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Pahalgam is not just a headline. It is a scar — a reminder of what happens when ignorance and extremism take the wheel and it’s time for scholars, leaders and everyday Muslims to reclaim the narrative, to echo the true message of Islam: peace, compassion, justice

Israel's primary goal is to ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to it, says Israeli government spokesman David Mencer

It’s believed that Prophet Muhammad delivered his final speech, known as Farewell Sermon, at the sacred mount in Saudi Arabia 1,435 years ago  

Stalls release of film and trailer in electronic media, social media, film theatres, private television channels or other media

This year, 5,000 women without Mahram will be performing Haj and exclusive women staff being deployed to look after them during their stay in Saudi Arabia, said Indian consul general.

“The Islamic tenets do not permit live-in relationships during the subsisting marriage. The position may be different if the two persons are unmarried and the parties being adults choose to lead their lives in a way of their own,” said the bench on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia's former Minister for Justice said that the India can send a message of peace to the world.

Condemning the incident, the Hindu activists staged a protest on Friday.

Hyderabad: With the advent of Ramzan month, the pious people have started distributing ‘zakat’, to the needy groups in the society. Muslims calculate the zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam and an obligatory contribution of a certain portion of one’s wealth in support of the poor or needy or for other charitable purposes, […]

Mumbai: Amid a call from some right-wing groups to boycott ‘halal’ meat, singer Lucky Ali on Monday took to Facebook to explain the meaning of the term to his fans and followers. Ali’s comments come days after BJP national general secretary C T Ravi likened halal with “economic jehad”. The singer-songwriter, known for songs like […]

Jeddah: The Muslim holy fasting month of Ramzan begins on Saturday in the Gulf region except Oman, a day ahead of India. The Gulf region, where Islam is official religion heaved a sigh of relief as faithful welcoming the spiritual month free from COVID-19 restrictions. As soon as local authorities announced the beginning of Ramzan […]

 Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed various petitions challenging a ban on Hijab in education institutions and said that wearing Hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam. A bench of Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit, and Justice JM Khazi said that no case […]

Chennai: Forty people from eight Dalit families in Theni, southern Tamil Nadu have embraced Islam after they found living amongst the upper caste Hindus a nightmare. The conversion occurred a couple of days before at Dombicheri village in Bodinayakanur town in Theni district and Islamic priests solemnised the conversion. Incidentally, Bodinayakanur is the constituency of […]

The track titled 'Doom' contained a reading of a Muslim text known as a Hadith, and caused an uproar when it was played during the lingerie show in October 2020.

Jeddah: The Muslim holy fasting month of Ramzan will begin on Tuesday in the Gulf region, a day ahead of India, and the faithful are prepared to welcome the spiritual month as COVID-19 continues to spread. Last year, Ramzan was affected with pandemic-altered observances, where mosques were shuttered, and community gatherings were banned. The pandemic […]

Human rights activists say the practice has accelerated during lockdowns, when girls are out of school and more visible, bride traffickers are more active on the Internet and families are more in debt

In Etah, the police arrested eight people on the charge of forcible conversion of a 21-year-old girl and then getting her married.

The LGBT community faces widespread discrimination in the South Asian country, with a colonial-era law still in place that punishes gay sex by prison terms, though enforcement is rare.

A law for regulating interfaith marriages violates the fundamental right of people to choose their partners

Kuala Lumpur: Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday asserted that Muslims have a right to be angry and “kill millions of French people” for the “massacres of the past”. This comes following French President Emmanuel Macron’s criticism of radical Islam after a school teacher, was beheaded by an 18- year old for […]