India

An Indian Supreme Court panel said on Thursday it was divided over a ban on hijabs in schools, and referred the matter to the chief justice, leaving in place a state’s ruling against the women’s headgear that has sparked uproar.…

Tchachoy Yadav, Deputy Chief Minister of the Indian state of Bihar, accused officials of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of sabotaging India’s interests and its links with Arab and Islamic countries in light of extremist calls for boycotting and…

Incessant rain has lashed parts of northern India, forcing schools to close in several cities as an unusually late rainy season prolonged havoc across the country and killed at least 18 people yesterday, Monday. The state-run Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)…

The English-language newspaper ‘Times of India’ praised the religious and humanitarian services provided by the ‘Haidari Mosque’, which is the largest mosque for Shia Muslims on Mira Road in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The newspaper prepared a press report, translated by…

Human Rights Watch has accused Indian authorities of discriminating and increasingly using arbitrary punishments against Muslims who are “believed” to have broken the law. In several states ruled by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), authorities have demolished Muslim…

Members of the Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz Welfare Association, during a press conference held in Hyderabad on Friday, October 7th, demanded anti-blasphemy laws. These laws will apply to everyone, not only Muslims, to ensure that no religion is insulted, they…

The authorities in India are increasingly using summary and abusive punishments against Muslims deemed to have broken the law, Human Rights Watch said Friday October 7th. In several states ruled by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the authorities…

In a gruesome daylight murder in Gadag, Karnataka, a 35-year-old woman, identified as Minaaz Bepari, was killed allegedly by four armed men on Tuesday, 4 October, after she converted to Islam. The woman was attacked with lethal weapons at Mulgund…

Indian police have issued a public lashing of 9 Muslim men in front of a crowd chanting “Long live Mother India”. A video showed the incident, where the Indian police tied the men to a pole and lashed them with…

Muslim organizations and groups in India’s Mumbai have started a campaign to promote teachings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family). A number of Muslim organizations and groups in Mumbai have launched a new campaign to spread…