional validity of oral divorce and not on polygamy. The Apex court said it will determine whether Triple Talaq is part of the fundamental right to religion of the[Read More…]
Muslims saw greatest natural increase among all religious groups: Report
Muslims saw the greatest natural increase among all other religious groups, including Christians, between 2010 and 2015, suggests a global report. Births to Muslims outnumbered deaths by 152 million (213 million births vs. 61 million deaths), shows the Pew Research survey. Generally, all major groups had more births than deaths.[Read More…]
‘Muslims too don’t want Mosque at Ayodhya’
Telangana Muslim reservation bill a ‘trash paper’: BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday called the reservation bill for Muslims in Telangana as a trash paper and said the bill would be quashed at the central level as it has no legal sanctity. The party also added that it would project the ruling TRS party in a bad[Read More…]
Telangana hikes Muslim reservation quota
The Telangana assembly on Sunday has passed a bill to hike reservation in educational institutions and jobs for Muslims and Scheduled Tribes. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had moved the Backward Class, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Reservation Bill, 2017 at a special session of the State legislative assembly[Read More…]
UP: Qureshis to protect cows
BJP minority cell to raise awareness against beef eating
SC to hear pleas challenging triple talaq
Adityanath must withdraw his ‘inflammatory’ statements: Amnesty International
A day after BJP leader Yogi Adityanath took charge of the most-populated state as chief minister, Amnesty International called for the public withdrawal of alleged inflammatory statements made in the past by the leader on Monday. “Adityanath has been one of Uttar Pradesh’s most polarising politicians, given to hateful rhetoric[Read More…]
What do UP Poll results mean for the Muslims of India
Should the Muslim community start moving towards the BJP? BJP has stormed to power in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most politically significant state, demolishing any myths of demonetization or identity politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has trumped all odds and emerged as the sole winning factor, in a political battle that[Read More…]
US mosques get threatening letters
Muslims in India are Hindu by nationality: Mohan Bhagwat
Every one living in India was a Hindu, including Muslims, who were “Hindu by nationality but Muslim by faith,” said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday at a Hindu Sammelan in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul. Indian society was known across the world as a Hindu society and all Indians[Read More…]
Population is increased by those who support the concept of four wives and 40 children: Sakshi Maharaj
BJP leader Sakshi Maharaj, infamous for his controversial communal statements, on Saturday indirectly blamed the Muslims for country’s population boom, News 18 reported. Population is increased by those who support the concept of four wives and 40 children,” he said while addressing a public gathering in Meerut. The controversial leader[Read More…]
Muslims will never vote for BJP as it is a ‘patriotic party’: Parvesh Verma
In a controversial statement, BJP MP from West Delhi Parvesh Verma told a gathering in Baghpat that Muslims don’t — and never will — vote for BJP as it is a “patriotic party”. To make matters worse, he then asked media persons gathered at the event why all terrorists are[Read More…]
Talking tough! Time to abolish triple talaq, says Venkaiah Naidu
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said it’s time the country should abolish this “gender discrimination”, in the light of principles of justice, dignity and equality. Triple talaq is anti-constitutional, against law, against the principles of democracy and anti-civilisation. This kind of opinion is on the rise. There is a[Read More…]
Mixed response over triple talaq
A passionate debate has emerged over the government’s stand to oppose the practice of “triple talaq” with some leading women politicians seeking its abolition, even as Muslim bodies accused the ruling dispensation of waging a “war” on their personal law. Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla refrained from giving her opinion on[Read More…]
Dignity of women is not negotiable: Centre tells SC on ‘triple talaq’
The Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it is opposed to the Muslim practice of triple talaq, describing it as “misplaced in a secular country.” The constitution allows Muslims, the biggest religious minority group in the country, to regulate matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance through their[Read More…]