Muslims

"Wait for Court Verdict": Nitish Kumar's Party Counters RSS On Ram Temple

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday October 18, 2018

A few hours after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat urged the centre to bring in a law aimed at constructing the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, the ruling BJP's primary political ally in Bihar today said it would be more prudent to await the Supreme Court's verdict on the matter.

Kerala's Muslims Economically Better With High Literacy Level: Report

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 7, 2018

Increasing population and limited participation in higher education are mainly blamed for backwardness of Muslims, but a new report questions this argument, saying the community's population in Kerala rose by 15 lakh between 2001-2011.

7 Rohingya Will Be Deported, Supreme Court Says Myanmar Has Accepted Them

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday October 5, 2018

Seven Rohingya Muslims held at a detention centre in Assam will be handed over to Myanmar after the Supreme Court today refused to stop their deportation, the first such move by the government.

Government To Deport 7 Rohingya, UN Says Violation Of International Law

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday October 3, 2018

Seven Rohingyas, who have been in India since 2012 and served jail terms for illegal entry, will be sent back to Myanmar, a country the community is fleeing as violence against the ethnic minority spiked in Rakhine region. The move of the government -- which considers Rohingyas illegal immigrants and a threat to national security -- has drawn crit...

In A First, Aung San Suu Kyi Stripped Of Honorary Canadian Citizenship

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday October 3, 2018

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of honorary Canadian citizenship on Tuesday over her refusal to call out atrocities by her nation's military against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

Rohingya Family Being Questioned In Kerala, May Be Sent Back To Camp

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Tuesday October 2, 2018

A family of five Rohingya Muslims, who reached Thiruvananthapuram, is being questioned by Kerala police in a coastal village of Vizhinjam.

Muslims Are Ram's Descendants, Should Help Build Temple: Giriraj Singh

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday October 2, 2018

A few days after right-wing ideologue Mohan Bhagwat claimed that all Indians are Hindu by identity, Union Minister Giriraj Singh today asked Muslims to help construct a Ram temple in Ayodhya because they are "descendants of Lord Ram and not Mughal Emperor Babur".

NIA Says Explosive Set Off In Bodh Gaya To Show Solidarity With Rohingya

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 1, 2018

Two persons arrested near in connection with the bomb blast in Bodh Gaya in January last had allegedly planned to set off the explosives to express solidarity with Rohingya Muslims fighting the Myanmar government and wage war against the government of India, the NIA said.

Bangladesh Delays Plan To Shift Rohingya To Remote Island

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday October 1, 2018

Bangladesh has postponed plans to begin relocating Rohingya Muslims to a remote island, officials said Monday, amid staunch opposition to the controversial idea among refugees living near the Myanmar border.

Reconsideration Needed: Judge Who Differed With Ayodhya-Linked Verdict

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 27, 2018

The observation in the 1994 Ismail Faruqui case that a mosque is not an essential part of Islam and namaz by Muslims can be offered anywhere, "even in open" was arrived without undertaking a comprehensive examination, Supreme Court judge Justice S Abdul Nazeer said Thursday.

Not Ayodhya, Mecca Is Holy Site For Muslims, Says Minister Uma Bharti

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday September 27, 2018

Union Minister Uma Bharti said today that Ayodhya is an important holy site for Hindus, not for Muslims, for whom that place is Mecca.

Top Court Refers Female Genital Mutilation Plea To Constitutional Bench

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 24, 2018

The Supreme Court Monday referred to a five-judge constitution bench the plea challenging practice of female genital mutilation among Dawoodi Bohra Muslims.

Poverty Reduction Fastest Among Scheduled Tribes, Muslims In India: UN

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 21, 2018

Poverty reduction was fastest among children, the poorest states, scheduled tribes and Muslims in India where in an historic shift over 270 million people moved out of poverty in the decade since 2005-06, according to a new data.

Muharram 2018: Why Muslims Fast And Mourn On The Day Of Ashura

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Thursday September 20, 2018

Muharram, one of the four sacred months, is observed by Muslims across the world. On the tenth day of the month (Ashura), Imam Hussain Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad got killed.

UP Couple, Alleged Mastermind In Rohingya Trafficking Arrested In Manipur

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 19, 2018

Manipur police commandos today arrested a couple who are allegedly the masterminds in the "trafficking" of Rohingyas from Myanmar into the state.