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  • 'Kick him out of the country': Elon Musk after imam blames white Americans for spreading violence

    'Kick him out of the country': Elon Musk after imam blames white Americans for spreading violence

    While the Muslim cleric also acknowledged that 'plenty of white people' are 'just as good as any other person,' his overall message was sharply critical of America’s racial and colonial history.

  • Islam world’s fastest-growing religion, grew by 347 million in 10 years; Hinduism fourth largest: Study

    Islam world’s fastest-growing religion, grew by 347 million in 10 years; Hinduism fourth largest: Study

    Hindus now comprise 14.9% of the world’s population, making Hinduism the fourth largest religion globally. India remains the faith’s primary hub, home to 95% of all Hindus.

  • 'Islam Hates Us': Trump’s 2016 remarks resurface, go viral on social media

    'Islam Hates Us': Trump’s 2016 remarks resurface, go viral on social media

    An old 2016 interview of Donald Trump resurfaced online, where he claimed “Islam hates us.” The viral clip, with over 62 million views, has reignited debates on his stance toward Islam and immigration.

  • France - Residents call for solidarity after deadly 'Islamist terror attack' in eastern France

    France - Residents call for solidarity after deadly 'Islamist terror attack' in eastern France

    Residents in the eastern French city of Mulhouse on Sunday (February 23) called for solidarity the morning after a knife attack killed one. French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday (February 22) the attack, which also injured three was "Islamist terrorism," after France's anti-terrorism prosecutor's office confirmed it was investigating the case. A man attacked local police officers in the city of Mulhouse shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") on Saturday afternoon, the PNAT prosecutor's office said in a statement. A passer-by was killed trying to intervene, while three police officers were injured, the prosecutor's office added. The suspect has been arrested, the prosecutor's office said.

  • Jio MAMI 2023 | Nehir Tuna on Turkish boyhood film Dormitory & young people’s conflicts around religion with patriarchal parents

    Jio MAMI 2023 | Nehir Tuna on Turkish boyhood film Dormitory & young people’s conflicts around religion with patriarchal parents

    Nehir Tuna's Turkish boyhood film Yurt (Dormitory) premiered at 80th Venice International Film Festival and screens in India at Mumbai Film Festival on November 3.

  • In pics: Millions of pilgrims attend annual Hajj pilgrimage — five things to know

    In pics: Millions of pilgrims attend annual Hajj pilgrimage — five things to know

    During the annual rituals which are likely to surpass attendance records, more than two million devotees from 160 nations are likely to visit Islam's holiest venue.

  • India belongs to me as much as it does to PM Modi, Mohan Bhagwat: Jamiat chief

    India belongs to me as much as it does to PM Modi, Mohan Bhagwat: Jamiat chief

    "This is our country. As much as this country belongs to Narendra Modi and Mohan Bhagwat, it belongs to Mahmood. Neither Mahmood is one inch ahead of them nor are they one inch ahead of Mahmood," said Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind president Maulana Mahmood Madani.

  • Women students tell Iran's president to 'get lost' as unrest rages

    Women students tell Iran's president to 'get lost' as unrest rages

    Raisi addressed professors and students at Alzahra University in Tehran, reciting a poem that equated "rioters" with flies, as nationwide demonstrations entered a fourth week

  • Muslim bodies in Mumbai to launch campaign to dispel misconceptions about Islam

    Muslim bodies in Mumbai to launch campaign to dispel misconceptions about Islam

    The campaign called “Prophet for All” will be launched to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad on October 9.

  • Deaths from flooding in monsoon drenched Pakistan near 1,000

    Deaths from flooding in monsoon drenched Pakistan near 1,000

    The new death toll came a day after Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked for international help in battling deadly flood damage in the impoverished Islamic nation.

  • Novelist Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

    Novelist Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

    Rushdie, who was born into a Muslim Kashmiri family in then Bombay before moving to the United Kingdom, has long faced death threats for his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses. Some Muslims said the book contained blasphemous passages

  • In Pics | Inside Indonesia's Islamic boarding school for deaf children

    In Pics | Inside Indonesia's Islamic boarding school for deaf children

    At an Islamic boarding school in a sleepy neighbourhood on the outskirts of the Indonesian city Yogyakarta, the sound of Koranic recitation is nowhere to be heard. This is a religious school for deaf children, and here the students gesture rapidly with their hands, learning to recite the Koran in Arabic sign language.

  • Kuwait supermarket removes Indian products as BJP faces Mideast furore over Prophet remarks

    Kuwait supermarket removes Indian products as BJP faces Mideast furore over Prophet remarks

    At the Al-Ardiya Co-Operative Society just outside Kuwait City, sacks of rice and shelves of spices and chilies were covered with plastic sheets. "We have removed Indian products", signs in Arabic read.

  • Why Ramadan generates millions in charitable giving every year

    Why Ramadan generates millions in charitable giving every year

    Islam calls on Muslims to set aside 2.5% of their accumulated wealth each year for zakat, said Khalid Latif, executive director of the Islamic Center at New York University.

  • Karnataka Hijab row | Hijab not part of Islam's essential religious practice: HC

    Karnataka Hijab row | Hijab not part of Islam's essential religious practice: HC

    "Wearing of the hijab does not form essential religious practice in Islam," the judgment rendered by a full bench of the high court said.

  • Network18 Exclusive | Nitin Gadkari on hijab row: All religions must be respected

    Network18 Exclusive | Nitin Gadkari on hijab row: All religions must be respected

    Nitin Gadkari went on to recite a song from his RSS days to say there should be religious harmony in the society.

  • Muslim law board slams 'Surya Namaskar' directive, calls it unconstitutional

    Muslim law board slams 'Surya Namaskar' directive, calls it unconstitutional

    All India Muslim Personal Law Board general secretary Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani has asked Muslims students to not participate in the event

  • Eid Milad-un-Nabi 2021: Date, history and significance

    Eid Milad-un-Nabi 2021: Date, history and significance

    Eid Milad-un-Nabi 2021: Eid Milad-un-Nabi to be celebrated on October 19 in India; Here's its history and significance.

  • Naseeruddin Shah slams Indian Muslims celebrating Taliban return in Afghanistan

    Naseeruddin Shah slams Indian Muslims celebrating Taliban return in Afghanistan

    A video of Naseeruddin Shah calling out Taliban sympathisers in India has gone viral on Twitter, in which he can be heard calling the Taliban “barbarians” and their supporters “equally dangerous”.

  • France advises citizens to leave Pakistan following violent clashes over cartoons of Prophet Mohammad

    France advises citizens to leave Pakistan following violent clashes over cartoons of Prophet Mohammad

    The embassy sent a message to French residents in Pakistan recommending that French nationals leave the country and French companies shut down activities temporarily “due to the serious threats to French interests in Pakistan”.

  • SC dismisses writ petition seeking removal of 26 verses from Quran with Rs 50,000 cost

    SC dismisses writ petition seeking removal of 26 verses from Quran with Rs 50,000 cost

    Arguing for former Uttar Pradesh Waqf Board Chairman Syed Wasim Rizvi, Senior Advocate RK Raizada alleged the verses "preached violence against non-believers and can lead to indoctrination of children.”

  • Danish author Sara Omar: Breaking taboos for Muslim women

    Danish author Sara Omar: Breaking taboos for Muslim women

    As combative as her protagonist, Omar now refuses to speak about her personal life, 'due to her security situation and since her words can bring about severe consequences,' according to her assistant.

  • French police face worst nightmare: an attacker they never saw coming

    French police face worst nightmare: an attacker they never saw coming

    The government says about 20,000 people in France are on the intelligence agencies' "Fiche S", a watchlist of people of posing a security risk to the country. Abdoulakh A. was not on the list at all.

  • Sudan army rulers want to retain Sharia as legal guide

    Sudan army rulers want to retain Sharia as legal guide

    Under ousted leader Omar al-Bashir, Sudan saw the Islamic law applied at random with the constitution.

  • Lok Sabha polls will see 'Islam vs Bhagwan', 'Pakistan vs India': BJP MLA

    Lok Sabha polls will see 'Islam vs Bhagwan', 'Pakistan vs India': BJP MLA

    The saffron party legislator from Bairia had stirred a row on April 11 when he defended MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl last year.

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