India is the only country where Muslims exert influence without fear: Tarek...
By Aarto Tikoo SinghTarek Fatah is a Canadian writer and advocate of a progressive and liberal Muslim identity. Speaking with Aarti Tikoo Singh, Fatah discussed his emphasis on Muslimsfighting tyranny,...
View ArticleSeminar on Meaning of Fascism and How It descended in India and Gujarat
By Abdul Hafiz LakhaniAhmedabad: What is the meaning of Fascism and how it has descended in India and Gujarat was elaborately discussed in a full day seminar organised by Anhad NGO in Ahmedabad. “If we...
View ArticleFoundation stone laid for Hajj House in Bhopal
By Pervez BariBhopal: The long cherished dreams of Muslims of having a Hajj House at Bhopal was fulfilled when its foundation stone laying ceremony was performed here at Singarcholi near the city’s...
View ArticleCongress Muslim MLA of India’s poorest district hires helicopter, spends Rs...
By Manzar ImamWhile people are debating corruption and poor delivery of public goods by the government to be the prime causes of general unrest in society, a Congress Member of the Bihar Legislative...
View ArticleAaghaz-E-Dosti mourns Sarabjit Singh's death, condemns revival of jingoistic...
IMO News ServiceNew Delhi: Aaghaz-e-Dosti, an initiative of Mission Bhartiyam to strengthen Indo-Pak friendship, has strongly condemned the brutal and inhuman 'murder' of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh...
View ArticleChechens: Long History of Struggle
Islam, Chechnya, and PoliticsBy Elmira AkhmetovaChechens constitute a Caucasian native ethnic group of the Nakh peoples family originating in the North Caucasus region of Eastern Europe. The people of...
View ArticleWorld powers plundering nations’ wealth to dominate them, Ahmadinejad says
Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says oppressive world powers are seeking to dominate countries by staging wars and exploiting their resources.He made the remarks at the closing ceremony...
View ArticleSurvey: Many Muslims want sharia, but differ on what that means
By Emily AlpertIn Afghanistan, Iraq and many other countries across the globe, most Muslims support making sharia, or Islamic law, the official law of the land, according to a sweeping survey released...
View ArticleIndo-Pak project grapples with versions of history
By Nergish SunavalaMumbai: Most schoolchildren in India associate the 1905 partition of Bengal with Hindus and Muslims uniting to oppose the division of the state along religious lines. They learn that...
View ArticleOnline Fatwa Lures India Muslims
By Shuriah NiaziSignificant numbers of Muslims in India are now using online websites to get answers from scholars on their religious and social issuesNew Delhi: Growing numbers of Indian Muslims are...
View ArticleTalaq by text message? Muslim women cry foul
Sharia law, according to some Muslim sects, allows husbands to end a marriage simply by uttering the Arabic word for "divorce" three times. But a husband must wait the mandatory three-month period...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW: Da’wah – a theological response to global disorder, reveals...
This book follows how Shaheed suddenly find himself confronted with strange and curious occurrences that turned his ordinary life aroundIMO News ServiceNew South Wales (Australia): The occult forces...
View ArticleUS panel calls for continued ban on Narendra Modi, slams India on religious...
By Chidanand RajghattaWashington: A US Congress-established panel on religious freedom has called on the Obama administration to maintain a visa ban on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, saying...
View ArticleIndian Americans welcome USCIRF's recommendation to continue the ban on...
IMO News ServiceThe Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, has lauded the United States Commission for International...
View ArticleHaj applicants from Gujarat outnumber rest of India
By Faisal FareedLucknow: Amist the hue and cry over the status of Muslims under the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat, the community has outnumbered other states in applying for the Haj pilgrimage...
View ArticleIndia's BSE launches broad-based Islamic index
By Bernardo VizcainoSydney: Mumbai's stock exchange (BSE) has launched an Islamic equity index based on the wide-measure S&P BSE 500 index, providing a new benchmark for Islamic investors in one of...
View ArticleASSAM: Warning signals
Assam’s ethnic and communal cauldron is bubbling again. Violent clashes in Goalpara in Lower Assam between the police and a section of the public, who were protesting the killing of a man belonging to...
View ArticleUPSC results: Muslims’ poor performance continue
Only 30 Muslims among 998 selectedNew Delhi: Continuing its poor performance at the India’s top Civil Services Examination, Muslims, who constitute about 15 percent of the country population, could...
View Article13 students of Crescent Academy finally selected in IAS Exam 2012
By Pervez BariBhopal: Thirteen students of Delhi-based Crescent Academy have been finally selected in the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) Examination, 2012 and thereby chosen as the Civil Servants...
View ArticleFrom molestation to Sherwani -- AMU ki Ankahi khani
By Ehtasham KhanReligion, they say, is the opium of the masses. Tradition, it seems, is the opium of Aligs. Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. (Retired) Zameeruddin Shah recently...
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