Islam
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Terror outfits 'perverting' Islam to justify agenda: White House
World | Jun 14, 2016, 11:49 AM ISTWashington: Terror outfits like the ISIS are "perverting" Islam to justify their "murderous, false agenda" as part of which they claim the mantle of the religion to describe themselves as "holy warriors" fighting with the
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How Muhammad Ali found home in Nation of Islam, his start as a Muslim
World | Jun 09, 2016, 08:25 AM ISTChicago:As a young boxer, Muhammad Ali searched for a faith to guide him as he confronted the indignities of racial discrimination. What he found was the Nation of Islam, the controversial black Muslims who preached
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Shocking: Pakistani girl marries man of choice, mother burns her to death
World | Jun 08, 2016, 06:48 PM ISTIn a shocking incident reported from Pakistan’s Lahore, a teenage girl was allegedly burnt alive by her mother for marrying a man of her choice.
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Islam means peace: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
World | Jun 07, 2016, 10:59 AM ISTMinneapolis (US): "Islam means peace", Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has said as he decried the backlash against Muslims and made a strong call to nations to welcome refugees, particularly children, and not generalise them based
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Do not harm innocent Muslims: Al-Qaeda tells Indian fighters in audio message
India | Jun 02, 2016, 01:46 PM ISTThe Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), the Indian wing of the militant outfit, has cautioned its fighters against harming innocent Muslims.
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Ajit Doval points out tolerant nature of Islam in India, says ‘even during the Mughals, cow slaughter was banned’
India | Jun 01, 2016, 11:19 AM ISTTaking a strong exception to anti-national slogans raised at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) earlier this year, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has said that ‘if such an event does not shake the conscience of the society then it is a pr
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Iraqi Student deboarded from US flight after he used 'Insha Allah' in conversation
World | Apr 19, 2016, 01:37 PM ISTCalifornia: A 26 year old college student got the shock of his life when he was booted from a Southwest Airlines flight and questioned by the FBI for having a conversation in Arabic. Khairuldeen Makhzoomi,
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Student hacked to death in Bangladesh for criticising radical Islam
World | Apr 07, 2016, 02:55 PM ISTDhaka: A 28-year-old Bangladeshi law student who was critical of radical Islamists has been hacked to death here by machete-wielding militants, the latest in a series of attacks on secular bloggers and activists in the
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Chanting ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ is against Islam: Darul Uloom Deoband fatwa
India | Apr 01, 2016, 12:51 PM ISTIslamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband today issued a fatwa against the chanting of slogan ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, saying ‘there is only one God in Islam’.
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Need to recognise 'serious problem' of 'radical Islam': Donald Trump
World | Mar 30, 2016, 02:35 PM ISTRepublican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said he wants to protect the rights of of Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs and other minority groups in the US but asserted that there was a need to recognise the "very serious problem" of "radical Islam" a
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Mullahs in Kota issue diktat banning DJs, wedding bands
India | Mar 26, 2016, 10:50 AM ISTMuslim clerics in Kota have issued a diktat banning DJs, loud music and wedding bands at Muslim weddings saying such practices are ‘un-Islamic, indecent and a cause of wasteful expenditure’.
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World Sufi Forum rejects all forms of terrorism; calls for revival of Sufism
India | Mar 21, 2016, 08:50 AM ISTThe World Sufi Forum on Sunday rejected all forms of terrorism outright and urged governments across the world to support the ‘revival’ of Sufism to combat this menace.
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Donald Trump says stands by his 'Islam hates us' remark
World | Mar 11, 2016, 02:36 PM ISTWashington: Donald Trump on Thursday stuck to his controversial remarks of "Islam hates us", drawing flak from his US Republican rivals as they engaged in a show of civility in their latest face-off, with one
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BJP MP sparks controversy, calls Islam 'ticking time bomb of terror'
National | Mar 02, 2016, 02:04 PM ISTMangaluru: BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde has sparked a controversy over his reported remarks allegedly belittling Islam and Muslims at Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district.At a press meet in Sirsi, Karnataka, Sunday, Hegde had allegedly
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Pakistan bans Valentine's Day celebrations; Islamists call it 'insult' to Islam
World | Feb 10, 2016, 10:13 PM ISTIslamabad: Lovers in Pakistan looking forward to celebrating this Valentine's Day should brace for conflict. Islamabad, as it turns out, has decided to impose a ban on the Valentine's Day gifts or any promotion of
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SC can't test validity of Muslim personal law: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind
India | Feb 06, 2016, 06:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: In response to the Supreme Court's order to file a separate PIL to consider the rights of Muslim women, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH), the powerful Muslim body, has contended that the apex Court cannot
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Obama visits US mosque, says 'Attack on Islam is attack on all faith'
World | Feb 04, 2016, 12:28 PM ISTWashington: US President Barack Obama in his first visit to an American mosque as president declared that attacks on Islam were an attack on all faiths in what is seen as a move to counter
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Some Hindu groups behaving like Muslim fundamentalists: Javed Akhtar
India | Jan 28, 2016, 10:11 AM ISTKolkata: Veteran lyricist-scriptwriter Javed Akhtar has claimed that some Hindu groups are now behaving like Muslim fundamentalists and barring such elements 'Indian society has always been tolerant'.Speaking at a literary meet here yesterday, Akhtar said,
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Chess is haram in Islam, says Saudi Arabia's grand mufti
World | Jan 22, 2016, 08:18 AM ISTDubai: Saudi Arabia's grand mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh has ruled that the game of chess is 'forbidden' in Islam as it 'wastes time and leads to rivalry and enmity among people'.A video clip of Sheikh
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Arrested gunman says he shot Philadelphia cop in Islam's name
World | Jan 09, 2016, 08:47 AM ISTPhiladelphia: A man using a gun stolen from police said he was acting in the name of Islam when he ambushed an officer sitting in his marked cruiser at an intersection, firing more than a