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Sweden’s Malmo Arab film festival set to break boundaries
This year’s Malmo Arab Festival in Sweden will screen more than 100 Arab films in a bid to facilitate cross-cultural exchange, it is set to run from September 2-8.Directed by Mohammed Keblawi, the...
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'The glass ceiling is incredibly low for Muslim women'
Prejudice based on their religious clothing and faith is creating extra barriers for workers in the UKMuneera, a 19-year-old art student from London, wants to set up her own business selling her...
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Muslim Malaise
By Huma YusufLondon: On Saturday, while Muslims were celebrating Id-al-Fitr to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan, four windows of the Tonna Mosque in Neath, Wales, were smashed by vandals. This...
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Sri Lanka’s recipe for renewed failure
By Tariq A. Al-MaeenaA mistake once committed is rarely repeated by a rational entity. However such is not the case with the government of Sri Lanka. It is becoming increasingly obvious that following...
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BOOK REVIEW: Cultural sultanate
This book brings to life hitherto unknown and unexplored aspects of the cultural and social life in the Delhi Sultanate.Author: Iqtidar Husain SiddiquiPublisher: Primus BooksPages: 191Price: Rs.795By...
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Book Review: Muslims Most Civilised, Yet Not Enough
Book: Muslims Most Civilised, Yet Not EnoughAuthor: Dr Javed JamilPages: 364Price: Rs 500/-US$ 50Publisher: Mission Publications214-K, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi-76Ph: 91-8130340339Reviewed by Syed...
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Response to an Open Letter: What India’s Muslims Really Want
[After Chetan Bhagat, here is another 'sympathiser' of Indian Muslims who has followed the footsteps of Mr. Bhagat and wrote an Open Letter in North America's largest circulated weekly newspaper India...
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Urdu ghazals Veer Savarkar wrote in Andaman found
By Bharati DubeyMumbai: A Dadar-based institute has discovered two ghazals in Urdu written by freedom fighter Veer Savarkar during his 11-year imprisonment in the Andaman Cellular Jail.The ghazals,...
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Politics in religion: In Bettiah, provocative messages sparked communal clashes
Lathi-wielding men of Mahabir Akhada carried placards mocking Sonia, Manmohan and Nitish suggesting they were catering to ‘minority votes’By Prashant JhaOn Sunday night, a traditional Hindu religious...
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Association of Muslim Professionals launches its e-Newsletter ‘AMP Connect’...
IMO News ServiceMumbai: Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) launches its e-Newsletter on Independence Day, 15th August 2013. The objective of this e-Newsletter is to share key updates about AMP...
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Heretical Triple Talaq: Divorced from reality
By Hanif MuradThe heretical triple talaq is sanctioned neither by the Quran nor by the Prophet's preceptsTalaq, talaq, talaq — the three dreaded words — if uttered by a husband in quick succession...
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Hindu supremacist Narendra Modi should not be invited to the Commons
The political rise of India's anti-Muslim Modi could spell danger for the region. Approval by British MPs bolsters his positionBy Savitri HensmanThe far-right Gujarat nationalist, Narendra Modi, is one...
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Maulana Azad as a Role Model for Contemporary Muslims
By Muqtedar KhanOn 15th of August, India celebrated its independence from British Colonization. Congratulations to India. For nearly 200 years the British occupied and exploited India and its...
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Council of Indian Muslims UK decries invitation to Narendra Modi, says will...
By Danish Ahmad KhanThe Council of Indian Muslims (UK) has recently written an Open letter to British MPs decrying the invitation to Narendra Modi, Gujarat Chef Minister and prime suspect of 2002...
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The untold story of Dalit journalists
Many Dalits enter the media because they believe it can empower their community. But discrimination against them is rampant in the Hindi and other language media. It is less pronounced in the English...
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INTERVIEW: A Conversation With Katrina Lantos Swett, on Religious Freedom in...
By Maroosha MuzaffarFew Indian politicians evoke dislike and admiration as intense as that inspired by Narendra Modi, the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat. Mr. Modi is the de facto prime...
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Long Awaited Book Published ─ “Mahatma Gandhi & My Grandfather, Allama Mashriqi”
Tribute to Allama Mashriqi on his 50th death anniversary“I grew up learning from my family and the Khaksars about the role of Allama Mashriqi, Mahatma Gandhi, Quaid- e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and...
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Shashwatha Shankitharu – a study reveals communal bias of police in Karnataka
Release of the book Shashvatha Shankitaru, the Kannada version of the study report, on Anti Torture DayBy Shabeer K. (Translation: Arif Kudroli)'Permanent Suspect' that reveals the framing of Muslim...
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What about 80 pc of Gujarat Muslims, Mr. Modi!
Rabble rousing and oratory don’t help for longBy Dr Javed JamilModi and his team has met in Delhi to chalk out a strategy to bring Muslims, at least some of them, into its fold. They are planning to...
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IIM Kashipur announces first MDP on Islamic Banking & Finance in Delhi
IMO News ServiceKashipur/New Delhi: IIM Kashipur has announced a new MDP titled “Islamic Banking & Finance” that is to be held at the India Islamic Cultural Center in New Delhi on August 24‐25,...
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