Source: Reuters (Reuters) – M Karunanidhi, five-time chief minister of India’s Tamil Nadu state and one of the dominant figures in the politics of southern India for half a century, […]
Tales from a street of mosques, synagogues, churches and temples Source: Aljazeera By Jenny Gustafsson Siraj Khan is a caretaker at the Beth El synagogue. Kolkata’s synagogues have always had […]
Indian officials say Assam register does not target Muslims Source: BBC News Indian officials leading a charge to identify illegal migrants in the north-eastern state of Assam have said that […]
Reuters International This content was published on July 31, 2018 People wait in queue to check their names on the draft list at the National Register of Citizens (NRC) centre […]
Source: Reuters BY Krishna N. Das NELLIE, India (Reuters) – Thirty-six years after losing his parents, sister and a four-year-old daughter in one of India’s worst sectarian massacres, Abdul Suban […]
Imran Khan gestures as he delivers a speech during a political campaign rally in Islamabad. Photo: WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP Pallab Bhattacharya In his very first media interaction after the […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS (/ˈʃriːniˌvɑːsə rɑːˈmɑːnʊdʒən/;[1] listen (help·info); 22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920)[2] was an Indianmathematician who lived during the British Rule in India. Though he had almost […]
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — When a mob of Hindu villagers thrashed a Muslim cattle trader last week in western India, police rushed to the […]
By Vidhi Doshi NEW DELHI — They are considered some of India’s brightest minds. Now students and alumni from India’s most prestigious universities who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer are […]
Source: Washington Post By Barkha Dutt There is a repugnant euphemism that has entered the lexicon of Indian prime-time television lately. “Cow vigilantes” has become contemporary shorthand for murderous right-wing mobs […]
Darul Qazas or Sharia Courts: Why both must be Opposed? By Arshad Alam, New Age Islam 13 July 2018 The recent ‘desire’ of AIMPLB to establish Darul-Qazas in every district has understandably met with resistance, not just from different political parties, but also from within the Muslim community. It must be underlined […]
Source: South China Morning Post Officers are accused of catering to themselves first, then making sure a cow was safe before tending to the victim, who died from his injuries […]
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar HAZARIBAGH, India — Jayant Sinha is a Celtics fan. He graduated from Harvard. He worked for McKinsey. Born and raised in India but […]
Source: Associated Press By AIJAZ HUSSAIN NEW DELHI (AP) — A Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob in western India over allegations of smuggling cows, police said […]
Source: BBC News Burari, a non-descript neighbourhood in the Indian capital Delhi, attained notoriety after 11 members of the Chundawat family were found dead inside their home, amid whispers of […]
Source: Reuters BY Sai Sachin Ravikumar, Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) – When Akhilesh Godi was depressed and contemplated suicide while questioning his sexuality, he could not bring himself to see […]
Source: NPR BY Scott Neuman India has ordered its state governments to inspect child care facilities run by the Missionaries of Charity — the Roman Catholic order founded by Mother […]
Source: Associated Press By AIJAZ HUSSAIN NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s highest court on Tuesday asked the federal government to consider enacting a law to deal with an increase in […]
Source: The New York Times By Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj PURI, India — A group of men in loincloths assembled outside a 12th-century temple on a hot April day […]
Source: The Washington Post MAHABAN, India — In the year since an extremist Hindu monk was tapped to lead one of India’s biggest states, the country’s Muslim cattle traders have […]