Islam
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Pak Hindu Girl Sent To Protective Custody Amid Conversion Row
World | Mar 12, 2012, 07:19 PM ISTIslamabad, Mar 12: A Pakistani court today directed police to take into protective custody a 19-year-old Hindu girl and her Muslim husband, amid allegations that she was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam.Justice Shahid Anwar
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Bukhari Calls Anna Stir Anti-Islam, Asks Muslims To Stay Away
India | Aug 22, 2011, 08:12 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 22: Syed Ahmed Bukhari, Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, has called upon Muslims to stay away from the Anna movement saying his war cry - Vande Mataram and Bharat Mata Ki
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Muslim Convert In Australia Given 40 Lashes For Drinking Alcohol
World | Jul 21, 2011, 01:16 PM ISTSydney, July 21: A second Muslim man has been charged in connection with an attack on a recent convert to Islam who was allegedly whipped 40 times as a religious punishment for drinking alcohol.Wassim Fayad,
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France Bans The Burqa
World | Apr 11, 2011, 10:47 AM ISTParis, Apr 11 : France—home to Europe's biggest Muslim population—today officially banned women from wearing full-face veils in public places Other European countries have drawn up bans on the burqa and the niqab but France
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Veena Malik Is A Threat To Islam, Say Pak Religious Leaders
World | Dec 14, 2010, 04:29 PM ISTIslamabad: In a recent television show, ex-'Bigg Boss' contestant Ali Saleem aka Begum Nawazish Ali had to bend backwards to defend himself and his colleague Veena who was accused of being a threat to Islam.
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Obama Regrets Distortion Of Islam To Justify Violence
India | Nov 07, 2010, 05:39 PM ISTMumbai, Nov.7 (PTI) US President Barack Obama today regretted that the "great religion" of Islam has been distorted by a few extremists to justify violence towards innocent people and called for isolating these elements.Obama also
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Why I Became A Muslim, Writes Tony Blair's Sister-in-Law
World | Oct 31, 2010, 04:07 PM ISTFormer British prime minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth writes why she loves Islam. These are excerpts from Daily Mail, London: It is the most peculiar journey of my life. The carriage is warm and my
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Tauba! Tony Blair's Sister Says, She Has Converted To Islam
World | Oct 25, 2010, 01:38 PM ISTFormer British Prime Minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth has converted to Islam, the Daily Mail, London reported.The former prime minister is also a religious convert – he became a Roman Catholic after leaving office
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Disputed Structure Built Against The Tenets Of Islam: Judge
India | Oct 01, 2010, 07:53 AM ISTLucknow, Sep 30: Holding that the entire disputed site in Ayodhya is the birth place of Lord Ram, Justice Dharam Veer Sharma of the Allahabad High Court on Friday said that the "place of birth
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US Not At War With Peace Loving Islam, Says Obama
World | Sep 11, 2010, 09:42 AM ISTOn the eve of the ninth anniversary of the 9/11, President Barack Obama said that America is not at war with Islam, but against "a handful of tiny minority" who have distorted the preachings of
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UAE Bans Facebook Page For Insult To Islam
World | Mar 19, 2010, 08:54 PM ISTA row has erupted in the Middle East after officials banned a Facebook user in Abu Dhabi for breaking the law after they “insulted” Islam by claiming to be Allah, reports The Daily Telegraph, London.