India

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in India’s northeastern state of Assam plans to conduct a census on indigenous Muslims in the state, the Diplomat reported. While the decision is apparently for the community’s “socio-political and educational upliftment,” it is…

India has stepped up its surveillance measures amid a rise in reported cases of a new coronavirus subvariant, according to officials. The country saw a total of 614 fresh infections, the biggest rise in the last seven months. The current spike has been…

Heavy rain has paralysed several parts of India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, inundating roads, affecting train services, and leaving authorities scrambling to rescue those stranded. The deluge occurred while the state was still recovering from the damage caused by…

Some Muslims living near a new Hindu temple in Ayodhya, India, are planning to send their families away before next month’s inauguration of a temple that has been erected on the site of Babri Mosque, fearing possible clashes with Hindu…

In a single day of the winter session, the Parliament of India suspended 78 Opposition MPs, with 11 facing a one-day suspension and the rest suspended for the remainder of the session due to “unruly behavior.” These suspensions followed the…

Nine factory workers were killed, including six women, and three others were injured in an explosion at a fire factory on Sunday morning in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, local media reported. The explosion at the factory making explosives…

As the Shiites around the world mourn the Fatimiyya and the martyrdom of the daughter of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him and his family, a large exhibition with a look at the life of Sayyida Fatima, peace…

The US religious freedom watchdog on Friday again called on the Biden administration to designate India as a “country of particular concern” under the US Religious Freedom Act, citing its alleged targeting of religious minorities overseas. The US Commission on…

An Indian court has granted permission to survey a centuries-old mosque to determine if it contains Hindu relics and symbols, Reuters reported on Thursday. The verdict comes as a boost to Hindu groups which claim it was built on a…

The government in India’s Assam has renamed at least 1281 Madrasas across 31 districts in the state and turned them into general schools under the name ‘Middle English’, Muslim Mirror reported on Thursday. A legislation was passed by the Assam…