Makkah, Sep 10 (IANS) After 35 years of delivering sermons and leading prayers in Namirah Mosque in Saudi Arabia, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Al-Asheikh on Saturday stepped down citing health reasons. Al-Asheikh…
Brussels, Sep 10 (IANS) Belgian authorities have ordered the closure of a Sikh gurudwara (temple) for an indefinite period citing a security threat, local media reported on Saturday. Hans Bonte, Mayor of Vilvoorde town, has…
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday accused the government of lying after the BJP alleged that controversial Islamic scholar Zakir Naik had paid Rs 50 lakh donation to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation….
Makkah, Sep 10 (IANS) Nearly two million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Haj, which culminates on Sunday with the standing on Arafat — a granite hill also known as the…
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Controversial Islamic scholar Zakir Naik on Saturday said the campaign against him was an attack on Indian Muslims and a “murder of democracy”. Amid growing calls that his Islamic Research…
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The BJP on Saturday alleged that the Rs 50 lakh given to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was a “bribe” given by Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) to cover up…
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has warned that a ban on his Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) will set a precedence for “unspeakable injustices” against Indian Muslims. In an open letter…
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to position himself as the voice of moral rectitude during his speech at a conference of religious conservatives. Addressing the Values Voters Summit in Washington,…
Vijayawada, Sep 9 (IANS) Terming the special package announced by the Central government for Andhra Pradesh as a “rotten laddu”, Jana Sena party chief and popular Telugu film actor Pawan Kalyan asked the state’s MPs…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The CPI-M on Friday condemned a move by the Haryana government to collect samples of Biriyani in Mewat area ahead of Bakri-Id festival to know if they contain beef. The…
Lucknow, Sep 9 (IANS) At a time when the issue of triple “talaq” is pending adjudication before the Supreme Court, the All-India Shia Personal law Board on Friday came up with what it called a…
Nainital, Sep 9 (IANS) The Uttarakhand High Court has finally given in to a request to allow sacrificial goats inside the Naina Devi temple but has continued the ban on goat slaughter inside, an official…
Rabat, Sep 9 (IANS) The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) on Thursday commend Saudi Arabia’s efforts to improve haj conditions. “The great efforts, huge projects and large-scale preparations carried out by Saudi Arabia…
Agar Malwa (Madhya Pradesh), Sep 8 (IANS) Over 200 people were taken ill late on Wednesday after eating ‘khichadi’ served as prasad at a temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Agar Malwa district, an official said on…
Dubai, Sep 8 (IANS/WAM) United Arab Emirates authorities on Thursday ordered release of a number of prisoners from punitive and reformative institutions ahead of the Eid-ul-Adha which falls on September 12 in the gulf region….
Madrid, Sep 8 (IANS) Police in Barcelona confirmed on Wednesday they have arrested two men for kicking a pregnant woman who was wearing a niqab, a cloth worn by some Muslim women to cover their…
Beijing, Sep 8 (IANS) China is amending a religious affairs regulation to ban personal profiteering from religions. Religious groups, institutes of education and sites are all non-profit, and no individuals or organisations should divide up,…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking re-look by a larger constitution bench on whether minority institutions – aided and unaided – were…
Ahmedabad, Sep 7 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre, the state Government and Niantic Inc, the San Francisco-based developer of controversial mobile phone game Pokemon Go, following a petition…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) A court hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case on Wednesday allowed Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s plea to confront one of the witnesses with her previous statement and said it will…