Tag: Muslim
Bukhari, Naqvi Appeal To Muslims To Stay Indoors On Shab-e-Barat
Amid the nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus scare, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that the Central Waqf Council has asked state Waqf Boards to appeal to Muslims to observe the lockdown during Shab-e-Barat festival on April 8 and 9. ....
Wife Seeks Divorce From Husband Because He Doesn't Fight With Her
In a bizarre incident, a Muslim woman has sought divorce from her husband on the grounds that he does not fight with her. ....
'Tahir Hussain Provoked His Community To Promote Hindu-Muslim Enmity'
A Delhi court on Friday took cognisance of the charge sheet filed against suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau official Ankit Sharma during communal violence in the city in February, while noting that he provoked his community against the other to promote enmity on the grounds of religion. ....
Shia Leader Asks PM Modi To Repeal Places Of Worship Act
Former chairman of Shia Waqf Board, Wasim Rizvi, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scrap the Places of Worship Act, 1991 and said that it had been brought in by the then Congress government to appease the Muslims. ....
Muslim Man Digs Reservoir In His Home For Chhat Festival
The Maha Parv of public faith and Lord Bhaskar concluded with the rising sun on Saturday morning. The festival also gave us a steller example of religious harmony in Bihar. ....
Remembering Mahatma Gandhi's Kerala Visits On Martyrs' Day
Martyrs' Day is observed every year on January 30 to mark the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. On this occasion, Kerala remembered Gandhi on his 73rd death anniversary on Saturday. He had paid five visits to the state and the first one was regarding his most cherished issue of 'Hindu-Muslim' unity. ....
SC Seeks Govt Response On Transfer Plea Raising Issues With Minority Status Of 5 Communities
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a reply from the government on a plea seeking transfer of cases from several High Courts to it, challenging the Centre's notification to declare five communities -- Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis -- as minorities. ....
Karnataka: Muslim Man Travelling In Bus With Hindu Woman Stabbed
In what is suspected to be a case of vigilantism in Karnataka’s communally sensitive Dakshina Kannada district, a group of men assaulted and stabbed a Muslim man traveling in a bus from Mangaluru to Bengaluru along with a friend, a Hindu woman, on Thursday night. The two, who are friends and former classmates according to the police, boarded an overnight bus in Mangaluru bound for Bengaluru.....
16-year-old Boy Gang Raped, Filmed In Pakistan
In yet another act of brutality, a 16-year-old teenage boy was gang raped Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan city by at least five people, who also filmed and uploaded the video of the incident on social media. ....
Nawaz Sharif's Meeting With Afghan NSA In London Creates Uproar In Pakistan
Pakistan's mainstream major political party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), leader and ousted Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif's recent meeting with Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib in London has evoked a political storm back home. ....
