June 16, 2022 7:18 pm
Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Thursday asserted that India's ties with Middle East countries will not strain due to the recent remarks made by a now suspended BJP leader on Prophet Mohammed.
June 16, 2022 1:02 pm
The statements of former BJP office-bearers Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal on Prophet Muhammad sparked a massive controversy which led to violent protests in several parts of the country.
June 13, 2022 9:16 am
Zakia Soman writes: Those espousing a Hindu Rashtra must take a cue from the recent statement of the RSS chief and stop seeing red in everything Muslim and anywhere Islamic.
June 12, 2022 8:42 am
Tavleen Singh writes: "If religion had not become part of our political discourse, none of this would have happened. But, because it has, we have a situation in which BJP spokespersons appear to have been encouraged to demean Islam."
June 08, 2022 4:27 pm
The Facebook post “#StandWithNupurSharma” appears to have originated from the account of BJP’s Youth Wing general secretary in J&K Ashish Sharma and two others had endorsed it saying “I support Nupur Sharma”.
June 07, 2022 7:16 am
Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan, Libya, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation joined Qatar, Kuwait and Iran, which had summoned Indian envoys Sunday, in condemning the remarks against the Prophet.
September 27, 2021 7:55 am
P Chidambaram writes: While ‘love’ and ‘narcotics’ are real, to attach the word jihad to love (a natural human emotion) and to narcotics (an analgesia and an addictive drug) reveals warped thinking.
October 05, 2020 9:30 am
The sight of 80-year-old Bilkis leading the Shaheen Bagh agitation was not a proud moment for our country. It reflects our sharp divisions, which have been made worse by the BJP leaders using foul language against Muslims.
July 15, 2020 11:31 pm
The organisation, Raza Academy, had submitted the complaint to the state's cyber cell, seeking a ban on the films broadcast on digital platforms, it said.
November 09, 2019 1:17 am
Given the situation in the region, the government is yet to decide on whether to allow such a large congregation or to impose restrictions — both situations have the potential to stir up tensions.
June 18, 2015 1:18 pm
Millions of Muslims around the world marked the start of Ramadan on Thursday (June18), a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts.