Women’s group protests in Kashmir over Assam, Myanmar
August 17th, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) Activists of women's separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith) in Jammu and Kashmir Friday staged a protest against alleged massacre of Muslims in Myanmar.Asiya Andrabi, who ... Read more...
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Prisoners in Ajman attend religious lectures
August 8th, 2012 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Ajman, Aug 7 (IANS/WAM) Prisoners serving terms in a penitentiary in Ajman in the UAE are listening to religious lectures delivered by scholars at the prison.The lectures are being organised ... Read more...
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EC puts minorities quota on hold, BJP slams Congress ‘bigotry’ (Roundup)
January 11th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Amid fierce resistance by the BJP to religion-based reservations, the Election Commission Wednesday asked the government to put on hold the implementation of the 4.5 ... Read more...
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BJP won’t tolerate religion-based quota: Uma Bharti (Lead)
January 11th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti Wednesday accused the Congress of a "bigoted mentality" for talking of "religion-based reservation" ahead of the Uttar ... Read more...
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BJP won’t tolerate religion-based quota: Uma Bharti
January 11th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti Wednesday accused the Congress of a "bigoted mentality" for talking of "religion-based reservation" ahead of the Uttar ... Read more...
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Zardari, Gilani greet Pakistanis on Eid
August 30th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday greeted the people of the country on the occasion of Eid, and urged ... Read more...
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Bikes and fridges for relatives of BSP leader’s new son-in-law
March 26th, 2011 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), March 25 (IANS) In the headlines some years ago for announcing a bounty of Rs.51 crore on the head of a Danish cartoonist for drawing a ... Read more...
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Annual Urs of Hazrat Shah Asrar celebrated with religious fervor in J-K
November 14th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by ANI
By Tahir Nadeem KhanKishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov. 14 (ANI): Thousands of devotees have thronged Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district to participate in a week-long celebrations of annual Urs Hazrat Shah ... Read more...
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Religious fanaticism threat to globalisation: Lord Meghnad Desai
November 12th, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Globalisation today faces a big threat from religious fanaticism, noted economist and professor emeritus of the London School of Economics Lord Meghnad Desai said while delivering a ... Read more...
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US could have avoided Bin Laden hunt by recognizing Taliban regime: Musharraf
October 20th, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 20 (ANI): The United States may have been able to avoid its long hunt for the world's most wanted terrorist and Al-Qaeda's top leadership, Osama bin Laden, if it ... Read more...
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Ayodhya site is Lord Ram’s birthplace: Justice D.V. Sharma
September 30th, 2010 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 30 (IANS) Justice D.V. Sharma, one of the three judges who delivered the Ayodhya verdict, based his order on the findings of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to say ... Read more...
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Two judges for dividing Ayodhya land, but one favoured temple
September 30th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Sharat Pradhan
Lucknow, Sep 30 (IANS) The much-awaited verdict in the decades-old Ayodhya litigation has finally gone in favour of the Ramjanmabhoomi temple. The three-judge special bench was unanimous in declaring that ... Read more...
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Ayodhya was Ram’s birthplace, mosque against Islamic tenets: court
September 30th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 30 (IANS) The disputed site at Ayodhya is, indeed, the birthplace of Lord Ram and Mughal emperor Babar built a mosque there against the tenets of Islam, said the majority ... Read more...
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We will appeal, won’t surrender: Sunni lawyer
September 30th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 30 (IANS) Stating "we will not surrender", the Sunni Waqf Board said Thursday that it would appeal in the Supreme Court against Thursday's verdict of the Allahabad High Court on ... Read more...
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Ayodhya verdict to be pronounced Sep 24
September 8th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) The much-awaited verdict in the 125-year-old Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid legal dispute in Ayodhya will be pronounced by a special bench of the Allahabad High Court Sep 24.
An announcement to ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh seeks security ahead of Ayodhya verdict
August 31st, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Sharat Pradhan
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh has sought 35,000 paramilitary personnel for security duty from the centre as the state prepares to deal with any fallout of the much-awaited verdict ... Read more...
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Nude scenes in films are “unsuitable”, says Malaysian Culture Minister
July 10th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, July 10 (ANI): Dr Rais Yatim, the Malaysian minister for Information, Communications, and Culture, says actors will not be allowed to violate the tenets of Islam and pose nude for ... Read more...
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Protest erupts against Facebook invitation to draw Prophet Mohammad images
May 21st, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, May 21 (ANI): Protests erupted in Mumbai on Friday against social networking site Facebook, which called on its users to draw images of Prophet Mohammad.The Facebook organized an event, ... Read more...
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Mullahs frown at Sania-Shoaib pre-marriage ‘proximity’
April 9th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 9 (IANS) Indian tennis star Sania Mirza's "physical proximity" with her fiance Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik has come in for strong disapproval from the Islamic clergy.
The Lucknow-based Darul-Uloom Nadwatul-Ulama and ... Read more...
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Muslim law board to oppose any anti-Shariat law
March 20th, 2010 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 19 (IANS) In a major development, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) resolved Friday evening to oppose any court verdict that goes against the tenets of the Islamic ... Read more...
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American Muslim groups protest use of unIslamic full body scanners at airports
March 16th, 2010 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.16 (ANI): Two American Muslim groups have objected to the us of full body scanners at airports in the United States, stating that the devices are inconsistent with the tenets of ... Read more...
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Guilt, lies and regret for ULFA chairman Rajkhowa’s wife
February 14th, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Lakwa (Assam), Feb 14 (IANS) It was a horror story full of lies and guilt for Kaveri Kachari, wife of jailed chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front ... Read more...
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Saudi Mufti’s anti-terror message timely: Indian Muslim leaders
November 27th, 2009 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Muslim leaders in India Friday welcomed the "timely message" by Saudi grand mufti asking Muslims not to support terrorism and urging them to unite against suicide ... Read more...
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Bombay High Court allows release of Karan Johar’s ‘Kurbaan’
November 19th, 2009 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Thursday declined to stay release of film "Kurbaan", due to be out Friday, but sought the responses of filmmaker Karan Johar and actors ... Read more...
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Baba Ramdev condemns Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s anti-Bihar remark
November 7th, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by ANI
Mathura, Nov. 7 (ANI): Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday slammed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan for stating that migrant labourers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh would not be welcomed ... Read more...
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No resolution passed during Chidambaram’s visit to Deoband
November 4th, 2009 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 4 (ANI): No resolution was passed during Home Minister P. Chidambaram's visit to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) conference at Deoband on Tuesday.According to Home Ministry statement, no resolution ... Read more...
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Prophet’s picture in textbook stirs row in Uttar Pradesh
July 28th, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 28 (IANS) Taking serious note of a picture of Prophet Mohammed published in an officially prescribed textbook, the Uttar Pradesh Minorities Commission Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to the state ... Read more...
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‘Terrorism incompatible with being a Muslim’
July 13th, 2009 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, Jul 13 (IANS) Terrorism was incompatible with the basic tenets of Islam, Hazrat Syed Muhammad Jilani Ashraf of the Kichochar-based Spiritual Foundation said at the launch of the new ... Read more...
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Comments on Prophet Mohammad a writing error: Shah Rukh
June 19th, 2009 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) A day after a police complaint was filed against him for "hurting
religious sentiments" in Islam, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh said Friday that his comments to a ... Read more...
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”Rang de Basanti” to be screened at SAARC film festival
March 8th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 8 (ANI): Bollywood director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra''s ''Rang De Basanti'' will be screened at the ongoing SAARC Film Festival in Abu Dhabi.
Another major attraction of the festival is ... Read more...
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Author of book questioning Islamic tenets arrested in Bihar
January 15th, 2009 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 15 (IANS) The author of a book that reportedly questioned Islamic tenets has been arrested and charged with hurting the sentiments of the Muslim community, police said Thursday.Mohammed Yasin Ahmad, ... Read more...
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Book on Islam triggers row in Bihar
January 14th, 2009 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 14 (IANS) A bookseller in this Bihar capital was arrested and the publisher was detained after an Urdu book allegedly made objectionable references to Islam, officials said Wednesday. They had ... Read more...
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Malaysian tomboys say fatwa wont affect their lifestyle
November 10th, 2008 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 10 (ANI): Tomboys in Malaysia have denounced the fatwa forbidding their tomboyish behaviour, insisting that it will not change their lifestyle.Malaysias top Islamic body had issued an edict ... Read more...
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Air India, Saudi Airlines to fly Haj pilgrims from Oct 30
October 24th, 2008 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) More than 120,000 Haj pilgrims from India will travel to Jeddah on two airliners - India's flagship carrier, Air India, and Saudi Airlines, a Gulf air carrier, ... Read more...
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Floods put the dampeners on Ramadan spirits in Lucknow
September 7th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow , Sept 7 (ANI): Devout Muslims living in relief camps in flood-hit Lucknow on sunday said they are unable to observe Ramadan, as there is not even a proper place ... Read more...
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