AR Rahman reveals Islam keeps him on track
by Entertainment Desk Oscar-winning musician AR Rahman has often given credit to Islam for all that he has accomplished in life. Speaking at the launch of his biography, Notes of […]
Are Mosques Essential for India’s Muslims?
The empirical analysis offered by Lokniti–CSDS’s surveys shows the centrality of mosques for India’s Muslims. In October 2018, the Supreme Court declined to set up a larger bench to […]
Indian student blog: Stereotypes, cultural diffusion and prejudices!
By Devendra Shintre, swissinfo.ch student blogger Nov 6, 2018 – 11:05 A common stereotype is that Indian food is always spicy. Unfortunately, I couldn’t refute this one, because […]
Gloves off: India’s ruling party underlines Hindu ambitions as elections near
Source: Reuters By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has been turning up the heat on some controversial and potentially […]
Protesters burn Hindu religious center in southern India
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Protesters on Saturday set fire to a Hindu religious center in southern India for supporting a Supreme Court decision allowing women of menstruating […]
India’s Sabarimala: Over 2,000 arrested for blocking women from temple
Source: BBC News Police in India have arrested 2,200 people for protesting against the entry of women into a prominent Hindu temple in the southern state of Kerala. Hundreds clashed […]
Indian activists smolder over “green” Diwali firecrackers
Source: Reuters By Neha Dasgupta NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the use of “green” firecrackers for Diwali next month to try to curb pollution, but […]
India’s Assam shuts down over plans to amend citizenship law
Source: Al Jazeera The government plans to make it easier for Hindus, Buddhists and Christians to get citizenship while excluding Muslims. by Zeenat Saberin & Abdul Gani Critics say […]
Pakistan prime minister calls for peace talks with India
NOOR NUGALI LOJIEN BEN GASSEM October 23, 2018 India has long accused Pakistan of backing militants in Kashmir, a Himalayan territory divided between the two countries 500,000 Delhi soldiers are […]
Pakistan PM Imran Khan reacts to India train accident
Source: Khaleej Times Around 59 people were killed in the tragedy. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan recently reacted to India’s train tragedy which claimed the lives of 59 revellers. The […]
India Religion Courts Indian temple priests turn back women, defying court ruling
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of Hindu priests on Friday joined conservative protesters to block women of menstruating age from one of the world’s […]
Tensions rise at Indian temple over entry of menstrual-age women
Source: Reuters BY Jose Devasia NILAKKAL, India (Reuters) – Tensions rose at an Indian hill temple on Tuesday before an expected face-off between women of menstrual age who can enter […]
India: Minister M.J. Akbar resigns amid allegations of sexual misconduct
(NEW DELHI) — M.J. Akbar, India’s junior external affairs minister, resigned Wednesday amid accusations by 20 women of sexual harassment during his previous career as one of the country’s most prominent news editors, becoming the most powerful man to fall in India’s burgeoning #MeToo movement. Akbar said in a statement […]
Hindu nationalist-led state changes Muslim name of Indian city
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Delhi An Indian city in a state led by a hardline Hindu nationalist preacher accused of instigating violence against Muslims has had its Muslim name changed to […]
Indian court gives life sentence to guru, 14 followers
Source: Associated Press HISAR, India (AP) — A court in northern India sentenced a Hindu guru and 14 followers to life imprisonment on Tuesday in the deaths of four women […]
FINAL DESTINATION: What happens when you die on holiday in Switzerland?
By Anand Chandrasekhar THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 11, 2018 Bureaucracy, money and insurance policies can slow your passage to your final destination. (Keystone) A fall on a hiking […]
‘An employer? No, we have a master’: the Sikhs secretly exploited in Italy
Men harvest chicory in a field in Sezze, in the Italian province of Latina. Sikh workers have to call the landlord ‘Master’. Photograph: Marco Valle After years of arduous, badly […]
Free to call ourselves Muslim in India, say minority Ahmadiyyas
Hemani Bhandari OCTOBER 08, 2018 A ‘Minara’ (place of worship) of the Ahmadiyya community in Qadian, Amritsar. About 6,000 Ahmadiyyas live in the town in a settlement spread across […]
Indian schoolgirls beaten for resisting boys’ sexual harassment
Source: The Guardian BY Manoj Chaurasia in Patna and Michael Safi in Delhi Thirty-six Indian schoolgirls have been treated in hospital after they were attacked by a large crowd of teenage boys and their […]
Muslim girl tied to tree, brutally beaten up for eloping with Hindu man
Source: ET The Hindu man called the victim’s father and informed him of his daughter’s whereabouts. PHOTO COURTESY: TWITTER/@Neha_Social An 18-year-old Muslim girl was tied to a tree and brutally beaten up for eloping with a Hindu man from the Indian state of Bihar on Saturday. According to NDTV, She […]