From palaces to people: Urdu mushaira reaches out
January 1st, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Dispelling fears of its demise, the 'mushaira' (Urdu poetry recital) has made a comeback in Delhi, symbolically completing a journey from the durbars of the ... Read more...
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Permanent Ghalib showcase opened on poet’s birth anniversary
December 27th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The legacy of Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib got a permanent niche in the capital with the inauguration of a showcase of memorabilia connected to the ... 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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Koran burning US pastor jailed
April 23rd, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): Terry Jones, the controversial US pastor who hit the international headlines after planning to burn Koran on the 9/11-terror attack anniversary last year, has been jailed for refusing ... Read more...
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Horror films in Malaysia irk Islamic scholars
January 10th, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 10 (IANS) Portraying of religious preachers as ghost-busters using verses from holy Quran in horror films being made in Malaysia has irked Islamic scholars.The preachers, called "ustaz" are shown ... Read more...
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Al-Muhajiroun terror group recruiting near Stockholm bomber’s home town
December 19th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by ANI
Stockholm, Dec 19 (ANI): The outlawed Islamist group al-Muhajiroun is openly recruiting near the home of the suicide bomber Taimur Abdulwahab al-Abdaly who blew himself up on a Stockholm street early this ... Read more...
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Stockholm suicide bomber could have had helping hands: Swedish investigators
December 17th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
Stockholm, Dec 17 (ANI): Swedish officials have claimed that Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, the suicide bomber who blew himself up on a Stockholm street full of holiday shoppers, was likely to have been ... Read more...
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Sweden suicide bomber named his son Osama
December 14th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 14 (IANS) The Britain-based suicide bomber who blew himself up in a terror attack in Sweden Saturday named his son Osama in honour of the Al Qaeda chief, a media ... Read more...
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Stockholm suicide bomber ’stormed out of mosque over philosophical attitude to jihad’
December 14th, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 14(ANI): The Stockholm suicide bombings suspect, Taimour al-Abdaly, had reportedly stormed out of a British mosque where he worshipped after being confronted over his radical views.Having moved to Luton ... Read more...
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Stockholm bomber’s wife claims she knew nothing of her husband’s intentions
December 14th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Stockholm, Dec 14 (ANI): The wife of Taymour al-Abdaly, the Iraqi suicide bomber who blew himself up on a Stockholm street full of holiday shoppers, has said she knew nothing about her ... Read more...
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Citibank sues Ground Zero developer over failure to repay $ 100,000 debt
December 3rd, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Dec 3 (ANI): Citibank has sued Ground Zero developer Sharif El-Gamal and his real estate firm, Soho Properties, over failure to pay back nearly 100,000 dollars (99,489 dollars) borrowed from ... Read more...
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Oregon Muslims fear spate of revenge attacks
November 29th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Corvallis (Oregon, US), Nov.29 (ANI): Muslims in Oregon are fearing a spate of revenge attacks on the community after a mosque used by the Christmas tree bomb suspect was set ablaze.The attack ... Read more...
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Oregon mosque hit by arson after bomb plot
November 29th, 2010 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Corvallis (Oregon, US), Nov.29 (ANI): Police in Corvallis, Oregon, have said that the fire at an Islamic centre was started intentionally.Though no one was injured in the incident, the blaze gutted one ... Read more...
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President opens Indian Islamic Centre in UAE
November 24th, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Nov 24 (IANS/WAM) President Pratibha Patil, who is on a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Wednesday inaugurated the Indian Islamic Centre (IIC) here and said the centre ... Read more...
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Patil inaugurates Indian Islamic Centre, says it reflects strength of Indian Diaspora
November 23rd, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghAbu Dhabi, Nov. 23 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, who is on her maiden visit to the Gulf region, inaugurated the Indian Islamic Centre (IIC) here on Tuesday.Former Indian ... Read more...
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President Patil to visit UAE, Syria
November 21st, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 21 (ANI): India will seek to boast its ties with the Gulf region during President Pratibha Devisingh Patil's nine-day visit to the UAE and Syria from Sunday.President Patil will ... Read more...
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President to open Indian Islamic Centre building in UAE
November 18th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Nov 18 (IANS) A new building of the Islamic Centre in Abu Dhabi, which has been serving the Indian community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since 1971, will ... Read more...
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Experts liken Ground Zero mosque design to Superman’s HQ
October 4th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct 4 (ANI): Futuristic designs for an Islamic centre and mosque near the site of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, have been reportedly likened to the ... Read more...
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Barack Obama is ‘a Christian by choice’
September 29th, 2010 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 29 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has said that he is "a Christian by choice".Obama told a group of Albuquerque, N.M. residents Tuesday that his choice was a conscious ... Read more...
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Ground Zero mosque to allow inspection of funds
September 27th, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 27 (IANS) The leader behind the proposed mosque near the site of the World Trade Center has said US officials would be allowed to monitor from where funds for ... Read more...
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New Yorkers say Ground Zero mosque inappropriate
September 24th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 24 (IANS) A majority of New Yorkers feel that a mosque and an Islamic centre at the site of the erstwhile World Trade Center was "wrong" and inappropriate and ... Read more...
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New York mosque starts weekly service
September 22nd, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 22 (IANS) The building which houses a mosque near the site of the erstwhile twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York has already started a ... Read more...
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Ground Zero imam blames Palin for fueling a “growing Islamophobia” in US
September 13th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 13 (ANI): The Islamic cleric supporting the proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero in New York, Feisal Abdul Rauf, has accused former Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, of ... Read more...
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Rival rallies over Islamic centre mark 9/11
September 12th, 2010 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
New York/Washington, Sep 12 (IANS) As America observed the ninth anniversary of the Sep 11, 2001 terror attacks that shook the world, thousands of rowdy protestors held rallies in Lower Manhattan for ... Read more...
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US pastor agrees ‘in principle’ not to burn Quran
September 11th, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington/New York, Sep 11 (IANS) After a day of flip-flops, a Florida pastor, who earned international headlines and censure after threatening to burn copies of the Quran on the 9/11 ... Read more...
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One dies in Afghanistan protest over Quran burning (Second lead)
September 10th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 10 (DPA) At least one demonstrator was killed Friday in northeastern Afghanistan at a protest against a Christian minister's plan to burn Qurans in the US, the provincial government ... Read more...
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Most New Yorkers don’t want Islamic centre near Ground Zero
September 3rd, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) Two-thirds of New York City residents want a controversial Muslim community centre and mosque to be relocated farther away from the site of 9/11 terrorist attack, ... Read more...
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US Muslims call for more protection amid mosque controversy
September 2nd, 2010 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 1 (DPA) US Muslim leaders called Wednesday for more protection from law enforcement amid what they described as a wave of "Islamiphobia" over plans to build an Islamic centre and ... Read more...
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John Cusack accused of making threats on Twitter
September 1st, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sept 1 (ANI): Actor John Cusack has been accused of making threats against an American television station during a frustrated outburst on Twitter.Cusack, 44, penned the controversial response after Twitter ... Read more...
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NY mayor Bloomberg to defend building of Ground Zero mosque
August 28th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug.28 (ANI): New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will make his first appearance on "The Daily Show" in eight years on Saturday night, and is expected to focus on the controversy ... Read more...
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Anti-9/11 mosque campaigners condemn project in wake attempted murder of Muslim cabby
August 27th, 2010 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): The campaigners against the building of a Islam community center and mosque near Ground Zero, have condemned the project, saying it is stoking tensions and even led to ... Read more...
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Murdered Daniel Pearl’s dad says 9/11 mosque should be built elsewhere
August 27th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug.27 (ANI): The father of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl has said that public reaction suggests that a proposed mosque and Islamic centre to come up near Ground ... Read more...
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Hundreds stage opposing demos at ground zero Islamic site
August 23rd, 2010 - 2:18 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 23 (IANS) Protesters against the construction of an Islamic community centre and a mosque near ground zero faced off Sunday with protesters in favour of the facility in New ... Read more...
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Pew Center’s religion poll shows that 1-in-5 Americans believe that Obama is a Muslim
August 20th, 2010 - 9:12 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Aug 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) US President Obama is believed to be a Muslim by almost one out of every five Americans, according to a new religion poll.The Pew Forum on ... Read more...
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‘Murdering’ Muslims should not be allowed to build mosque near Ground Zero: Critics
August 17th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug.17 (ANI): A retired New York Fire Department deputy chief has criticised the city administration for going ahead with a plan to build an Islamic culture centre and a mosque ... Read more...
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