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What is it to be a Muslim in UK? White woman wears burqa for a week to find out

What is it to be a Muslim in the UK amid rising cases of Islamophobia?

Oct 24, 2017, 09:49 AM IST

26 killed in latest central Africa clashes: United Nations

At least 26 people were killed during clashes in a southeast region of the Central African Republic where the government has struggled to assert its authority, the UN's peacekeeping force in the country said on Friday.

Oct 21, 2017, 05:57 AM IST

Alwar cops snatch 51 cows belonging to Muslim family, hand over to 'gaushala'

Oct 15, 2017, 08:34 AM IST

Rajasthan: Police hunt men accused of killing Muslim folk singer

Indian police said Thursday they were still hunting for two men suspected of murdering a Muslim folk singer because his performance angered a Hindu priest, sparking communal tensions.

Oct 12, 2017, 23:26 PM IST

200 Muslims flee Rajasthan village after singer allegedly killed over a song

Trouble erupted in Dantal village near the India-Pakistan border on September 27, when a Hindu priest accused folk singer Ahmad Khan of making mistakes while reciting hymns

Oct 11, 2017, 13:18 PM IST

Kerala love-jihad case: Women say they were lured, brainwashed, converted to Islam

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), that is probing 90 cases of inter-faith marriages in Kerala, received testimonies from two women who have claimed to have been lured and converted to Islam.

Oct 11, 2017, 08:05 AM IST

Drop Muslim and Hindu from names of BHU, AMU, recommends UGC panel

Centrally funded universities are secular institutions but such words related to religion in their names do not reflect that character, a UGC panel member said.

Oct 09, 2017, 13:06 PM IST

Women above 45 years may not need a male relative for Haj anymore

The Centre has also decided to abolish the subsidy for Haj pilgrims in accordance with a Supreme Court order.

Oct 08, 2017, 08:18 AM IST

Kerala woman who converted to Islam claims 'Muslim friends misguided her'

From a woman clad in hijab in July to appearing with a bindi and kumkum on her forehead now, she said that she was told that 'it was stupid to worship a stone, an idol."

Sep 23, 2017, 14:21 PM IST

Woman accuses husband of giving triple talaq when she was unconscious

A 23-year-old woman has accused her husband of giving triple talaq while she was unconscious. The mother of a three-year-old son, Rubina Afzal Lakhani, on Thursday lodged an FIR against her husband Afzal Hussain at the Rajkot mahila police station and alleged that he assaulted her and made her leave the house 18 months ago.

Sep 23, 2017, 09:54 AM IST

Roadside bombs wound 20, kill soldier in Thailand's troubled south

The first bomb did not result in any casualties, but the other two killed one soldier and wounded 18 soldiers and police and two villagers.

Sep 14, 2017, 13:06 PM IST

Myanmar mob stones Muslim home amid Rohingya crisis

The mob attack on Sunday night in the Magway region of the mainly Buddhist nation was fuelled by anger over the deepening crisis in the western state of Rakhine, according to a government press release.

Sep 11, 2017, 15:54 PM IST

Muslim woman assaulted by husband, 5 others for painting PM Narendra Modi, Yogi Adityanath

An FIR was on Sunday registered against six people who allegedly assaulted a newly-married Muslim woman for making a painting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, police said.

Sep 10, 2017, 13:20 PM IST

Triple talaq judgement a victory for brave Muslim women: Shabana Azmi

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi has welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling on triple talaq and says the judgement is a victory for brave Muslim women in the country.

Aug 22, 2017, 17:46 PM IST

Triple talaq verdict: Victory of India's Muslim women over Mullahs is historical, says Tarek Fatah

Renowned columnist Tarek Fatah on Tuesday hailed the landmark verdict of the Supreme Court setting aside the practice triple talaq.

Aug 22, 2017, 15:28 PM IST

Australia's Hanson wears burqa to Parliament in bid to ban them

Hanson sat in her seat in the assembly for about 20 minutes covered by the black burqa before removing it to call for them to be banned in public for national security reasons.

Aug 17, 2017, 15:26 PM IST

Muslim community is in constant state of fear: Samajwadi Party MLA Shivpal Singh Yadav

He further cornered the government over its poor policies including demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST) and said both broke the backbone of the traders.

Aug 17, 2017, 12:20 PM IST

'Partition is not over': Pakistani Hindus find little refuge in India

Many have no choice but to toil illegally in the stone quarries near where they live because their movements are strictly controlled by the authorities, suspicious of anyone from across the border.

Aug 13, 2017, 09:46 AM IST

Kerala: Absconding accused in 2010 palm chopping case arrested by NIA

A 47-year-old activist of a radical Muslim group was arrested here on Saturday by the NIA for alleged involvement in the chopping off of the palm of a college professor seven years ago.

Aug 05, 2017, 16:34 PM IST