Muslims

PM Modi Has Become Dhritarashtra, BJP Is Duryodhan: Congress

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 17, 2018

Accusing the BJP-led Central government of trying to create a divide among Hindus and Muslims ahead of 2019 elections to polarise the society, the Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become blind like Mahabharata character "Dhritrashtra" in his pursuit of power.

"I Reported Right," Says Reuters Journalist As Myanmar Trial Begins

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday July 16, 2018

One of two Reuters journalists charged in Myanmar with breaking a state secrets law while reporting on the Rohingya crisis protested his innocence Monday on the first day of a trial that has provoked global condemnation.

"Sick Mentality": Congress Tears Into PM's "Party For Muslim Men" Remark

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 16, 2018

The Congress on Sunday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his comment that it was "a party for Muslim men", saying it reflected that he was a "peddler of untruths" with a "sick mentality".

In UP's Azamgarh, PM Modi Jabs Rahul Gandhi For Reported Muslim Remark

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Saturday July 14, 2018

Starting his two-day Uttar Pradesh visit with a scathing attack on the opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today raked up the claim that Rahul Gandhi had recently called the Congress 'a party of Muslims'. He also questioned the motive for arch rivals, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, to join hands for the 2019 elections and described it as an effo...

Mulk Actress Taapsee Pannu Says 'Disturbing To See One Religion Being Targeted'

Entertainment | Monday July 9, 2018

Taapsee Pannu plays the role of a lawyer determined to clear her client's name, who she believes is being targeted because of his religion

Muslims With Beard, No Moustache Fundamentalists: UP Shia Waqf Board Boss

India News | ANI | Sunday July 8, 2018

Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi said Muslims, who don't keep moustache with beard are "fundamentalists."

"Expecting 30-35% From Minorities Will Vote For BJP In 2019": Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 8, 2018

Opposition's "fear-mongering" campaign has been "demolished" by the government's development without discrimination approach, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today, and exuded confidence that 30-35 per cent minorities, including Muslims, will vote for the BJP in 2019.

Islam Will Collapse If Prayer In Mosque Not Recognised, Top Court Told

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Saturday July 7, 2018

Islam will collapse if prayer in mosque is not recognised as an integral part of the religion, the Supreme Court, which has resumed hearing the Babri Masjid-Ram Temple land dispute case, was told today. Rajiv Dhavan, who is representing one of the original litigants in this case from the Muslim side, said the top court's 1994 verdict had completely...

Top Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Against Polygamy, Nikah-Halala

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday July 4, 2018

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Centre on a fresh plea that challenged the constitutional validity of the practice of polygamy and 'nikah halala' among Muslims in India.

In Allahabad, Muslims Demolish Parts Of Mosques For Kumbh Mela Project

Allahabad News | ANI | Wednesday July 4, 2018

Some sections of the mosques were creating obstructions to the road work and were demolished to assist the government in the road development project ahead of Kumbh Mela.

Muslims Being Treated As Bonded Labourers, Says Ram Vilas Paswan

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 3, 2018

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today accused various opposition parties of treating Muslims as bonded labourers to garner their votes by putting them in "the fear of the BJP."

In FIFA World Cup's Shadow, Rohingya Muslims Find Freedom On Pitch

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday July 2, 2018

They may lack the glitz and glamour of the World Cup, but football clubs for stateless Rohingya refugees in Malaysia offer something more. A 90-minute reprieve from a grinding existence on the fringes of society.

Myanmar Court Urged To Drop Case Against Reuters Journalists

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday July 2, 2018

A lawyer for two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar's draconian secrecy law on Monday said the pair were simply doing their job by reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims and urged a judge to dismiss the case.

Myanmar Military Leaders Rapped Over "Crimes Against Humanity" By Amnesty

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 27, 2018

Myanmar's military chief and other top brass have been accused by Amnesty International of crimes against humanity for overseeing a "systematic" attack against Rohingya Muslims, according to a report by the rights group Wednesday calling for prosecution at the International Criminal Court.

For Many Muslims, Entry Ban's Victory In US Supreme Court Cements Bigotry

World News | Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post | Wednesday June 27, 2018

Ramy Almansoob's children have been asking every day for weeks: "Do we have a decision yet? Do we have a decision yet? Do we have a decision yet?" The girls, ages 6, 9 and 13, still live in the war-torn capital of Yemen, where the seeming randomness of airstrikes has taught them to brace for a painful end. Last year, they mourned their grandmother,...