India to begin deportations of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar
Source: Associated Press By WASBIR HUSSAIN GAUHATI, India (AP) — India plans to send seven Rohingya Muslims back to Myanmar in the first deportation of members of the Myanmar minority […]
In India and Pakistan, religion makes one country’s hero the other’s villain
Source: Quartz BY Haroon Khalid At the entrance of the [Badshahi Masjid in Lahore] are some pictures from the colonial era. They show the mosque’s dilapidated condition after having served as a […]
Ahmadiyya scholars for ban on ‘nikah halala’
Vishal Joshi Tribune News Service Kurukshetra, September 30 Welcoming the Centre’s approval of an ordinance making instant triple talaq a punishable offence, scholars from the Ahmadiyya sect demanded government’s intervention […]
Hundreds of cases a day and a flair for drama: India’s crusading Supreme Court
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman, Hari Kumar and Kai Schultz NEW DELHI — Following the headlines, you might get the feeling that India’s Supreme Court is everywhere at once, all […]
Indian Expat wins first prize in Qur’an memorization contest
Prince Mishaal Bin Majed, governor of Jeddah, presents Abdullah Abdul Mateen Usmani the key of the car he won as first prize in the Qur’an memorization contest. — Courtesy photo […]
Sabarimala temple: India’s top court revokes ban on women
Source: BBC News India’s Supreme Court has said women can no longer be barred from entering the Sabarimala temple, considered to be one of the holiest for Hindus. The temple […]
India’s top court says adultery no longer criminal offence
Source. Dawn Adultery is no longer a crime, India’s top court ruled on Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with jail time unconstitutional and discriminatory against women. The more than century-old law prescribed that any man who slept with a married woman without her husband’s permission had […]
India and Pakistan both lose out from canceled meeting
MICHAEL KUGELMAN September 26, 2018 India last week announced the cancellation of a planned meeting between Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi. It had been […]
India’s most influential Hindu nationalist group is going on a charm offensive
Source: The Washington Post By Joanna Slater September 21 NEW DELHI — The strident Hindu nationalist organization that helped propel Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power is attempting a makeover to […]
Catholic bishop in India arrested after being accused of raping nun
Source: CNN By Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN)A Catholic bishop in India’s southern state of Kerala was arrested Friday in the alleged rape of a nun, according to a […]
Muslims in India have the worst upward mobility
India’s growth story is leaving out its Muslim minority Source: Quartz By Maria Thomas India may have lifted at least 170 million people out of poverty since 1990, but new research suggests overall […]
Manto Is Not Only Worth Watching, It Is Also Worth Remembering
Source: Center for Pluralism Kudos to Dr. Shah Alam Khan for such a beautiful review of the film. It one of the best literary pieces on films I have read […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is going to organize a Peace Symposium in Bhubaneswar
September 20, 2018 Bhubaneswar: In a positive move the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is going to organize a ‘Peace Symposium’ here on 23rd September 2018 at Hotel Swosti Premium where […]
India: Triple talaq or instant divorce now a criminal offence
Source: Al Jazeera By Zeenat Saberin New Delhi, India – India’s government on Wednesday decided to make the practice of instant triple talaq (divorce) a punishable offence through an executive order […]
India’s Carnatic Singers Face Backlash For Performing Non-Hindu Songs
Source: NPR BY LAUREN FRAYER For 35 years, O.S. Arun has been a professional singer of Carnatic music, a classical genre popular in South India. It’s an embellished form of singing frequently backed […]
Hindu group behind Modi’s rise in India opens up as elections near
Source: Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A Hindu nationalist group behind the rise of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is opening up to critics and supporters through a first-of-its-kind outreach […]
‘Sacrilege’: Varanasi priests warn Ganges luxury cruises could contaminate river
Source: The Guardian BY Amrit Dhillon in Delhi Plans for a new luxury cruise liner on the Ganges river in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi have run into trouble, with priests […]
Indian Muslims protest China’s detention of Uighur Muslims
Source: Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — About 150 Muslims protested in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, on Friday to demand that China stop detaining thousands of minority Uighur Muslims in […]
India: Muslim Youths from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hyderabad are on the front lines for flood-hit Kerala
News Courtesy: Musavir Ahmed, MKA Hyderabad As the deadliest deluge hit Kerala with devastating floods, a group of young Muslim men from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community came down to help. More than 100 members of Humanity First, and an additional 20 members of the Khidmat-E-Khalq from Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, Hyderabad have […]
Singapore DJ files court challenge against gay sex ban after India ruling
Source: Reuters BY Fathin Ungku SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A Singapore DJ has filed a court challenge against a colonial-era law that bans gay sex in the conservative city-state, his lawyers […]