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  Shocking: Pakistani girl marries man of choice, mother burns her to death

  World | June 08, 2016 18:48 IST

  In 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 | June 07, 2016 10:59 IST

  Minneapolis (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 | June 02, 2016 13:46 IST

  The 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 | June 01, 2016 11:19 IST

  Taking 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 | April 19, 2016 13:37 IST

  California: 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 | April 07, 2016 14:55 IST

  Dhaka: 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 | April 01, 2016 12:51 IST

  Islamic 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 | March 30, 2016 14:35 IST

  Republican 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 | March 26, 2016 10:50 IST

  Muslim 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 | March 21, 2016 8:50 IST

  The 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 | March 11, 2016 14:36 IST

  Washington: 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'

  Politics | March 02, 2016 14:04 IST

  Mangaluru: 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 | February 10, 2016 22:13 IST

  Islamabad: 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 | February 06, 2016 18:22 IST

  New 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 | February 04, 2016 12:28 IST

  Washington: 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 | January 28, 2016 10:11 IST

  Kolkata: 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 | January 22, 2016 8:18 IST

  Dubai: 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 | January 09, 2016 8:47 IST

  Philadelphia: 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

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  Rajasthan dalit IAS officer embraces Islam crying victimisation

  India | December 31, 2015 23:36 IST

  Jaipur: A dalit IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre aspiring to become the state's chief Secretary today embraced Islam and applied for voluntary retirement alleging "victimisation" because of his caste after the incumbent top-most bureaucrat was

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  Indian-origin Hindu couple launch Islamic airline

  World | December 24, 2015 10:44 IST

  Kualalampur: An ethnic Indian Hindu couple has launched Malaysia's first Islamic airline offering Shariah compliant services including prayers before take-off, no on-flight serving of alcohol or meals with pork and a strict dress code for