India has sharply condemned recent comments made by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, which included India in a list of places where Muslims are suffering, alongside Gaza and Myanmar. In a statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs...
500 booked in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli after alleged molestation incident sparks vandalism of Muslim-owned shops
Tensions are rising in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district following the alleged molestation of a minor girl by a youth from a different community. Authorities have imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) within a 200-meter radius of the...
Education: The cornerstone for Muslim development in India
Education among Muslims is a serious issue in India. While the literacy rate among Muslims is showing an upward graph, higher education dropout is a major problem among the Muslim community. Since education is directly linked to income level and economic level is...
India’s new Haj policy limits pilgrims to one Haj through HCoI in a lifetime
The Government of India has announced that Indian Muslims will be allowed to perform Haj through the Haj Committee of India (HCoI) only once in their lifetime under the new Haj policy 2025. According to the policy draft, the regulations for seat allocation,...
Gaza death toll nears 39,500 as Israel continues its deadly onslaught
ANKARA : The Israeli army killed 35 more Palestinians in attacks in the Gaza Strip, taking the overall death toll to 39,480 since last Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement added that some 91,128 others have been injured in...
India stands with Iran in time of sorrow: PM Modi on demise of Ebrahim Raisi
New Delhi, May 20 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday condoled the demise of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and said that India is with Iran in the time of sorrow. Expressing shock at the demise of the Iraninan...
Iran’s cabinet holds new emergency session
Tehran, May 20 ,2024: The Iranian cabinet has convened for a second emergency meeting in less than 24 hours following the confirmation of the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a helicopter crash, Iranian media unanimously...
Helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi suffers ‘hard landing’ in Azerbaijan
Tehran, May 19 : A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi experienced an incident in the country's east Azerbaijan on Sunday, local media reported. Raisi, who is on a one-day trip to neighbouring Azerbaijan, met his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev and the...
Iranian, Saudi foreign ministers discuss meeting in Ramadan after normalization
TEHRAN : Iran and Saudi Arabia’s top diplomats spoke by phone late Sunday on the status of a recent agreement to restore diplomatic ties and their upcoming meeting. In a statement, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Prince...
SHO suspended for assaulting Hindus for eating during Ramadan in Pak
A police officer in Pakistan's Sindh was suspended after he tortured, harassed, manhandled and arrested Hindu shopkeepers for allegedly "violating the Ramadan Ordinance" by eating, Pakistan media reported. New Delhi, March 25,2023: A police officer in Pakistan's...