COVID 19 Scare: J&K Wakf Board announces suspension of prayers in its affiliated mosques, shrines
Mar 21, 2020, at 06:10 pm
Srinagar/UNI: The Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Wakf Board on Saturday announced suspension of prayers at its affiliated mosques and shrines as a preventive measure to contain the spread of Coronavirus.
Congress firm on giving reservation to Muslims: MPCC chief Balasaheb Thorat
Mar 03, 2020, at 07:17 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Revenue minister and state Congress president Balasaheb Thorat asserted on Tuesday that providing reservation to Muslims is his party's commitment and said a decision on it will be taken after discussing the issue with other alliance partners in the state government.
BJP slams 'liberals' over Waris Pathan's communal remark
Feb 21, 2020, at 02:43 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday slammed the "liberals" for maintaining silence even after All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Waris Pathan waged a communal tirade saying 15 crore Muslims had the ability to dominate on 100 crore Hindus.
Home Minister Amit Shah challenges Congress to show clause of citizenship denial to Muslim in CAA
Dec 27, 2019, at 06:29 pm
Shimla/UNI: Amid row erupting over the new citizenship law, Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Friday challenged the Congress party and its leader Rahul Gandhi to show him any clause in the Citizen (Amendment) Act 2019 which deny citizenship to Muslim and any other minority.
BJP scared of Hindu-Muslim unity: Akhilesh Yadav
Dec 27, 2019, at 12:38 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Launching a scathing attack on the ruling dispensation, national president of Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said the BJP was scared of the Hindu-Muslim unity and therefore, has started a campaign to divide people on the religious lines, in the garb of CAA and NRC.
Narendra Modi government makes Hajj process digitalÂ
Dec 01, 2019, at 10:18 pm
Jeddah/UNI: India has become the first country to make the entire Haj 2020 process 100 per cent digital, as the country signed a bilateral agreement in this regard with Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
We will accept SC's verdict on Ayodhya issue: Maulana Arshad Madani
Nov 06, 2019, at 05:28 pm
New Delhi, Nov 6 (UNI) Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind president Maulana Syed Arshad Madani on Wednesday said they would accept the judgement of the Supreme Court on Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid issue and also appealed Muslims to respect the order.
Oct 23, 2019, at 07:04 pm
Washington/IBNS: Indian journalist Aarti Tikoo Singh has said the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing was prejudiced, biased and it was set up against India after she told the Congressional hearing that Kashmiri Muslims have suffered most from terror exported by Pakistan, a truth ignored by Western media and rights groups.
Ayodhya title case: SC reserves verdict
Oct 16, 2019, at 04:34 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (UNI) In a dramatic denouement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions against the September 2010 Allahabad High Court judgement in connection with the Ramjanabhoomi-Babri Masjid land (Title) dispute case.
Will never allow Bharat to be Hindu Rashtra: Asaduddin Owaisi
Oct 15, 2019, at 05:49 pm
Thane, Oct 15 (UNI) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly asserted that Bharat is not Hindu Rashtra and that his party will never let it happen.
Muslim community need to understand the idea of secularism: VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar
Oct 15, 2019, at 10:10 am
Aurangabad, Oct 15 (UNI) Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Adv Prakash Ambedkar said that Muslim community should understand that this assembly election is their last chance to establish of secularism arrangement in the state and appealed them to keep the religion aside and opt secular principal of VBA to fight the election.
Ayodhya dispute: Muslim side continue pleadings in Supreme Court
Oct 04, 2019, at 07:25 pm
New Delhi, Oct 4 (UNI) The Muslim side on Friday submitted to a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court that attempts were made by Hindus to force the community to leave the disputed site at Ayodhya but were foiled.
Sep 27, 2019, at 06:02 pm
New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) The Muslim side on Friday submitted to the Supreme Court's five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, that opinions and beliefs of third persons should not be considered as evidence.
Ayodhya title suit: Ram chabutra is not birthplace of Lord Ram, Muslim side asserts in court
Sep 25, 2019, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi, Sep 25 (UNI) Sunni Waqf Board does not accept that Ram chabutra is the birthplace of Lord Ram, the Muslim side on Wednesday told the Supreme Court's five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.
Jul 22, 2019, at 01:10 pm
New Delhi, July 22 (IBNS): Giving a call to take up arms, a Muslim lawyer has urged people belonging to his community and Dalits to buy guns for self defence.
I represent an inclusive India: TMC MP Nusrat in response to Deoband clerics' fatwa
Jun 30, 2019, at 12:53 am
Kolkata, June 30 (IBNS): Responding to Deoband clerics' fatwa (diktat) against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Nusrat Jahan Jain over her marriage with a Hindu businessman, the actress-turned politician said she represents "an inclusive India".
Jharkhand Muslim man lynching: 11 people arrested
Jun 25, 2019, at 09:19 am
Ranchi, June 25 (IBNS): At least 11 people have been arrested in connection with the lynching case in Jharkhand where a 24-year-old man was tied to a pole and beaten up by a mob for alleged theft, media reports said.
Muslim man helps Hindu woman in labour reach hospital during curfew
May 16, 2019, at 12:36 pm
Guwahati, May 16 (IBNS): On May 12, 27-year-old Rubon Das prayed to the God for help because he was unable to get any conveyance to help ferry his pregnant wife to the hospital during the curfew in Assam's Hailakandi district.
Assam: Muslim man defies curfew to help Hindu neighbour
May 15, 2019, at 06:07 pm
Guwahati, May 15 (UNI) At a time when Hailakandi district of southern Assam was under curfew following communal clashes, a small-time Muslim autorickshaw driver stood out by lending a helping hand to his Hindu neighbour, putting his own life in peril.
After Mayawati, now Congress leader Navjot Sidhu urges Muslim voters not to split their votes
Apr 16, 2019, at 05:54 pm
Katihar, Apr 16 (IBNS): Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has triggered controversy by urging Muslim voters living in a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar to vote together to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
SC agrees to hear plea on women's entry into mosques
Apr 16, 2019, at 05:01 pm
New Delhi, Apr 16 (IBNS): In a major development, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it has decided to hear a plea filed by a Muslim couple who are seeking a direction from the top court to allow women to enter mosques to offer their prayers.
Maneka Gandhi caught on camera referring to Muslim voters in her speech in Sultanpur
Apr 12, 2019, at 05:22 pm
Sultanpur, Apr 12 (IBNS): At a time when the nation is voting in the general polls, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Maneka Gandhi has triggered a controversy when she was caught on camera allegedly asking the people of the Muslim community to vote for her or else she may not be inclined to be responsive to their requests.
Delhi-NCR: Most Muslim people read Hindi newspapers
Apr 09, 2019, at 04:40 pm
New Delhi, Apr 9 (UNI) There is a popular perception that most Muslims in India read Urdu newspapers; but a media survey in the Delhi-NCR has revealed that a major part of their population reads the Hindi newspapers despite "anti-Muslim bias, hostile editorial policy and lack of coverage."
BJP complains against BSP chief Mayawati for asking Mulsim not to vote for Congress
Apr 07, 2019, at 09:00 pm
Lucknow, Apr 7 (UNI) BJP has filed a complaint with the Election Commission over reported statement of BSP president Mayawati appealing to the Muslims not to vote for Congress during the alliance joint rally at Deoband on Sunday.
Won't give tickets to Muslims as they don't believe in us: BJP leader KS Eshwarappa
Apr 02, 2019, at 03:14 pm
Bangalore, Apr 2 (IBNS): Senior BJP leader in Karnataka KS Eshwarappa has triggered a controversy as he said that his party will not give tickets to Muslims as they do not believe in the religious outfit.
Rahul Gandhi demands sacking of Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde over his 'Hindu girl' remark
Jan 28, 2019, at 11:38 am
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday demanded the sacking of Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde for his comment on 'Hindu girl' which has already triggered a row.
After 'Hindu women' comment, Anantkumar Hegde refers to Cong leader's 'Muslim' wife
Jan 28, 2019, at 08:04 am
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IBNS): After stirring controversy with his "Hindu women" comment a day ago, Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde on Monday referred to Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao's "Muslim" wife in a Twitter spat.
Lord Hanuman was Muslim, says Uttar Pradesh BJP leader
Dec 20, 2018, at 10:42 pm
Lucknow, Dec 20 (IBNS): After being labelled as Dalit, now Lord Hanuman has been branded a Muslim by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Uttar Pradesh, media reports said.
KCR slams Amit Shah for opposing quota to Muslims
Nov 27, 2018, at 09:54 pm
Hyderabad, Nov 27 (IBNS): Telangana Rashtra Samithi supremo and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has attacked BJP president Amit Shah for opposing his government's proposal to increase reservation for Muslims in the state, reports said.
Kerala HC scraps petition seeking Muslim woman's entry to state mosques
Oct 12, 2018, at 12:05 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 12 (IBNS): The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the Akhila Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, seeking directive that Muslim women be allowed to enter mosques in the state.