India

To resolve the loudspeaker dispute amicably, the IT students of Maharashtra College have developed Azan App ‘Al Isla’. With several features, the app majorly focuses on live streaming azan or call for prayer.. Slated to launch by the end of…

A court in north India has banned large prayer gatherings in the historic Gyanvapi Mosque after a survey team allegedly found Hindu relics there. Caretakers of the mosque say they will knock on the doors of the country’s top court,…

Muslims in India are suffering from a continuous series of violations by the authorities and extremist Hindu groups.Indian police have killed 53-year-old Muslim woman, Roshni, for resisting her son’s detention in a cow slaughter case on Saturday, in the northern…

The Mumbai police on Saturday registered cases against two mosques in the western suburbs for “causing noise” by using loudspeakers for the Fajr call to prayer (Adhan). The cases come in the midst of a political row raked by Maharashtra…

The Global Hussaini Mission in India has written and submitted a memorandum demanding the reconstruction of al-Baqi graves to the Indian government. Dr. Aale Taha Shaukat, Professor of University of Delhi and member of the Mission, said, “The memorandum demanding…

 The disputed region of Kashmir between India and Pakistan has become a situation over which neither country has complete control, turning Kashmir into a region where Sunni extremists thrive. Yesterday, a picture of Sunni extremists chanting slogans against followers of…

Researchers, activists, and former top bureaucrats have expressed concern at the growing wave of Islamophobia in India, which is home to 10.9% of the world’s Muslim population. According to Pew Research Center, India hosts 213 million Muslims, which make up…

The office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Al-Husseini Al-Shirazi in India, held a special meeting for the Husseini orators, imams of the congregation and religious informants, to discuss the plans developed for the great month of…

The Indian capital, New Delhi, witnessed violence after the authorities demolished a number of shops and homes owned by Indian Muslims, as well as the facade of a mosque in the same area. The violent incidents took place north of…

The Indian city of Lucknow witnessed the largest symbolic funeral in commemoration of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali, peace be upon him, with the participation of thousands of Shia mourners. The representative of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah…