Kareena mum over wedding date, converting to Islam
September 13th, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) Kareena Kapoor is reportedly tying the knot with Saif Ali Khan Oct 16, but the actress is not confirming it and has also refused to ... Read more...
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Hindu boy converts to Islam on TV in Pakistan
July 27th, 2012 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 27 (IANS) A Pakistani television show broadcast live a Hindu boy converting to Islam, prompting a leading daily to say that it sent "a clear signal that other ... Read more...
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Assam Congress lawmaker assaulted for converting to Islam
June 30th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 30 (IANS) A woman Congress legislator from Assam was thrashed by a mob at a hotel in Karimganj town late Friday night after she converted to Islam and ... Read more...
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Conversion of Pakistani Hindus condemned
November 12th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 12 (IANS) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has condemned the alleged forced conversion of a young Pakistani Hindu woman to Islam, stating such a "malicious campaign is ... Read more...
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American jihadist sentenced to 25 yrs over ‘South Park’, Facebook death threats
February 25th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): Zachary Chesser, an American Muslim convert and college dropout, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to three charges, including threatening the ... Read more...
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‘White women leading number of Britons converting to Islam’
January 5th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 5 (ANI): As many as 100,000 Britons have converted to Islam since 2001, with White women leading the number embracing the religion, according to a latest research.The Daily Star ... Read more...
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Islamic group launches poster campaign against Christmas
December 24th, 2010 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 23 (IANS) Fanatics from a banned Islamic hate group have launched a nationwide poster campaign in Britain denouncing Christmas as evil and hoping that it will lead to Britons converting ... Read more...
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‘Jihad’ Jack Thomas calls for peace deal with Taliban in Afghanistan
August 26th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 26(ANI): Jack Thomas, an Australian citizen who once trained with Taliban militia in Afghanistan, has said that the coalition forces in that country should strike a peace deal with ... Read more...
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Embracing Islam would have saved MJ, says brother Jermaine
June 24th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, June 24 (ANI): Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine feels that converting to Islam would have saved the King of Pop's life.Jermaine even said that his late brother should have left ... Read more...
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Chand again Chander Mohan, returns to Hinduism
July 28th, 2009 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 28 (IANS) The much talked about Chand-Fiza love saga took a fresh twist Tuesday with the former Haryana deputy chief minister returning to both Hinduism and his original name of ... Read more...
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Chand now wants to return to Hinduism, live with mother
July 27th, 2009 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 27 (IANS) After converting to Islam last year to marry a second time, former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammed took a u-turn Monday and expressed ... Read more...
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Dead man’s religion sparks row: Malaysian judge says law inadequate
July 7th, 2009 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 7 (IANS) The row over Malaysian art director Mohan Singh's religion following his death has led to a judge observing that there is "inadequacy" in the law over non-Muslims ... Read more...
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Three arrested for creating ruckus outside Fiza’s house
June 15th, 2009 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
Mohali (Punjab), June 15 (IANS) Police here arrested three people in the early hours Monday for allegedly creating a ruckus outside the house of Anuradha Bali aka Fiza, the estranged wife of ... Read more...
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Another Chand volte-face, back with Fiza (Lead)
June 14th, 2009 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 14 (IANS) The last word on the Chand-Fiza on-off marriage is yet to be heard. Former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammed Sunday did another volte-face and ... Read more...
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Chand does another volte-face, back with Fiza
June 14th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 14 (IANS) The last word in the Chand-Fiza love story is yet to be heard. Former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammed Sunday did another volte-face and ... Read more...
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Family says Christian man was raped, murdered for not converting to Islam
June 14th, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad/Washington, June 14 (ANI): Family members of a young Christian man have claimed that he was raped and brutally murdered in Pakistan because he refused to convert to Islam.According to a Fox ... Read more...
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Fiza approaches court for passport in new name
June 8th, 2009 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) Fiza aka Anuradha Bali, the estranged wife of former Haryana deputy chief minister Chand Mohammed alias Chander Mohan, has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court for issuance ... Read more...
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I will ruin Chand’s life, says angry Fiza
June 5th, 2009 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mohali (Punjab), June 5 (IANS) Fiza, the estranged wife of former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammed, declared here Friday that she would "ruin" Chand's life.
"I am not going ... Read more...
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Chander Mohan makes appearance, lashes out at ex-wife
June 3rd, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), June 3 (IANS) After remaining out of the public eye for months, former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan, who lost his job after he changed his religion to marry ... Read more...
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Pak releases ‘Tartan Taleban’ McLintock over lack of evidence
May 29th, 2009 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 29 (ANI): Pakistan has released Scottish charity worker James McLintock, nearly three months after he was arrested without any charge.Dubbed the 'Tartan Taliban', McLintock, was kept behind bars for ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian Congress youth wing demands non-Islamic department
May 1st, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, May 1 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress Youth (MICY), which handles 10 to 15 cases of conversion a month, has urged the Government to set up a special non-Islamic affairs department ... Read more...
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Chand Mohammed gives talaq to Fiza
March 14th, 2009 - 7:47 pm ICT by ANI
Chandigarh, Mar 14 (ANI): Former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammed has given talaq to his estranged second wife Fiza alias Anuradha Bali on phone.Addressing to reporters here, ... Read more...
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Haryana’’s former Deputy CM Chand Mohammad goes missing
January 28th, 2009 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (ANI): Haryanas former Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammad, who converted to Islam to marry Anuradha Bali alias Fiza, has gone missing.
His wife Fiza today ... Read more...
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UK prisoners converting to Islam for gang protection
January 13th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 13 (ANI): Prisoners at one of the Britains top security prisons are converting to Islam for protection because of a rife gang culture, an inspection report has said.Inmates ... Read more...
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Britain’s first mosque to get $4 mn facelift
January 3rd, 2009 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 3 (IANS) Britain's first mosque is to get a facelift, more than a century after falling into disuse.The mosque, situated in a terraced house in Liverpool, was built in 1899 ... Read more...
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Lovebirds Chand Mohammad, Fiza spice up Haryana politics
December 11th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 11 (IANS) He may not have been a king to give up his throne for his beloved but what former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan has done - losing ... Read more...
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Chander Mohan surfaces, says ‘feeling at top of the world’
December 10th, 2008 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 10 (IANS) Chander Mohan, dropped as Haryana deputy chief minister after his controversial second marriage, finally surfaced Wednesday and said he had no regrets about losing his job and was ... Read more...
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Ludhiana imam issues ‘fatwa’ against Chander Mohan
December 10th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Ludhiana (Punjab), Dec 10 (IANS) The chief cleric of Ludhiana's main mosque has issued a 'fatwa’ (religious edict) against former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan for embracing Islam to illegally marry ... Read more...
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Prison officers fear that Muslim inmates are turning to extremism
October 10th, 2008 - 7:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.10 (ANI): British prison officers fear that Muslim inmates are turning to extremism.
According to The Times, prison officers at Whitemoor Jail fear growing radicalisation and conversions among the 395 inmates, ... Read more...
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Muslim convert Mohammad Yousuf to skip Champions Trophy due to Ramzan
July 15th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore , July 15 (ANI): Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf will miss this Septembers ICC Champions Trophy, as the PCB has acceded to his request of granting a break as the tournament ... Read more...
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Malaysian woman allowed to revert to Buddhism
May 8th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 8 (IANS) In a landmark decision, a Malaysian court Thursday allowed a Chinese woman who had converted to Islam to revert to Buddhism. In what is being described as ... Read more...
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Teacher can’t wear headscarf during lessons: German court
March 18th, 2008 - 7:56 pm ICT by admin
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Mannheim (Germany), March 18 (DPA) A German woman teacher who converted to Islam cannot wear a headscarf during lessons, according to a regional court ruling disclosed Tuesday. The Administrative High Court in ... Read more...
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Briton joins Iranian Press TV as presenter
March 2nd, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by admin
Thiruvananthapuram, March 2 (IANS) Britain born journalist Yvonne Ridley, who was taken into custody by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2000, is now working as a TV presenter for Iranian Press TV ... Read more...
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