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  This is not Muslim ban, media reporting it false: Donald Trump

  World | January 30, 2017 8:11 IST

  Defending his controversial executive order on banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering America, US President Donald Trump has insisted that it is "not a Muslim ban" as is "falsely" reported by the media.

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  Day after SC ruling, Mayawati advises Muslims not to split their vote

  Politics | January 03, 2017 14:27 IST

  A day after the Supreme Court ruled that seeking votes in the name of religion during polls is illegal, BSP supremo Mayawati today cautioned Muslims in Uttar Pradesh not to split their votes and said that Dalits won't be swayed by hollow words.

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  U'khand: BJP sees red over 90-min Friday break for Muslim employees

  Politics | December 19, 2016 13:35 IST

  The Congress-led Uttarakhand government has announced the provision of a special 90-minute break to be provided to government employees from the Muslim community for Friday prayers, official sources said.

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  China asks Muslim citizens to oppose religious extremism

  World | November 27, 2016 19:22 IST

  As it tightened security in the restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang province with stern measures, China asked all its Muslim citizens to resolutely be in opposition to religious extremism and stick to socialism with Chinese characteristics. Chinese

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  RSS calls Gujarat riots 'shameful', says it should not be repeated: Report

  India | November 10, 2016 12:23 IST

  During a meeting with Muslim intellectuals on November 3, top Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionaries reportedly said that the Gujarat riots of 2002 were ‘shameful’ and that such incidents should not be repeated.

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  American Muslims express shock, fear over Donald Trump’s victory

  World | November 10, 2016 9:45 IST

  Fear and shock were expressed by the American Muslims after Republican Donald Trump was confirmed as President of the US after months of anti-Islamic stands.

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  Muslims, Dalits and tribals account for 55 pc of undertrials: NCRB data

  India | November 01, 2016 10:23 IST

  In yet another surprising revelation by the National Crime Records Bureau’s prison data for 2015, it has been found that over 55 per cent of undertrials are either Muslims, Dalits or tribals.

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  Uniform Civil Code not just Muslim issue, north-east people will also oppose: Asaduddin Owaisi

  Politics | October 27, 2016 18:05 IST

  Asserting that Uniform Civil Code is not merely a Muslim issue, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has said people in parts of north-east would also oppose it.

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  Nearly 43 per cent of Muslims in India illiterate: Census

  India | September 01, 2016 10:22 IST

  Muslims have the highest number of illiterates at nearly 43 per cent, while Jains have the highest number of literates among India's religious communities as over 86 per cent of them are educated.

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  Darul Uloom bans usage of cow urine products in Islam

  India | August 22, 2016 19:40 IST

  Any product which has cow urine will not be used by Muslims, the Darul Uloom in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, has ruled, an official said today. The ruling by Darul Uloom, the highest seat of education

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  USA at war with radical Islamists, nothing to fear from majority of Muslims: Donald Trump aide

  World | July 21, 2016 14:37 IST

  A top aide of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has clarified that the United States has nothing to fear from majority of Muslims because the radical Islamists constitute a small minority of the global Muslim community.

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  Local Muslims defy curfew to rescue Amarnath pilgrims injured in Kashmir road accident

  India | July 13, 2016 16:02 IST

  Srinagar: Amid simmering tension in the Kashmir Valley after the encounter of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani, local Muslims risked their lives to rescue the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims injured in a road

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  50,000 Muslims migrated after Muzaffarnagar riots: Asaduddin Owaisi

  Politics | June 19, 2016 9:05 IST

  Hyderabad: Claiming that 50,000 Muslims migrated after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday asked the BJP if it would send a fact-finding committee there, akin to the

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  4 out of 10 Germans want Muslims to stay away from their country: Study

  World | June 18, 2016 15:33 IST

  Resentment against Muslims is increasing among residents of Germany and 4 out of 10 Germans want them to stay away from their country, according to a new study

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  Trump's Muslim immigration ban 'overly simplistic' and 'counterproductive', says US homeland security chief

  World | June 14, 2016 22:41 IST

  Washington: The proposal by Donald Trump to ban the entry of Muslims in the US in light of the Orlando terror attack has not gone down well with the US Department of Homeland Security Secretary

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  It is time to make India ‘Muslim-free’: VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi sparks outrage

  Politics | June 08, 2016 19:42 IST

  Known for courting controversies, VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi said that the “mission of a Congress-free India has already been accomplished” and “it is now time to rid the country of Muslims”.

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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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  ISIS new video vows to avenge Babri demolition, killing of Muslims

  India | May 21, 2016 12:02 IST

  Terror outfit Islamic State has launched a new propaganda video that showed off a large group of Kalashnikov-wielding jihadists allegedly from India fighting against the Syrian forces.

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  Majority of extremism victims are Muslims: Ban Ki-moon

  World | April 09, 2016 8:02 IST

  Geneva:The vast majority of victims of violent extremism worldwide are Muslims and the objective of extremists "is for us to turn on each other [and] our unity is the ultimate rebuke for that bankrupt strategy,"

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  Brussels attack: Cruz and Trump seek to intensify surveillance of Muslims in US

  World | March 23, 2016 9:30 IST

  New York: Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Tuesday that surveillance in Muslim neighbourhoods in the US must be intensified following the deadly bombings at Brussels, while rival Donald Trump suggested torturing a suspect in