Temporary marriage scars modern India
By Samreen HussainThe Muslim world is progressing at a rapid pace. However, as is the case with all religions, some segments are less progressive than others. A nikah al-mutaá is a fixed, short-term...
View Article'Voters saw through BJPs game of trying to split Muslim votes'
Mangalore: "Though BJP tried to divide votes of Muslims with the help of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), Muslim voters in Dakshina Kannada used their right in favour of Congress...
View Article'Macho' Modi bites dust in Karnataka; remains unacceptable, rank outsider
BJP's Prime Ministerial aspirant Narendra Modi fails to cut ice with Karnataka voters as much-hyped Gujarat development model magic fails to work.By Abdul Hafiz LakhaniNo one knows Narendra Modi...
View ArticleNeuros.org -- Professional social networking website for medical students,...
By Our Special CorrespondentEver wondered what would facebook look like, if it was made for medical professionals? Everwondered if there was a social network that promoted intellectuality? Ever...
View ArticleIMO EXCLUSIVE: Gujarat Muslim brothers invent Magnetic Fly Wheel for vehicles
By Danish Ahmad KhanNew Delhi: In a remarkable achievement two Muslim brothers from Gujarat Ayubkhan Babi and Dildarahmed I. Babi have invented a new magnetic device which promises to save the world...
View ArticleCreation of World Islamic Tourism Council to be announced during the World...
By Motaz OthmanIn an inclusive interview at the Malaysia stand during the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai, H.E. Dato Mohd Khalid Harun, President of the Asean Tourism Association (ASEANTA) and the...
View ArticlePolish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo
For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business.By Vanessa GeraWarsaw (Poland): For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great...
View ArticleThe Myth of Islamic Terrorism in America
By Ali al ShihabiAfter the planes hit on 9/11, a myth-making industry was born.“Why do they hate us?” was the first thought to cross horrified American minds.Israel’s lobby, worried that she would be...
View ArticleThe Muslim Brotherhood and Saudi Arabia
Since the accession to power of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, scepticism has prevailed in relations between Riyadh and CairoBy Hicham MouradAlthough the new Egyptian regime immediately displayed its...
View ArticleBangladesh: Islamists accused of burning Holy Qur'an
Jihadists raged in Dhaka, vandalizing businesses and desecrating sacred books and religious artifacts.By Kamran R ChowdhuryDhaka: Reeling from the worst industrial tragedy in its history in which more...
View ArticleFrench Muslims to use astronomical dates for Ramadan
Paris: The French Muslim Council (CFCM) voted to start using astronomical calculations to set the date rather than relying on the naked eye to sight the new crescent moon.France's Muslim leaders have...
View ArticleGulf Expatriates: The other side of the curtain
By Tariq A. Al-MaeenaThere is a fever in the air, generated by the recent crackdown by the passport department and officials from the Ministry of Labor on the status of illegal residents or those...
View ArticleNIA to nail Hindu radicals in Malegaon chargesheet
By Mateen HafeezMumbai: The country's premier anti-terror agency is set to file a chargesheet against four ultra-right Hindu activists for carrying out the 2006 Malegaon blasts. The National...
View ArticleSet up fast-track courts to expedite Muslims' cases: MHA to states
New Delhi: Amidst demand for expeditious trial of terror cases involving Muslim youth, the Union Home Ministry has asked all states to set up fast track courts to take up such cases for speedy...
View ArticleNHRC acts on Mission Bhartiyam appeal, seeks report on communal riots from...
IMO News ServiceNew Delhi: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has finally acted on the appeal of Ravi Nitesh on behalf of Mission Bhartiyam and asked Rajasthan government to sumbit a report on a...
View ArticleSDPI to intensify campaign for release of under-trial prisoners
By Pervez BariKolkata: Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) will intensify campaign for the release of Muslims, tribals and rights activists languishing in jails being falsely accused of terror...
View ArticleKashmir Festival aims to rehabilitate state
By Nupur AcharyaSrinagar: Kashmir is possibly one of the most beautiful places in the world and shouldn’t need much help attracting tourists. But two decades of militancy and strife in India’s...
View ArticleKashmir gets IAS-struck
By Shujaat BukhariFor a while now, Kashmir’s educated youth had locked their destiny in two career options. They either wanted to join medicine or become engineers. Job security and a symbol of status...
View ArticleLessons from Karnataka polls
By Syed Amin JafriThe May 5 elections in Karnataka saw the BJP being comprehensively routed and the Congress storming to power. One of the contributory factors for BJP's loss and the windfall of seats...
View ArticleGujarat's Muslims most backward: Mohammed Fazlurrahim
By Melvyn Reggie ThomasSurat: "Muslims don't enjoy much social status in Gujarat. At least 50 per cent of Muslim population is backward and live below poverty line (BPL) in the state. Here Muslims are...
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