Muslims

Indian Muslim’s fate is tied to that of the country. Destroying one will severely affect other

September 23, 2019 11:16 am

Aware of the sheer magnitude of their powerlessness, most Muslims live in dread of the future.

Muslims in India luckier than those in Islamic countries: Mark Tully

September 22, 2019 2:15 pm

“India's spirit of tolerance is its strength which makes a harmonious environment for different religions to exist side by side,” Tully is quoted as saying in the latest issue of The Equator Line magazine. The issue is titled “Home and The World”.

A crackdown on Islam is spreading across China

September 22, 2019 7:54 am

The harsh crackdown on Muslims that began with the Uighurs in Xinjiang is spreading to more regions and more groups. It is driven by the party’s fear that adherence to the Muslim faith could turn into religious extremism and open defiance of its rule

Modi's support was across caste Hindus and Dalits, but not Muslims

July 14, 2019 7:26 am

India has people with Modi Distress Syndrome (MDS). Whatever Narendra Modi does must be bad, authoritarian, divisive etc. Many believe if the Congress is not in power, democracy has died.

If you look visibly like a Muslim, is that reason enough for you to be marginalised?

May 20, 2019 10:16 am

The fact is that the young Muslim woman of today has chosen to go ahead and own the hijab. She has personalised it and decided to carve her path following her own rules.

A Mennonite Town In Muslim Central Asia Holds On Against the Odds

May 13, 2019 12:56 pm

The community of Mennonites in Kyrgyzstan is one of Christendom’s most remote and oddest outposts in the Muslim world, as ethnic Germans cling to their faith even as emigration shrinks their numbers.

Sri Lanka blasts: Mysuru Muslim leader appeals to stand outside Church to offer solidarity with Christians

April 27, 2019 7:32 pm

President of JeIM, Mysore, Munawwar Pasha, said the appeal has been made to convey the message that the Muslims and other communities stand by the Christians at this hour of grief.

Read in Quran that women can pray in mosques: Couple who filed SC plea

April 17, 2019 3:10 am

After studying religious texts and consulting community members, the couple finally decided to file a petition in the Supreme Court.

Chinese envoy calls Muslim detention centres 'campuses'

March 16, 2019 11:31 am

At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Executive Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng reiterated Friday China's insistence that the detention centres are designed to provide training and fight regional terrorism.

Muslim detention camps are like ‘boarding schools,’ Chinese official says

March 13, 2019 11:52 am

“Some voices internationally have said Xinjiang has concentration camps or re-education camps. These claims are pure lies,” Shohrat Zakir said.

Muslims observe Muharram in Kolkata, Delhi

November 04, 2014 5:49 pm

Muharram, which is considered to be the most sacred of the months for Muslims was observed on Tuesday (November 4) amid tight security in the national capital with heavy police deployment in sensitive areas.

Opinion | The secret history of Muslims in the US

December 19, 2018 3:21 pm

Muslims have been in the US since the time of the earliest explorers and have left their mark on everything from the White House to the Marine Corps uniform.

Want a dialogue with all parties to settle the Ayodhya dispute, says union minister Uma Bharti

November 01, 2018 1:35 pm

Union Minister Uma Bharti has said that leaders across party lines must come together and sort out the Ayodhya dispute through dialogue. She also said that those in the government want to build a temple at the disputed site but will need support from

Photographer Praveen Jain was in the Meerut neighbourhood on May 22, 1987, hours before the Hashimpura massacre

August 04, 2015 3:16 pm

A majority of Muslims believe that the 2002 riots were engineered to take revenge: Madani

May 05, 2014 10:20 am