Calcutta’s Muslims after Partition
Becoming a minority community Anwesha Sengupta Mon Feb 14, 2022 The Selimpur (Dhakuria, Kolkata) Mosque. Photo Courtesy: Know Your Neighbour Calcutta: A Muslim City Before the Partition of British India […]
Wheat trucks from Wagah to proceed toll-free till Torkham
Wheat trucks from Wagah to proceed toll-free till Torkham Khalid Hasnain Published February 15, 2022 – DAWN.COM LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has announced that Afghan trucks carrying wheat from India through Pakistan to […]
OIC condemns growing attacks on Indian Muslims
Previous 1 / 4 Burqa clad Muslim women hold placards as they take part in a demonstration in Kolkata on February 11, 2022, to protest after students were told not to […]
Muslim body in India bans dowries, lavish weddings after suicide
BY ANADOLU AGENCY APR 02, 2021 – 2:02 PM GMT+3 The nikah ceremony is the heart of an Indian Muslim wedding. (Shutterstock Photo) Following the suicide of a woman over […]
India hijab ban restricts choice of religion, education: Muslim students
BY REUTERS UDIPI, INDIA FEB 12, 2022 – Ayesha Imthiaz, 21, a Muslim college student, wearing a hijab, walks past her college in Udupi, Karnataka state, India, Feb. 11, 2022. (Reuters […]
Hijab protests spread in India as girls refuse to be told what not to wear
By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri and Swati Gupta, CNN Updated 4:52 AM ET, Thu February 10, 2022 (CNN) A burqa-wearing college student has become a symbol of resistance in India’s Karnataka state, where […]
“Christianity, Commerce and Civilization”: Child Labor and the Basel Mission in Colonial Ghana, 1855–1914
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2014 Catherine Koonar Show author details Abstract Focusing specifically on colonial Ghana between 1855 and 1914, this article aims to situate the history […]
India: Malala weighs into Karnataka hijab row
Published1 hour ago bbc.com Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has spoken out in support of six Indian students fighting for their right to wear the hijab in class. The […]
Outrage after hijab-wearing woman heckled by Hindu mob in India
Authorities shut educational institutions after protests over the ban on hijab intensifies in southern Karnataka state. Published On 8 Feb 2022 A video posted on Twitter showing a hijab-wearing Muslim […]
India shuts schools after hijab ban protests intensify
BY FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP UDIPI, INDIA FEB 08, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Indian student activists from Muslim Students Federation (MSF) hold placards during a protest against hijab (headscarf) restriction, […]
Truths, Not Myths, About Pakistan’s Founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah
A magisterial biography of Pakistan’s founder by noted scholar Ishtiaq Ahmed sheds new light on the past and provides key lessons for the future. An image of Muhammad Ali Jinnah […]
Karnataka Hijab Row: Those Who Want To Wear Hijab Can Go To Pakistan, Says BJP MP
INDIA INDIA & BEYOND Sambad English Bureau Published On : Feb 5, 2022 Share Mysuru: Karnataka BJP MP Pratap Simha on Saturday kicked up a storm by stating that those advocating ‘Sharia laws’ […]
No change? no problem: Meet this digital beggar from India’s Bihar state
Raju Prasad switched to e-wallet after he got fed up with excuses of ‘no loose change’ Published: February 05, 2022 Lata Rani, Correspondent Patna: People seeking alms with begging bowls […]
Karnataka: Students wearing hijab denied entry in another college, principal says ‘following govt orders’
The incident involving the 25 students took place at the Kundapur government pre-university college in Udupi district where Hindu students on Wednesday came to college wearing saffron towels objecting to […]
Life In A ‘Safe House’: Runaway Couples Stuck Between Love Jihad And Honour Killings
Persecuted and vilified, inter-faith and inter-caste couples in India have no place to call home. They have little choice, but to seek shelter at the ‘safe houses’ that too are far from safe. They are the invisible — doomed to live their lives in hiding Rakhi Bose UPDATED: 03 FEB […]
History. A brief history of the Subcontinent’s Mail
HISTORY: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SUBCONTINENT’S MAIL Dr Sohail Ansar iPublished January 30, 2022 – 1 Even back in the 13th century, there was some form of postal deliveries in […]
Islamophobia is unacceptable. Full stop. We need to put an end to this hate and make our communities safer
Islamophobia is unacceptable. Full stop. We need to put an end to this hate and make our communities safer for Muslim Canadians. To help with that, we intend to appoint […]
Tibetan Muslims straddle faith and tradition in China and India
The community dates to the 14th century, when merchants from Nepal, China, and Kashmir began settling in Tibet.2022.01.17 Sakina Batt, a young Tibetan Muslim who now lives in Kathmandu, has […]
Nathuram Godse: The mystery surrounding Mahatma Gandhi’s killer
Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Published1 day ago bbc.com On the evening of 30 January 1948, Nathuram Vinayak Godse shot Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi dead at point-blank range as India’s most venerated leader […]
Pew Research Center Findings about India
To study religion in India, researchers conducted a survey in 17 languages from late 2019-early 2020. The project took more than 3 years from development to final reporting. Learn more […]