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- India
Board exams: Haryana wants wake-up ‘alarm’ for students by temples, mosques
Chandigarh: In a move aimed at improving pass percentage of schools, the Haryana government has called for announcements by temples, mosques and gurdwaras to wake up students of classes 10 and 12…
- Hate Crime
Karnataka: Green railway station repainted after Hindutva protests
The Kalaburagi railway station, formerly known as Gulbarga railway station, was repainted to white from green on Tuesday, after pressure from the right-wing Hindu organisation Hindu Jagaran Vedike. The railway station came…
- India
We do not need govt assistance for mosques, madrasas: Maulana Arshad Madani
New Delhi: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind’s Maulana Arshad Madani has said that they do not need any government help for their mosques and madrasas, and no government board affiliation of madrassas is acceptable.” At…
- Middle East
Israelis attacked 15 mosques in West Bank since Jan 2022
Jerusalem: The Palestinian minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, Hatem Al-Bakri, said that 15 mosques have been attacked by the Israeli occupation forces and settlers, since the beginning of 2022, in the…
- Politics
BJP’s Giriraj Singh demands survey of mosques, madrasas in Bihar
Patna: Firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister, Giriraj Singh has demanded a survey of madrasas and mosques in Bihar similar to that in Uttar Pradesh. “We demanded from the…
- Afghanistan
Twenty killed in mosque blast in Afghanistan’s Herat
Kabul: At least 20 people were killed in a blast that rocked a mosque in northwestern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, Afghan media reported. Guzargah mosque in the city of Herat was bombed…
- India
Badruddin Ajmal accuses BJP of targeting Muslims, mosques
Guwahati: AIUDF Chief and Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal on Wednesday said that ahead of the 2024 general election, BJP and RSS are targeting Muslims, Madrasas and mosques. “Attacks on Muslims, Madrasas,…
- Featured News
Over 500 km from Chennai, this small town houses a Dravidian mosque
On the East Coast of India, around 560 km south of Chennai is a sleepy small town known as Kilakarai. Predominantly populated by the Indian Moors, a community of Arab, Tamil, Malay,…
- Hyderabad
Work of mosques at Secretariat continue
Hyderabad: The work of both the mosques at the Secretariat compound is likely to be completed by December this year. The construction work of the secretariat complex will continue till November and the Chief…
- India
Karnataka: School children’s trip to mosque takes communal turn
Chamarajnagar: Hindu bodies across Karnataka have come down heavily on the management of a school for taking students on a trip to a dargah and mosque on the eve of Bakrid in…
- Hyderabad
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti to ‘reclaim’ 1860 mosques? 24 in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Around 1,860 or more Muslim places of worship across India are reportedly on the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti’s radar, of which 24 are located in Hyderabad. The right-wing Hindu organisation’s list essentially…
- Mumbai
Mumbai Police crackdown on 2 mosques for pre-dawn ‘azan’ on loudspeakers
Mumbai: Cracking down, the Mumbai Police have lodged first information reports against two mosques for allegedly flouting noise pollution rules and many more are under a scanner, officials said. The Noorani Masjid,…
- India
Using loudspeakers not a fundamental right: Allahabad HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition that sought they installation of loudspeakers in mosques, saying it is “not a fundamental right”. A division bench comprising Justice Vivek Kumar Birla…
- India
Hanuman Chalisa will be played at higher volumes than azaan: Raj Thackeray
Mumbai: Maintaining his defiant stand, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday said his party workers will continue to play the Hanuman Chalisa at higher volumes as long as loudspeakers…
- India
Loudspeaker row: RPI(A) workers will protect mosques, says Athawale; slams MNS stand
Mumbai: Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said workers of his Republican Party of India (A) will protect mosques if anyone tried to remove loudspeakers from there forcibly. The Union minister of…
