Muslims
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Sense of unease among Muslims, India’s age-old values breaking down: Hamid Ansari in his last interview
National | Aug 10, 2017, 01:53 PM ISTThe outgoing Vice President also added that a sense of insecurity is creeping in among the Muslims in the country against the current backdrop of “intolerance” and “vigilante violence”.
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Majority of Muslims in India descendants of Hindus, must respect sentiments: BJP MP Hukumdev Narayan Yadav
National | Jul 31, 2017, 05:13 PM ISTParticipating in a Lok Sabha debate on lynchings, BJP MP Hukumdev Narayan Yadav claimed that majority of Muslims in India are descendants of Hindus.
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‘We can no longer look away’: An open letter to PM Modi by 114 Armed Forces veterans
India | Jul 31, 2017, 10:01 AM ISTA group of 114 veterans of the Indian Armed Forces have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, condemning the targeting of Muslims and Dalits in the country and a “clampdown” on freedom of speech
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Terrorists killing innocent people in name of ‘Islam’ are not Muslims: Iraqi minister
India | Jul 27, 2017, 11:40 AM IST“There is a group of terrorists and they raise slogans in the name of Islam. But they are not Muslims as they are killing (innocent people). They kill women and children. This is not true Islam,” al-Jaafari said
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US becoming an increasingly Muslim-unfriendly country: Survey
World | Jul 27, 2017, 07:38 AM ISTAbout 48 per cent of respondents admitted that they have experienced at least one incident of discrimination in the past 12 months, which was up from 40 per cent in 2007
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Muslims pray outside Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound despite Israeli concessions
World | Jul 26, 2017, 12:45 PM ISTWednesday’s prayers came a day after Israel seemingly capitulated to the demands of protesters.
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Muslims 'educationally most disadvantaged' among minorities: Panel
India | Jul 09, 2017, 04:50 PM ISTMuslims are the "educationally most disadvantaged community" among the minorities, a panel formed by a government-funded agency has said.
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Laws that destroy Muslims are made in Parliament, assemblies says Akbaruddin Owaisi
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Ballabgarh: People plan Eid with black bands to protest lynching of Muslims
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Sadhvi Prachi makes a controversial remark against the minorities
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Muslims has no fundamental right to slaughter healthy cows during Bakra eid, rules Hyderabad HC
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Trump in Saudi Arabia: In address to Muslims, US President urges united fight against terror
World | May 21, 2017, 10:26 AM ISTAccording to a draft of President Donald Trump's speech to Muslims, he will call for Muslim unity in the fight against terrorism.
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Islamophobic incidents up by 1,000 per cent since Trump took office: Report
World | Apr 26, 2017, 01:03 PM ISTIslamophobic incidents involving US Customs and Border Protection officials have risen by about 1,000 per cent since President Donald Trump took office in January, a Muslim activist group said.
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‘Muslims don't vote for BJP, but we gave them sanctity’: Ravi Shankar Prasad
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‘Muslims don't vote for BJP, but we gave them sanctity’: Ravi Shankar Prasad
National | Apr 22, 2017, 12:32 PM ISTRavi Shankar Prasad acknowledged that Muslims do not exercise their franchise in favour of the BJP, but this didn’t mean that the ‘government victimised them’.
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‘No rule on triple talaq in Quran’, says Vice-President’s wife Salma Ansari
India | Apr 10, 2017, 10:18 AM ISTVice-President Hamid Ansari's wife Salma Ansari has said that uttering 'talaq' thrice does not amount to divorce and asked Muslim women to read the Quran thoroughly instead of relying on clerics.
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Posters in UP village asking Muslims to ‘leave’ dampen PM’s pitch for a ‘new India’
India | Mar 16, 2017, 11:42 AM ISTPosters in Hindi put up at over two dozen locations in Jianagla, 70 km from Bareily, have called for the Muslim residents to “leave immediately”.
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Two US mosques get threat letters calling for ‘slaughter of Muslims’
World | Mar 02, 2017, 07:44 PM ISTClose on the heels of the killing of an Indian in a shooting incident at a Kansas bar, another hate crime incident has been reported from the US, this time targeted at the Muslim community.
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UP polls: After Rajnath Singh, two more Union ministers say BJP should’ve fielded Muslims
National | Mar 02, 2017, 04:09 PM ISTAfter Rajnath Singh, two more Union Ministers have said that BJP should have given tickets to Muslims for the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
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BJP against minorities, split in votes will only help it: Mayawati woos Muslims
National | Feb 02, 2017, 11:23 PM ISTBSP supremo Mayawati today warned the community that any split in their votes would benefit the BJP in upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.