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No forced conversions in Islam: Imran Khan assures minorities
India | July 29, 2019 17:04 ISTPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said in Islamabad on Monday, Islam did not allow forced conversion and his government was committed to protect the rights of minorities. Speaking at a minorities-related event, he said minorities would be protected and their religious structures restored.
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Pakistan: Hindu woman converts to Islam, gets security cover
World | July 19, 2019 11:17 ISTPayal Devi, now known as Noor Fatima, is a resident of Thatta in Pakistan's Sindh province where kidnapping of Hindu girls and their religious conversion often happens.
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Preposterous to detach science from religion: Pak minister chides clerics ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr
World | June 04, 2019 17:27 ISTFawad Chaudhry, a close aide of Prime Minister Imran Khan, has angered the clerics by discontinuing the traditional moon sighting methods used by the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to end the moon sighting controversy during all important Islamic festivals.
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Postcards from Ramadan: Of Roza, Iftar and self-discipline
World | May 13, 2019 16:41 ISTPostcards from Ramadan celebrations across the globe: Month of Ramadan or Ramazan is considered to be the holiest month in Islam. Here's a look at Ramadan festival across the globe.
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Islamophobia post 9/11 responsible for NZ mosque attacks: Pak
World | March 15, 2019 17:30 IST"Strongly condemning" the terror attack on the mosques in New Zealand, Prime Minister Khan tweeted: This reaffirms what we have always maintained: that terrorism does not have a religion. Prayers go to the victims and their families.
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Pakistan minister converts Chinese national to Islam: Pak media
World | January 29, 2019 17:02 IST“He captured a few pictures with us and later we started talking,” Ali said, adding that the pair began talking and he explained the religion to him. “He [Chinese national] was impressed and immediately asked us to convert him to Islam,” the minister added.
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China passes law to have its own version of Islam
World | January 06, 2019 20:51 IST"China passed a five-year plan to Sinicize Islam at a meeting on Saturday with representatives from China's eight Islamic associations," said a report in the Global Times.
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17 locations raided, 10 arrested, ISIS-linked group was planning serial blasts in Delhi: NIA
News | December 26, 2018 17:20 ISTThe National Investigation Agency(NIA) on Wednesday said that ISIS-linked terrorists were planning to launch suicide attacks in national capital Delhi and north India.
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China: Large protests by Hui Muslims halt demolition of mosque
World | August 10, 2018 14:36 ISTA huge crowd of ethnic Hui Muslims, gathered from noon until late last night in the square outside the Weizhou Grand Mosque thwarting plans by the local government to demolish the mosque.
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Aaj Ka Viral: Islam being tought in govt school in Deoria?
Aaj Ka Viral | July 24, 2018 21:53 ISTAaj Ka Viral: Islam being tought in govt school in Deoria?
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Ayodhya case: SC reserves order on plea for larger bench to decide whether mosques are integral to Islam
India | July 20, 2018 18:47 ISTM Siddiq, one of the original litigants of the Ayodhya case who has died and is being represented through his legal heir, had assailed certain findings of the 1994 verdict in the case of M Ismail Faruqui holding that a mosque was not integral to the prayers offered by the followers of Islam.
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Aaj Ka Viral: Who is forcing Monika to embrace Islam?
Aaj Ka Viral | July 08, 2018 9:28 ISTAaj Ka Viral: Who is forcing Monika to embrace Islam?
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Punjab woman on pilgrimage converts to Islam
News | April 20, 2018 11:40 ISTKiran Bala, a 31-year-old widow covered to Islam and married a man she had met on “social media” while on her pilgrimage to Pakistan.
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Indian Sikh woman accepts Islam, marries Muslim in Pak, say reports
World | April 19, 2018 22:56 ISTShe arrived in Pak on Apr 12 with other Sikh pilgrims to attend the festival in Gurdwara Panja Sahib located in Hasan Abdal near Islamabad. Her visa will expire on Apr 21.
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Winking forbidden in Islam, says plea in Supreme Court against Priya Varrier song
India | April 09, 2018 9:27 ISTIn their application, the petitioners said “objectionable scenes” had been superimposed with lyrics of the song that was originally written in praise of Prophet Mohammed and his wife Khadeeja Beevi.
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Over 500 Hindus forced to convert to Islam in Pakistan
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1 in 5 Muslim Canadians say they face discrimination
Lifestyle | March 20, 2018 6:45 ISTIt also found that among the general adult population in each Canadian region, Muslims were the least liked group when compared to caucasians, catholics, Indigenous people, members of the LGBTQ community and racial minorities.
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It’s true! Dipika Kakar converted to Islam post marriage with Shoaib Ibrahim
TV | March 06, 2018 18:05 ISTDipika Kakar tied the knot with her Sasural Simar Ka co-star Shoaib Ibrahim on February 22.
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Far-right extremists preparing for 'civil war on Islam' in UK: Report
World | March 02, 2018 20:06 ISTHope Not Hate, a campaign group which investigates neo-Nazi groups to combat far-right extremism, warns that the UK must be prepared for more terrorist plots and use of extreme violence from the far-right for the foreseeable future.
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Campaign against terror not aimed at any religion: PM Modi
India | March 01, 2018 23:24 ISTPM Narendra Modi said that complete welfare and inclusive development are possible only when Muslim youths have a Quran in one hand and computer in the other.
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