Why India Should Be Grateful to Alauddin Khilji
Source: Siasat There is a lot of controversy regarding Alauddin Khilji in the wake of the new Bollywood film, “Padmavati,” which purports to depict Khilji’s conquest of Chittor in 1303 […]
First Ever Ahmadiyya Muslim couple from Balkan Region participates in Qadian Jalsa Salana-2017
By Zubair Khan Mr Sead Mulabegovic and Mrs Nasiha Mulabegovic can rightly claim to be the first ever local Ahmadi Muslim couple from European Balkan Region getting a chance to participate in Jalsa Salana Qadian. It was long flight from Zagreb to Delhi India. After aeroplane came another 8 to […]
Indian police detain dozens protesting against controversial movie
Source: Reuters By Rupam Jain, Swati Bhat NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Right-wing Hindu groups in India stepped up protests on Wednesday against the release of a controversial Bollywood film, as several […]
India’s Sacred Cow Now Threatens an $83 Billion Dairy Industry
Source: Bloomberg By Anindya Upadhyay,Pratik Parija,Kanika Sood and P R Sanjai Violence against cattle owners—in a Hindu-majority country under a populist government—resulted in 11 deaths last year. Narendra Modi at an agricultural fair […]
India Should Be Grateful to Alauddin Khilji for Thwarting the Mongol Invasions
The Wire: For the past month, Rajasthan has been convulsed by a controversy over the Bollywood movie, Padmavati, based on Padmavat – a prose-poem written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540 CE which uses Alauddin Khilji’s conquest of Chittor in 1303 CE and his supposed obsession with Rani Padmini of Chittor as a […]
REALITY CHECK: The India that Modi sold at Davos isn’t quite the India we live in
Sssssh. (Reuters/Denis Balibouse) Written by Quartz Staff 3 hours ago Quartz india There was a smattering of Sanskrit, a line from Tagore, and the expected hard sell as Narendra Modi […]
Three Muslim Bollywood actors ‘refused to meet’ Israeli PM
Mumbai 2018-01-22 17:36 By Rayana KhalafContributor Source: Twitter/mthakur121 Three Bollywood actors have made the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement proud by reportedly refusing to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his recent trip to India.https://stepfeed.com/these-muslim-bollywood-actors-refused-to-meet-israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-4324 While several stars in the Indian film industry took part in a special gala event featuring Netanyahu and his wife, actors Shah Rukh Khan, […]
India woman fights family over ‘low caste’ husband’s murder
Source: BBC News In March 2016, a 22-year-old man was hacked to death in daylight on a crowded road in southern India for marrying a woman of a higher caste. […]
Battle of Haifa appropriated to suit modern political agendas
Columns Dr. Sujata Ashwarya | Published — Friday 19 January 2018 There is a twisted irony to the renaming, in the presence of the Israeli prime minister, of the iconic […]
Padmavati: Controversial film cleared by India’s top court
Source: BBC News India’s Supreme Court has cleared the release of controversial Bollywood film Padmavat, and overturned the decision by four states to ban its screening. It has been approved […]
India: Mullahs and Money
By Moin Qazi, Nagpur, India (moinqazi123@gmail.com) One of the most contentious issues that have vexed the minds of Muslims is the concept of interest in the modern-day economy. The Islamic clerics (ulema) have exhibited an ambivalent stand on major issues concerning Islamic finance and on most occasions preferred to diplomatically […]
Jalsa Salana Qadian – An Islamic convention of love, peace and religious harmony in India
Written by Kashif Khalid, Qadian, Gurdaspur, Punjab Email: kashifqdn@gmail.com Jalsa Salana or Annual Gathering is one of the oldest conventions of India conducted by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The founder of the community His Holiness Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (pbuh) initiated it in the year 1891. This year the convention was held […]
The Indian schoolchildren who are bullied for being Muslim
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi 13 January 2018 Schools and playgrounds can be dangerous places where children are isolated or bullied. Children often use differences in appearance, skin colour, […]
Army chief advocates ‘politico-military’ approach to tackle terror in Jammu and Kashmir
PTI| Updated: Jan 14, 2018 The Army’s aim is to ensure that it continues to maintain the pressure on the terrorists and those fomenting trouble there, Gen Rawat said. NEW DELHI: Advocating a “politico-military” approach in dealing with the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat today […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Delhi (India) Participates in World Book Fair
By: Zubair Khan Pictures: Shaikh Fatehudin. The New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF), held for the past 45 years, is a major calendar event in the publishing world. NDWBF 2018 was scheduled from 6 to 14 January 2018 at the centrally located Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The Fair was organised […]
India Launches Rocket with 30 Satellites
The rocket launch would take place from ISRO’s spaceport located at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. All India | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: January 08, 2018 16:01 IST ENGALURU: India will launch 31 satellites, including earth observation spacecraft Cartosat, on January 12 instead of its earlier tentative schedule on January 10, an Indian Space […]
Mumbai Shuts Down as Protests Erupt Over Caste Tensions
Source: The New York Times By VINDU GOEL, KAI SCHULTZ and HARI KUMAR JAN. 3, 2018 Unrest in India fanned out to Mumbai, the financial capital, on Wednesday, and schools, trains and businesses shut down […]
Indian or not? Muslims fret amid drive against illegal immigrants
Reuters International This content was published on January 4, 2018 Women stand next to policemen as they wait to check their names on the draft list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at an NRC centre in Chandamari village in Goalpara district, in the northeastern state of […]
India Muslim man beaten to death ‘over New Year music’
Source: BBC News A Muslim has been beaten to death in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand after reportedly asking a group to stop playing loud music on New Year’s […]