Jumat-ul-Vida passes off peacefully in Hyderabad
August 17th, 2012 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 17 (IANS) Jumat-ul-Vida or the last Friday of Muslim holy month of Ramadan passed off peacefully here with thousands of faithful offering the prayers.The police had made elaborate ... Read more...
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UAE emirate launches Quran website
August 12th, 2012 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Ajman (UAE), Aug 11 (IANS/WAM) Muslims can easily browse and download the Holy Quran in Arabic and English thanks to a new website launched by the UAE emirate of Ajman."Our ... Read more...
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US Muslim preacher named Islamic personality of year
July 10th, 2012 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, July 9 (IANS/WAM) Yusuf Estes, an American Muslim preacher and teacher, was named the Islamic personality of the year for the 16th edition of the Dubai International Holy Quran ... Read more...
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Mob killing man for blasphemy shocks Pakistani daily
July 6th, 2012 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 6 (IANS) A man accused of blasphemy was snatched from the police and killed by a mob in Pakistan's Punjab province, an incident that prompted a daily to ... Read more...
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Kashmir shrine gutted, probe ordered (Roundup)
June 25th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 25 (IANS) The revered Peer Dastgeer Sahib shrine in Srinagar was gutted Monday, sparking protest by angry youths. An official said the holy relic of the 11th century ... Read more...
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Pakistan condemns Quran burning in US
May 3rd, 2012 - 3:36 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) Pakistan has condemned the April 28 burning of copies of the Quran by US pastor Terry Jones in Florida."Pakistan strongly condemns the burning of the holy ... Read more...
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Zardari prays at Ajmer dargah, donates $1mn (Lead)
April 8th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Ajmer, April 8 (IANS) After a gap of eight years, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari offered prayers at the revered shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer ... Read more...
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Zardari prays at Ajmer Sharif, donates $ 1m
April 8th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Ajmer, April 8 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari accompanied by his son Bilawal Sunday offered prayers at the dargh of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and announced a donation ... Read more...
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Five soldiers involved in Afghan Quran burning
March 2nd, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 2 (IANS) US military investigators have concluded that five soldiers were involved in the burning of the holy Quran in Afghanistan last week, Xinhua reported.The soldiers removed the ... Read more...
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15 die in Afghan Quran burning protests
February 24th, 2012 - 6:44 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 24 (IANS) At least 15 people have died in violence over the past three days in Afghanistan following reports of burning holy Quran by foreign soldiers.Afghans in ... Read more...
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Quran burning protests rage in Afghanistan
February 22nd, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) Thousands of Afghans Wednesday staged demonstrations in Kabul and Jalalabad over the alleged burning of the holy Quran by foreign soldiers, with three injured in ... Read more...
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Woman’s body found near Pakistan mosque
February 4th, 2012 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) The body of a young woman with deep wounds on her head was found stuffed in a sack near a mosque in Rawalpindi, police said.The victim ... Read more...
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Acid hurled at two Pakistani teens in Karachi
December 26th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Two teenaged girls suffered horrific burns after a man threw acid at them in Pakistan's Karachi city.Kamran threw acid at Zarin, 19, and Irum, 18, in ... Read more...
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Russian envoy denounces ‘madmen’ seeking ban on Gita
December 20th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin Tuesday strongly denounced the "neighbourhood madmen" who are seeking a ban on the Bhagvad Gita in Siberia and underlined ... Read more...
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Earliest Chinese version of Quran found in China
December 18th, 2011 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 18 (IANS) An earliest Chinese version of the holy Quran, a handwritten copy completed in 1912, has been found by Muslim culture researchers in China's northwestern Gansu province.This ... Read more...
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Pakistani parliament passes two bills for protection of women
December 13th, 2011 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) Pakistani parliament's upper house, the Senate, Monday unanimously passed two landmark bills meant to protect women from negative customs and traditions and seeking severe punishments for ... Read more...
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British Muslims boycott medical lectures on evolution
November 28th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 28 (IANS) Muslim medical students in Britain are boycotting lectures on evolution because they say those clash with the holy Quran, a media report said Monday.An increasing number ... Read more...
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Pakistan passes pro-women bill
November 16th, 2011 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Pakistan's National Assembly has passed a bill aimed at elminating crimes against women and ending practices like forced marriages to settle disputes.Prime Minister Yousuf Raza ... Read more...
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Injured in clashes, Kashmir youth dies after 13 months
October 12th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 12 (IANS) A teenager, who had been in a coma since being hit by a bullet in a clash between a mob and security forces last September, died ... Read more...
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Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated with fervour in Lucknow
August 31st, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) The festival of Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramazan, was Wednesday celebrated with traditional enthusiasm in this Uttar Pradesh capital amid ... Read more...
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China-printed Quran has spelling mistakes: Iran
August 31st, 2011 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 31 (IANS) Iran, which gave contracts to publishers in China to print copies of the Quran, has said the books are full of spelling mistakes, the Mehr news ... Read more...
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Farooq Abdullah clarifies on Gujarat remarks
August 29th, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 29 (IANS) Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Tuesday said his remarks made in Gujarat were secular and meant no disrespect to Islam.In a statement ... Read more...
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UAE Quran centre opened in Chechnya
August 27th, 2011 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Grozny, Aug 26 (IANS/WAM) A centre for the study of the Quran - under the assistance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - has been opened in the Chechen capital ... Read more...
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UAE president to get Islamic award
August 16th, 2011 - 1:33 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, Aug 16 (IANS/WAM) UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be honoured Tuesday with Islamic Personality of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) in its 15th edition.The ... Read more...
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Pakistan court seeks reply on likely pardon for Sarabjit
June 15th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 15 (IANS) A Pakistani court has sought reply within three weeks from the government on a petition "seeking judicial restraint" on the possible presidential pardon to Indian ... Read more...
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Osama’s death to help end terror: Saudi Arabia
May 2nd, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Riyadh, May 2 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has said the death of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was a step forward for international forces in combating global terrorism.Bin Laden was ... Read more...
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Pak nuclear missiles are horses as compared to ‘donkey-like’ Indian rockets: Nizami
April 22nd, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, April 22(ANI): Pakistan's nuclear missiles are superior to those possessed by India, The Nation Editor-in-Chief and Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust Chairman Majid Nizami has claimed."Our missiles are like horses (In the words of ... Read more...
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Geelani assures protection to Kashmiri Pandits
April 17th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 17 (IANS) In a significant development, hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Sunday assured Kashmiri Pandits that 90 percent of the Muslim population in Jammu and Kashmir would ... Read more...
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Stop flirting with extremism, Dhaka daily tells politicians
April 6th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 6 (IANS) A prominent Dhaka daily newspaper has urged political parties to take note of "what has happened in Pakistan" and "stop flirting with religious extremism" as ... Read more...
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Lawmaker attacked, 100 buses vandalised in Bangladesh strike (Lead)
April 4th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 4 (IANS) Islamist activists Monday attacked a lawmaker, vandalised 100 buses and set fire to a petrol pump in Chittagong port city of Bangladesh during a day-long ... Read more...
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Opposition strike in Bangladesh over ‘equal status’ for women
April 4th, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 4 (IANS) Police Monday picked up scores of Islamist activists across Bangladesh as a dawn-to-dusk strike by opposition parties to protest "equal status" for women got under ... Read more...
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Over 100 killed in Quran burning protests in Afghanistan (Lead)
April 4th, 2011 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over 100 people have died in violence in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, sparked by protests against a US pastor's burning of the holy ... Read more...
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Zulqarnain smells a rat in Pak’s World Cup semi-final loss against India
March 31st, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 31(ANI): Runaway former Pakistani wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haidar has questioned Pakistan's defeat in the crucial 2011 World Cup semi-final against India, and asked higher authorities to probe the poor performance ... Read more...
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Pak to record protest at all international forums against Florida Quran desecration
March 24th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 24(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani have directed the Foreign Ministry to record a protest at all international forums against the desecration of ... Read more...
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Syedna - 100 years of piety, peace and harmony
March 23rd, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) It will be a historic day for Dawoodi Bohras across the world when the small, but prosperous, community marks the 100th birthday of its spiritual leader, ... Read more...
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