Muslim sect members discovered living underground in Russia
August 10th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moscow, Aug 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Muslim sect was discovered living in an underground bunker in Kazan Russia. The sect consists of 20 children and 50 adults. The sect is being said ... Read more...
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Kids rescued from Russian Muslim sect’s bunker
August 9th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Dozens of children have been rescued from an underground bunker of a Russian Islamist sect where they were living without daylight for a decade, Sky News ... Read more...
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12 die in Madhya Pradesh stampede (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 14 (IANS) At least 12 people, including four women, were killed in a stampede during a religious gathering in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district early Saturday, an official said.Chehallum ... Read more...
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12 die in Madhya Pradesh stampede
January 14th, 2012 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 14 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and four injured in a stampede during a religious gathering in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district in the early hours ... Read more...
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Ahmadiyya convention in Bangladesh cancelled
February 7th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 7 (IANS) The permission for the 87th annual convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Gazipur near here has been cancelled and curfew imposed around the venue after protests from Sunni ... Read more...
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UN’s Ban condemns ‘deplorable acts’ of violence in Nigeria
December 27th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the deadly violence which broke out in parts of Nigeria this weekend and reportedly killed at least 30 ... Read more...
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Muslims have to fight misconceptions about Islam: Saudi envoy (Interview)
November 25th, 2009 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The "anti-Islam" remarks by former law minister Ram Jethmalani who linked Wahhabis, a conservative Muslim sect, with terrorism, is a closed chapter for him, ... Read more...
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Pakistan flayed for murder of Ahmadiyya couple by Islamists
March 18th, 2009 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, March 18 (IANS) Ahmadiyyas of Canada have sought international intervention to stop persecution of their community in Pakistan following the murder of a doctor couple by extremists in Multan.
Under Pakistani laws, ... Read more...
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Islamic council’s fatwas divide Indonesia
February 28th, 2009 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Feb 28 (DPA) A series of religious edicts issued by Indonesia's council of Muslim scholars has triggered controversy, exposing sharp divisions between conservatives and liberals in the world's most populous Muslim ... Read more...
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Religious scholars declare suicide attacks in Pakistan un-Islamic
October 15th, 2008 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 15 (DPA) A powerful grouping of Islamic scholars has issued a decree against suicide attacks inside Pakistan, declaring them "forbidden," media reports said Wednesday.However, it threatened to declare jihad (holy ... Read more...
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